Neuroscience

Dieting: Brain amplifies signal of hunger synapses, finds study

Many people who have dieted are familiar with the yo-yo effect: after the diet, the kilos are quickly put back on. Researchers from the Max Planck Institute for Metabolism Research and Harvard Medical School have now shown ...

Medical research

Potential treatment target for drug-resistant epilepsy identified

Researchers at Tufts University School of Medicine and colleagues have identified a small molecule that may help treat people with epilepsy whose condition has become resistant to the benzodiazepine drugs usually used in ...

Diseases, Conditions, Syndromes

Discovery of a potential therapeutic target for ALS

University of Malta researchers have discovered a potential new drug target for amyotrophic lateral sclerosis (ALS), according to a new study published in the Neurobiology of Aging journal.

Medical research

A new immune pathway sheds light on amyotrophic lateral sclerosis

While drugs are on the market to slow the progression of neurodegenerative diseases, there are still no cures. But researchers at Boston Children's Hospital and Harvard Medical School are looking for new pathways for slowing ...

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