Neuroscience
Faulty brain circuits arise from abnormal fusion
A discovery that could rewrite the textbooks on neurons could also help us understand the basis of some neurological diseases.
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Genetics
Small set of genes may provide unique barcode for different types of brain cells in worms
When it comes to brain cells, one size does not fit all. Neurons come in a wide variety of shapes, sizes, and contain different types of brain chemicals. But how did they get that way? A new study in Nature suggests that ...
Aug 19, 2020
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Genetics
Key gene identified for improving multiple sclerosis treatment
The disease multiple sclerosis (MS) attacks the central nervous system and, with time, can give rise to muscle tremors and loss of balance. Researchers at Karolinska Institutet have now identified a gene, Gsta4, that protects ...
Aug 14, 2020
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Oncology & Cancer
How metastatic cancer survives in the subarachnoid space
A team of researchers working at Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center in New York has discovered how metastatic cancer is able to survive in the hostile subarachnoid space. In their paper published in the journal Science, ...
Medical research
Blood vessels communicate with sensory neurons to decide their fate
Researchers at Pompeu Fabra University have shown for the first time that blood vessels communicate with neurons in the peripheral nervous system, regulating their proliferation and differentiation. The study is published ...
Jul 16, 2020
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Neuroscience
Researchers study if nerve cells evolved to talk to microbes
Various diseases of the digestive tract, for example severe intestinal inflammation in humans, are closely linked to disturbances in the natural mobility of the intestine. What role the microbiome—i.e. the natural microbial ...
Jul 10, 2020
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Medical research
Regenerating the body from within using biomaterials
Successful tissue regeneration can have major benefits in healing injuries or replacing portions of diseased or damaged tissue in bone, skin, the nervous system and in organs such as the muscle, kidney, liver, lung and heart. ...
Jul 7, 2020
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Neuroscience
Scientists devise new 'bar code' method to identify critical cell types in the brain
While the brain is composed of two types of cells, glia tend to receive far less attention for their importance in brain function and disease than the more celebrated neurons. But scientists have known for more than a century ...
Jun 25, 2020
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Diseases, Conditions, Syndromes
Pain researchers may know why COVID-19 spreads quickly in patients' lungs
Around the world, scientists are racing to find ways to combat the symptoms of COVID-19 as the number of global cases surpasses 9 million. Researchers at The University of Texas at Dallas recently pinpointed a potential strategy ...
Jun 25, 2020
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Neuroscience
Neurons thrive even when malnourished
When animal, insect or human embryos grow in a malnourished environment, their developing nervous systems get first pick of any available nutrients so that new neurons can be made.
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