Diseases, Conditions, Syndromes
Zika presents hot spots in brains of chicken embryos
Zika prefers certain "hot spots" in the brains of chicken embryos, offering insight into how brain development is affected by the virus.
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Medical research
Researchers grow capillaries with a neural organoid
A team of researchers at UC Davis has succeeded in growing capillaries on and into a neural organoid. In their paper published in the journal NeuroReport, the group describes how they grew capillaries with the organoid and ...
Neuroscience
Older adults grow just as many new brain cells as young people: study
Researchers show for the first time that healthy older men and women can generate just as many new brain cells as younger people.
Apr 5, 2018
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Neuroscience
Flow of spinal fluid disrupted in inherited developmental disorder
Scientists have pinpointed the mechanism behind hydrocephalus, an accumulation of cerebrospinal fluid around the brain, in an inherited developmental disorder called Noonan syndrome.
Mar 22, 2018
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Medical research
Clearing clumps of protein in aging neural stem cells boosts their activity
Young, resting neural stem cells in the brains of mice store large clumps of proteins in specialized cellular trash compartments known as lysosomes, researchers at the Stanford University School of Medicine have found.
Mar 15, 2018
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Neuroscience
Where does the controversial finding that adult human brains don't grow new neurons leave ongoing research?
Scientists have known for about two decades that some neurons – the fundamental cells in the brain that transmit signals – are generated throughout life. But now a controversial new study from the University of California, ...
Mar 15, 2018
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Neuroscience
Researchers look for clues in big data to enlist stem cells for brain repair
A team at the University of Toronto's Medicine by Design has combined the latest genomic technology with machine learning in a new study that sheds light on brain stem cells, providing insights that could one day help the ...
Mar 14, 2018
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Neuroscience
Adult human brains don't grow new neurons in hippocampus, contrary to prevailing view
When our recent study met significant skepticism, we weren't surprised. After all, we ourselves remained skeptical of what we were seeing throughout our investigation. But repeated and varied experiments convinced us our ...
Mar 12, 2018
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Neuroscience
Birth of new neurons in the human hippocampus ends in childhood
One of the liveliest debates in neuroscience over the past half century surrounds whether the human brain renews itself by producing new neurons throughout life, and whether it may be possible to rejuvenate the brain by boosting ...
Mar 7, 2018
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Zebrafish study reveals regenerative processes by neural stem cells in the brain
Waseda University researchers recently elucidated the regenerative processes of neural stem cells using a stab injury model in the optic tectum of adult zebrafish. The study could contribute to the treatment of human central ...
Mar 7, 2018
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