Researchers develop tool for reading the minds of mice (w/ Video)
(Medical Xpress)—If you want to read a mouse's mind, it takes some fluorescent protein and a tiny microscope implanted in the rodent's head.
Feb 19, 2013
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(Medical Xpress)—If you want to read a mouse's mind, it takes some fluorescent protein and a tiny microscope implanted in the rodent's head.
Feb 19, 2013
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Zebrafish have been widely used in developmental biology, immunology, neurobiology, and drug screening, showing significant superiority in large-scale heterogeneous studies of development and drug effects due to their small ...
Oct 18, 2022
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Researchers are still fascinated by the idea of the possibility of reprogramming the cells of any tissue, turning them into cells with the capacity to differentiate into cells of a completely different type— pluripotent ...
Jun 5, 2013
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COVID-19, the disease caused by the pandemic coronavirus SARS-CoV-2, is primarily regarded as a respiratory infection. Yet the virus has also become known for affecting other parts of the body in ways not as well understood, ...
Feb 24, 2021
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Primates are among the most intelligent creatures with distinct cognitive abilities. Their brains are relatively large in relation to their body stature and have a complex structure. However, how the brain has developed over ...
May 16, 2023
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(Medical Xpress)—A rare, inherited form of mental retardation has led scientists at Washington University School of Medicine in St. Louis to three important "travel agents" at work in the developing brain.
Jun 21, 2013
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UNC School of Medicine researcher Sarah Cohen, Ph.D., and Ian Windham, a former Ph.D. student from the Cohen lab, have made a new discovery about apolipoprotein E (APOE)—the biggest genetic risk factor for late-onset Alzheimer's ...
Feb 9, 2024
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A team of researchers at the Krembil Research Institute has published a paper that is expected to change the way scientists think about vision recovery after retinal cell transplantation.
Dec 14, 2016
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Neuropeptides play fundamental roles in modulating cellular and circuit functions within the brain. One such signaling molecule—orexin—regulates arousal and wakefulness, and its failure can lead to constant daytime sleepiness ...
Feb 10, 2022
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Mesenchymal stem cells (MSCs) are thought to have great potential in the field of regenerative medicine, which has the aim of restoring damaged tissues. However, not much was known about in vivo plasticity of them—until ...
Oct 8, 2021
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