Medical research
Breakthrough discovery in neuroscience sheds light on the mysteries of memory
Brian Falkner said "We are our memories."
Apr 6, 2022
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Medications
Researchers explore new nonaddictive means of fighting pain
New research shows that an experimental drug fine-tuned to a specific pain pathway can ease post-surgery aches, a finding that may eventually offer an alternative to highly addictive opioids.
Aug 3, 2023
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Health
Vitamin B6 supplements could reduce anxiety and depression
Scientists at the University of Reading measured the impact of high doses of Vitamin B6 on young adults and found that they reported feeling less anxious and depressed after taking the supplements every day for a month.
Jul 19, 2022
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Neuroscience
Research sheds new light on how brain stem cells are activated
Our brains are notoriously bad at regenerating cells that have been lost through injury or disease. While therapies using neural stem cells (NSCs) hold the promise of replacing lost cells, scientists need to better understand ...
Jun 6, 2019
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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 ...
Mar 24, 2023
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Neuroscience
T cells linked to myelin implicated in MS-like disease in monkeys
Scientists have uncovered new clues implicating a type of herpes virus as the cause of a central nervous system disease in monkeys that's similar to multiple sclerosis in people.
Jan 15, 2021
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Neuroscience
Researchers discover clue to how to protect neurons and encourage their growth
Many neurodegenerative conditions, from glaucoma to Alzheimer's disease, are characterized by injury to axons—the long, slender projections that conduct electrical impulses from one nerve cell to another, facilitating cellular ...
Dec 14, 2020
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Psychology & Psychiatry
In vitro cell culture findings could lead to novel interventions for schizophrenia
A study recently published in Translational Psychiatry, a Nature journal, has shown how using cultured cells from patients with psychotic disorders, such as schizophrenia, to investigate abnormalities in nerve connections ...
Dec 1, 2018
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Neuroscience
Revealing how neurons communicate
MaxWell Biosystems AG's head office is hidden away in a Basel laboratory building previously used by Syngenta, just a stone's throw from ETH Zurich's Department of Biosystems Science and Engineering (D-BSSE). Most rooms are ...
May 25, 2017
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Neuroscience
Researchers discover therapeutic target to aid in glaucoma treatment
Indiana University School of Medicine researchers have identified a new therapeutic target that could lead to more effective treatment of glaucoma.
Mar 10, 2023
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