News tagged with cortical neurons

BPA may affect the developing brain by disrupting gene regulation

Environmental exposure to bisphenol A (BPA), a widespread chemical found in plastics and resins, may suppress a gene vital to nerve cell function and to the development of the central nervous system, according ...

Medical research Feb 25, 2013 | 5 / 5 (6) | 1 |

Gene mutation in autism found to cause hyperconnectivity in brain's hearing center

New research from Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory (CSHL) might help explain how a gene mutation found in some autistic individuals leads to difficulties in processing auditory cues and paying spatial attention to sound.

Neuroscience Jan 31, 2012 | 5 / 5 (2) | 0 |

Some brain cells are better virus fighters

(Medical Xpress)—Viruses often spread through the brain in patchwork patterns, infecting some cells but missing others. New research at Washington University School of Medicine in St. Louis helps explain ...

Medical research Mar 07, 2013 | 4 / 5 (2) | 0 |

Magnetic stimulation to improve visual perception

(Medical Xpress) -- Using transcranial magnetic stimulation (TMS), an international team led by French researchers from the Centre de Recherche de l'Institut du Cerveau (CNRS) has succeeded in enhancing the visual abilities ...

Neuroscience Jun 05, 2012 | 4.5 / 5 (4) | 0 |

How human cells 'hold hands'

University of Iowa biologists have advanced the knowledge of human neurodevelopmental disorders by finding that a lack of a particular group of cell adhesion molecules in the cerebral cortex -- the outermost layer of the ...

Neuroscience Apr 30, 2012 | 5 / 5 (2) | 1 |

Deeper insight in the activity of cortical cells

Visual and tactile objects in our surroundings are translated into a perception by complex interactions of neurons in the cortex. The principles underlying spatial and temporal organization of neuronal activity ...

Neuroscience Jul 12, 2011 | 5 / 5 (3) | 0 |

Researchers show how memory is lost -- and found

Yale University researchers can't tell you where you left your car keys- but they can tell you why you can't find them.

Medical research Jul 27, 2011 | 4.6 / 5 (5) | 0 |

Study provides potential explanation for mechanisms of associative memory

Researchers from the University of Bristol have discovered that a chemical compound in the brain can weaken the synaptic connections between neurons in a region of the brain important for the formation of long-term memories. ...

Neuroscience Dec 13, 2011 | not rated yet | 1 |

Neuronal activity induces tau release from healthy neurons

Researchers from King's College London have discovered that neuronal activity can stimulate tau release from healthy neurons in the absence of cell death. The results published by Diane Hanger and her colleagues in EMBO re ...

Alzheimer's disease & dementia Feb 15, 2013 | 4 / 5 (1) | 0 |

Two heads are better than one: Gene expression reveals molecular mechanisms underlying evolution of cerebral cortex

Dramatic expansion of the human cerebral cortex, over the course of evolution, accommodated new areas for specialized cognitive function, including language. Understanding the genetic mechanisms underlying ...

Neuroscience Nov 09, 2012 | not rated yet | 0

Modeling Alzheimer's disease using iPSCs

Working with a group from Nagasaki University, a research group at the Center for iPS Cell Research and Application (CiRA) at Japan's Kyoto University has announced in the Feb. 21 online publication of Cell St ...

Alzheimer's disease & dementia Feb 21, 2013 | 5 / 5 (1) | 0

Activation of cortical type 2 cannabinoid receptors ameliorates ischemic brain injury

A new study published in the March issue of The American Journal of Pathology suggests that cortical type 2 cannabinoid (CB2) receptors might serve as potential therapeutic targets for cerebral ischemia.

Medical research Feb 21, 2013 | 5 / 5 (1) | 0

Smilagenin represents a new approach for treating neurodegeneration disease

Erxi Wu, assistant professor of pharmaceutical sciences, and Shuang Zhou, a doctoral student in Wu’s lab, co-wrote the article, "Smilagenin Attenuates Beta Amyloid (25-35)-Induced Degeneration of Neuronal Cells via Stimulating ...

Neuroscience May 07, 2012 | not rated yet | 0

Barrow physicians chronicle Vladimir Betz in Brain

A team of physicians and scientists at Barrow Neurological Institute, in collaboration with colleagues in the Ukraine, have written a first-of-its-kind biography of Ukranian anatomist and histologist Vladimir Betz. The article, ...

Other Dec 08, 2011 | not rated yet | 0