We've all been there. You're dying to grab that last piece of cake on the table during an office meeting, but you are not alone. Perhaps you just cut off a small piece—leaving something behind for your colleagues, who do ...
Jan 17, 2024
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Scientists from the Max Planck Institute of Psychiatry measured the pupillary reaction of participants while they were solving a task. In healthy participants, the pupils dilated during the task in anticipation of a reward, ...
Jan 12, 2024
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A new study published in Nature Cell Biology by Mark Alkema, Ph.D., professor of neurobiology at University of Massachusetts Chan Medical School, establishes an important molecular link between specific B12-producing bacteria ...
Jan 4, 2024
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A group of scientists, including several at Harvard, have dived deeper into the mammalian brain than ever before by categorizing and mapping at the molecular level all of its thousands of different cell types.
Dec 14, 2023
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Glioblastoma is one of the most treatment-resistant cancers, with those diagnosed surviving for less than two years. In a new study published in npj Genomic Medicine, researchers at the University of Notre Dame have found ...
Dec 12, 2023
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An established transcription factor known for bone formation also supports specialized cells in the central nervous system to promote brain tissue stiffness, findings that could inform new therapeutics for neuronal regeneration, ...
Dec 12, 2023
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Immune-regulating brain cells known as microglia are known to play a role in the progression of Alzheimer's disease (AD). A new study by investigators from Brigham and Women's Hospital explores how the genetics of microglia ...
Nov 29, 2023
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What is the mechanism that allows our brains to incorporate new information about the world, and form memories? New work by a team of neuroscientists led by Dr. Tomás Ryan from Trinity College Dublin shows that learning ...
Nov 21, 2023
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Researchers at Gladstone Institutes have discovered that a rare genetic variant known as the "Christchurch mutation" can block detrimental effects of apolipoprotein E4, the best-established risk factor for the most common ...
Nov 13, 2023
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Two RIKEN neuroscientists have uncovered a molecular switch in the zebrafish brain that causes a fish to quit fighting against another zebrafish. This discovery could shed light on various mood disorders in people.
Oct 30, 2023
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