Neuroscience
Neurons are genetically programmed to have long lives
When our neurons—the principle cells of the brain—die, so do we.
Jul 24, 2020
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Medical research
Tracking development of the brain's interface that controls bodily metabolism
A study team led by MedUni Vienna's Center for Brain Research has charted how cell types that form neuroendocrine command centers that control virtually all aspects of bodily metabolism evolve during brain development. The ...
May 7, 2020
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Can sea anemones show us how to regrow brain tissue?
Re-growing damaged or diseased brain tissue may be the answer to improving treatment of central nervous system disorders such as traumatic brain injury, stroke, epilepsy and Parkinson's disease, among others.
Mar 30, 2020
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Study in mice: Brain cells long thought of as passive play key role in memory
Microglia are resident immune cells in your brain that act as first responders, always on the lookout for trouble. Accounting for about 10% of our brain cells, they were historically thought of as passive bystanders in the ...
Feb 7, 2020
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New study links autism to specific cell, paves way for potential approach to treatment
People with autism spectrum disorder (ASD) appear to suffer malfunctions in a cell that produces a special coating around nerve fibers that facilitates efficient electrical communication across the brain. And correcting it ...
Feb 3, 2020
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Psychology & Psychiatry
Prescription drug improves symptoms of autism by targeting brain's chemical messengers
Bumetanide—a prescription drug for oedema (the build-up of fluid in the body) - improves some of the symptoms in young children with autism spectrum disorders and has no significant side effects, according to a new study ...
Jan 27, 2020
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Study of the nervous system could have implications for regenerative medicine and cancer
In order for the central nervous system to communicate to the rest of the body, the brain and spinal cord house nerves that send and receive signals via neurons or nerve cells. This communication can take place only because ...
Sep 23, 2019
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Study looks at stem cells for answers to how a type of autism develops
The lab of Yongchao Ma, Ph.D., from Stanley Manne Children's Research Institute at Ann & Robert H. Lurie Children's Hospital of Chicago, discovered how the genetic defect in fragile X syndrome—a type of autism—delays ...
Jul 23, 2019
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Medical research
More evidence that blood tests can detect the risk of Alzheimer's
A new study confirms that a simple blood test can reveal whether there is accelerating nerve cell damage in the brain. The researchers analysed neurofilament light protein (NFL) in blood samples from patients with Alzheimer's ...
Apr 24, 2019
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Spinal organoids mimic neurodegenerative disease
'Organoids' that mimic the developing spinal cord could assist research and drug development for neurodegenerative diseases such as spinal muscular atrophy and amyotrophic lateral sclerosis.
Mar 18, 2019
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