Neuroscience
How motor neurons develop into subtypes that activate different muscles
Motor neurons play a vital role in movement, linking the central nervous system with different muscles in the body.
Feb 17, 2022
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Health
How does excess sugar affect the developing brain throughout childhood and adolescence?
Parents often stress about their kids' sugar intake, but it can be hard to know how much is too much—or what to do about it.
Jan 11, 2022
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Neuroscience
New avenue for study of diseases like multiple sclerosis
A surprising discovery may offer a promising new direction in the study of multiple sclerosis and other diseases of hypomyelination—when axons of neurons are not covered sufficiently in fatty sheaths (myelin), which disrupts ...
Sep 23, 2021
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Genetics
Gene plays major role in brain development
The so-called Plexin-A1 gene seems to play a more extensive role in brain development than previously assumed. This is shown by a current study led by the University Hospital Bonn and the Institute of Anatomy of the University ...
May 31, 2021
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Neuroscience
Alzheimer's protein APP regulates learning and social behavior in the healthy brain
While the APP protein is well-known for its key role in Alzheimer's disease, its contribution to healthy brain function, by contrast, has remained largely unknown until now. Recently, an international research team, led by ...
May 19, 2021
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Neuroscience
Recording thousands of nerve cell impulses at high resolution
ETH researchers have developed a new generation of microelectrode-array chips for measuring nerve impulses, enabling studies of how thousands of nerve cells interact with each other.
Sep 28, 2020
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Medical research
Uncovering the clock that sets the speed of embryo development
Why do pregnancies last longer in some species than others? Researchers at the Francis Crick Institute have found the clock that sets the speed of embryonic development and discovered the mechanism is based on how proteins ...
Sep 17, 2020
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Neuroscience
Researchers discover protein that plays a key role in the formation of neurons
An international team of researchers,has discovered the key role of a DNA-editing protein in the development of the brain. The expression of Phf21b within a defined time window of gestation and in a specific location in the ...
Aug 25, 2020
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Psychology & Psychiatry
Autistic people's nerve cells differ before birth
Autism is a neurodevelopmental condition that researchers are now tracing back to prenatal development, even though the disorder is not diagnosed until at least 18 months of age. A new study now shows in human brain cells ...
Aug 24, 2020
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Psychology & Psychiatry
Experimental drug for Alzheimer's may help children with autism
An extensive international study led by Prof. Illana Gozes of Tel Aviv University's Department of Human Molecular Genetics and Biochemistry found deposits of the tau protein typically found in Alzheimer's patients in tissues ...
Jul 28, 2020
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