A new study, published today in Nature Communications, offers clues into how APOE isoforms differentially affect human microglia function in Alzheimer's disease. The study, led by Dr. Sarah Marzi and Dr. Kitty Murphy at the ...
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Chronic pain conditions, characterized by persistent or recurrent pain in specific parts of the body, can be highly debilitating and often significantly reduce the quality of life of the individuals experiencing them. Statistics ...
Scientists at the Terasaki Institute for Biomedical Innovation (TIBI), led by Dr. Vadim Jucaud (Assistant Professor), have engineered a novel multi-cellular 3D glioblastoma (GBM) in vitro model that mimics the biomechanical ...
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The human brain contains about 86 billion neurons. These cells fire electrical signals that help the brain store memories and send information and commands throughout the brain and the nervous system.
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A research group has identified the so-called PNOC/NPY nerve cells in the brains of mice. When activated, these cells increase food intake and lead to obesity. Interestingly, these nerve cells are also present in the human ...
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Persons with Parkinson's disease increasingly lose their mobility over time and are eventually unable to walk. Hope for these patients rests on deep brain stimulation, also known as a brain pacemaker.
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A large international study led by scientists at FIMM, University of Helsinki, shows that many of the molecular differences between male and female brains are already established during the first trimester of pregnancy and ...
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Researchers at the Francis Crick Institute have shown how the bacteria causing tuberculosis (TB) directly cross the brain's protective barrier, causing meningitis, a very severe form of the disease that occurs in 1%–10% ...
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Aphasia is a disorder that affects a person's ability to retrieve language. It's as if their brain's word cabinet has fallen over and mixed their words around, resulting in varying levels and forms of impairment, including ...
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People who have obstructive sleep apnea may have an increased risk of dementia if left untreated, according to a new study of UK electronic health care records.
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