Neuroscience

Molecular imaging reveals marker of neurodegenerative disease

Brain researchers have been working for years on targeting a cellular process involved in neurodegeneration and cognitive dysfunction. A specialized molecular imaging agent does the job by binding to a transporter of the ...

Neuroscience

Tangled path of Alzheimer's-linked brain cells mapped in mice

By studying laboratory mice, scientists at The Johns Hopkins University have succeeded in plotting the labyrinthine paths of some of the largest nerve cells in the mammalian brain: cholinergic neurons, the first cells to ...

Neuroscience

Surfing on calcium waves: A larva's journey to becoming a fly

Eric Carl, in his much-loved children's book The Very Hungry Caterpillar, documents the transformation of a gluttonous caterpillar into a beautiful butterfly. For a scientist, metamorphosis poses many unaddressed questions. ...

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