Genetics
Autism changes molecular structure of the brain, study finds
For decades, autism researchers have faced a baffling riddle: how to unravel a disorder that leaves no known physical trace as it develops in the brain.
May 25, 2011
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Neuroscience
Study finds that human neuron signals flow in one direction
Contrary to previous assumptions, nerve cells in the human neocortex are wired differently than in mice. Those are the findings of a new study conducted by Charité-Universitätsmedizin Berlin and published in the journal ...
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Neuroscience
Untangling the threads of early onset dementia
Changes in personality, behavior and language are hallmarks of frontotemporal dementia (FTD), the most common form of dementia in patients under the age of 65, which is associated with degeneration of the frontal and temporal ...
Apr 5, 2024
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Genetics
Immune cells identified as key players in brain health
Using novel genetic and genomic tools, researchers at the Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai have shed light on the role of immune cells called macrophages in lipid-rich tissues like the brain, advancing our understanding ...
Mar 21, 2024
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Neuroscience
Root cause of Alzheimer's may be fat buildup in brain cells, research suggests
A team of neurologists, stem cell specialists and molecular biologists affiliated with several institutions in the U.S. and led by a group at Stanford University School of Medicine has found evidence that the root cause of ...
Neuroscience
Middle-age obesity may be caused by changes in the shapes of neurons in the brain
Nagoya University researchers and their colleagues in Japan have found that middle-age obesity is caused by age-related changes in the shape of neurons in the hypothalamus, a region of the brain that controls metabolism and ...
Mar 13, 2024
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Neuroscience
AI language model provides new insights into the development of brain diseases
A new AI language model identifies clinical symptoms in medical summaries and links them to brain tissue from donors of the Netherlands Brain Bank. This yields new insights into the development of individual disease progression ...
Mar 12, 2024
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Genetics
Schizophrenia and aging may share a common biological basis: Genetic changes in two types of brain cells
Researchers from the Broad Institute of MIT and Harvard, Harvard Medical School, and McLean Hospital have uncovered a strikingly similar suite of changes in gene activity in brain tissue from people with schizophrenia and ...
Mar 6, 2024
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Genetics
Insights into epigenetics: The humanized FKBP5 mouse as a model organism
The candidate gene FKBP5 is involved in the development of stress-related psychiatric disorders. A few years ago, researchers at the MPI discovered that it is increasingly activated in the brains of patients and can permanently ...
Feb 27, 2024
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Diseases, Conditions, Syndromes
Normal-appearing tissue offers insights into lesion formation in multiple sclerosis
Multiple sclerosis (MS) is the result of the immune system mistakenly attacking the brain and the spinal cord, causing tissue damage (lesions) throughout. While the underlying mechanism of lesion formation is still not entirely ...
Feb 26, 2024
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