Neuroscience
Sensory neurons identified as critical to sense of touch
While studying the sense of touch, scientists at Duke Medicine have pinpointed specific neurons that appear to regulate perception.
Oct 25, 2012
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Neuroscience
Study reveals intricate details about Huntington's disease protein
A new study reveals intricate details about the biology of the huntingtin protein (HTT), which is responsible for Huntington's disease.
Jul 17, 2020
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Parkinson's & Movement disorders
Study unravels new insights into a Parkinson's disease protein
Research by University at Buffalo biologists is providing new insights into alpha-synuclein, a small acidic protein associated with Parkinson's disease.
Jan 16, 2020
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Oncology & Cancer
Body's natural signal carriers can help melanoma spread
A new study from Finland sheds fresh light on how melanoma cells interact with other cells via extracellular vesicles they secrete. The researchers found that extracellular vesicles secreted by melanoma cells use the so-called ...
Jan 16, 2020
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Health
Fruit fly study challenges theories on evolution and high-carb diets
A single mitochondrial DNA mutation common in animals could play a role in obesity and other health problems associated with a diet high in carbohydrates.
Oct 26, 2018
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Medical research
Researchers identify hormone that is key to brain development in fruit flies
University of Oregon researchers using Drosophila have identified a steroid hormone that triggers a vital transition in early brain development in which neural stem cells properly change gears to produce different kinds ...
May 15, 2017
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Neuroscience
A brain circuit to push past nutritional stress
When we go hungry, we have the ability to ignore the urge to eat such that we can carry out the task at hand. It has long been known that the brain is involved in such decisions. But how the brain coordinates the response ...
Aug 24, 2016
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Neuroscience
Study finds that blockages in fruit fly brains quickly form and dissolve
(Medical Xpress)—Motorists in Los Angeles, San Francisco and other gridlocked cities could learn something from the fruit fly. Scientists have found that cellular blockages, the molecular equivalent to traffic jams, in ...
Jun 6, 2014
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Medical research
Researchers develop new system to study trigger of cell death in nervous system
(Medical Xpress)—Researchers at the University of Arkansas have developed a new model system to study a receptor protein that controls cell death in both humans and fruit flies, a discovery that could lead to a better understanding ...
Apr 3, 2013
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Medical research
Newly found protein helps cells build tissues
As they work together to form body parts, cells in developing organisms communicate like workers at a construction site. The discovery of a new signaling molecule in flies by Brown University biologists not only helps explain ...
Apr 2, 2012
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