News tagged with neuronal synapses

Study shows how insulin-like molecules play critical role in learning and memory

Though it's most often associated with disorders like diabetes, Harvard researchers have shown how the signaling pathway of insulin and insulin-like peptides plays another critical role in the body – helping ...

Neuroscience Feb 26, 2013 | 5 / 5 (4) | 0 |

Study solves birth and migration mysteries of cortex's powerful inhibitors, 'chandelier' cells

A team at CSHL for the 1st time reveals the birth timing and embryonic origin of a critical class of inhibitory brain cells called chandelier cells, tracing the specific paths they take during early development into the cerebral ...

Neuroscience Nov 22, 2012 | 5 / 5 (3) | 2 |

Researchers uncover a crucial link between protein synthesis and autism spectrum disorders

Researchers from McGill University and the University of Montreal have identified a crucial link between protein synthesis and autism spectrum disorders (ASD), which can bolster new therapeutic avenues. Regulation of protein ...

Autism spectrum disorders Nov 21, 2012 | 5 / 5 (4) | 1 |

Researchers report potential new treatment to stop Alzheimer's disease

Last March, researchers at UCLA reported the development of a molecular compound called CLR01 that prevented toxic proteins associated with Parkinson's disease from binding together and killing the brain's neurons.

Alzheimer's disease & dementia Nov 15, 2012 | 4.5 / 5 (6) | 3 |

Blue Brain Project accurately predicts connections between neurons

One of the greatest challenges in neuroscience is to identify the map of synaptic connections between neurons. Called the "connectome," it is the holy grail that will explain how information flows in the ...

Neuroscience Sep 17, 2012 | 4.8 / 5 (16) | 6 |

Research finds key molecules involved in forming long-term memories

How does one's experience of an event get translated into a memory that can be accessed months, even years later? A team led by University of Pennsylvania scientists has come closer to answering that question, identifying ...

Medical research Sep 10, 2012 | 5 / 5 (6) | 3 |

Study shows how immune cells change wiring of the developing mouse brain

Researchers have shown in mice how immune cells in the brain target and remove unused connections between brain cells during normal development. This research, supported by the National Institutes of Health, sheds light on ...

Neuroscience May 23, 2012 | 4 / 5 (2) | 0 |

Researchers reveal how a single gene mutation leads to uncontrolled obesity

Researchers at Georgetown University Medical Center have revealed how a mutation in a single gene is responsible for the inability of neurons to effectively pass along appetite suppressing signals from the body to the right ...

Genetics Mar 18, 2012 | 1 / 5 (1) | 1 |

Epigenetic culprit in Alzheimer's memory decline

In a mouse model of Alzheimer's disease, memory problems stem from an overactive enzyme that shuts off genes related to neuron communication, a new study says.

Medical research Feb 29, 2012 | 4.8 / 5 (4) | 0 |

New connections between brain cells form in clusters during learning

New connections between brain cells emerge in clusters in the brain as animals learn to perform a new task, according to a study published in Nature on February 19 (advance online publication). Led by resear ...

Neuroscience Feb 19, 2012 | 4.6 / 5 (11) | 0 |

When nerve meets muscle, biglycan seals the deal

A protein that has shown early promise in preventing the loss of muscle function in mouse models of Duchenne muscular dystrophy, has been found in a new study to be a key player in the process of joining nerves ...

Neuroscience Feb 14, 2012 | 5 / 5 (3) | 1 |

Even in fruit flies, enriched learning drives need for sleep

Just like human teenagers, fruit flies that spend a day buzzing around the "fly mall" with their companions need more sleep. That's because the environment makes their brain circuits grow dense new synapses and they need ...

Medical research Jun 23, 2011 | 5 / 5 (4) | 0 |

Researchers solve membrane protein mystery

A University of Wisconsin-Madison research team has solved a 25-year mystery that may lead to better treatments for people with learning deficits and mental retardation.

Neuroscience Jun 08, 2011 | 5 / 5 (2) | 0 |

Researchers identify how cells control calcium influx

(Medical Xpress)—When brain cells are overwhelmed by an influx of too many calcium molecules, they shut down the channels through which these molecules enter the cells. Until now, the "stop" signal mechanism that cells ...

Neuroscience May 09, 2013 | 5 / 5 (4) | 0 |

Star-shaped glial cells act as the brain's 'motherboard'

The transistors and wires that power our electronic devices need to be mounted on a base material known as a "motherboard." Our human brain is not so different—neurons, the cells that transmit electrical ...

Neuroscience Mar 07, 2013 | not rated yet | 0 |

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