Scientists at the Francis Crick Institute have found that the location of astrocytes in the brain and spinal cord, may affect their role in maintaining the body's nervous system. This discovery could help scientists uncover ...
Sep 8, 2020
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Tiny "nano-shuttles" transport a damaging cargo around the brain where it goes on to play a role in the degeneration of cells, a study has suggested.
Oct 3, 2022
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Inflammation and overactivation of the immune system in the brain can cause loss of synapses and the death of neurons, leading to neurodegenerative and psychiatric diseases.
Dec 22, 2022
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Understanding memory is still one of the greatest challenges in science. In recent years, no one doubted the role that neurons played in the formation of cerebral networks. A few years ago however, the scientific world turned ...
Jun 19, 2012
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A UWM engineer is building a device that could help answer a particularly puzzling biological question – how blood is directed to the brain to power thinking.
Mar 10, 2015
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A new study published by the team of Naguib Mechawar, Ph.D., a researcher with the McGill Group for Suicide Studies (MGSS) of the Douglas Institute (CIUSSS de l"Ouest-de-l"Ile de Montreal) and associate professor in the Department ...
Jun 2, 2015
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Spinal cord injury (SCI) often causes disability and seriously compromises quality of life. While decades of research have made significant progress in axonal regeneration after SCI, most of the interventions have not been ...
Dec 17, 2020
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Scientists studying brain diseases may need to look beyond nerve cells and start paying attention to the star-shaped cells known as "astrocytes," because they play specialized roles in the development and maintenance of nerve ...
Apr 28, 2014
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Applying mathematical models used for studying the galaxies or interactions between elementary particles, researchers at the Institute of Neuroscience of the Universitat Autònoma de Barcelona, in collaboration with Massachusetts ...
Dec 9, 2015
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From steering a car to swinging a tennis racket, we learn to execute all kinds of skilled movements during our lives. You might think this learning is only implemented by neurons, but a new study by researchers at The Picower ...
Mar 10, 2023
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