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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Researchers have identified a promising strategy to improve memory and brain cell function in models of 22q11.2 Deletion Syndrome.
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How come you can't tickle yourself? And why can some people handle tickling perfectly fine while others scream their heads off? Neuroscientist Konstantina Kilteni from the Donders Institute argues in an article published ...
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A research team led by the Borzage Laboratory at Children's Hospital Los Angeles tested a new functional magnetic resonance imaging (fMRI) analysis method to measure cerebrovascular health in aging adults. What they found ...
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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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