Neuroscience
How motor neurons develop into subtypes that activate different muscles
Motor neurons play a vital role in movement, linking the central nervous system with different muscles in the body.
Feb 17, 2022
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Medications
New drug screening method answers why Alzheimer's drugs fail, suggests new targets
By analyzing disease mechanisms in human neurons, researchers led by the University of California San Diego developed a new method to screen drugs for treating Alzheimer's disease. Their work sheds light on why Alzheimer's ...
Jan 27, 2022
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Psychology & Psychiatry
How are epilepsy and autism linked?
Epilepsy and autism spectrum disorders, or ASD, show a remarkable degree of comorbidity and may share pathological mechanisms. Questions that have bogged down scientists about these disorders include: Does autism lead to ...
Nov 9, 2021
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Neuroscience
Call-and-response circuit tells neurons when to grow synapses
Brain cells called astrocytes play a key role in helping neurons develop and function properly, but there's still a lot scientists don't understand about how astrocytes perform these important jobs. Now, a team of scientists ...
Oct 25, 2021
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Genetics
Gene therapy shows early promise as angelman syndrome treatment
Scientists at the UNC School of Medicine have reported in the journal JCI Insight encouraging early tests of a gene therapy strategy against Angelman syndrome, a neurodevelopmental disorder that features poor muscle control ...
Oct 22, 2021
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Neuroscience
Excitatory neural receptors aid development of adult-born neurons
A unique interaction between an excitatory neural receptor and a chloride transporter are critical for development of adult-born neurons in the dentate gyrus, according to a Northwestern Medicine study published in Cell Reports.
Oct 5, 2021
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Neuroscience
New findings in the field of perinatal brain injury
A new study, led by researchers at the University of Gothenburg, have generated the first comprehensive transcriptional atlas of neonatal mouse meningeal leukocytes, under normal conditions and after perinatal brain injury. ...
Aug 31, 2021
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Medical research
A mechanism underlying the most common cause of epileptic seizures revealed
During fetal development, cells should migrate to the outer edge of the brain to form critical connections for information transfer and regulation in the body. When even a few cells fail to move to the correct location, the ...
Aug 26, 2021
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Medical research
Biomolecular bonsai: Controlling the pruning and strengthening of neuron branches
At this very moment, the billions of neurons in your brain are using their trillions of connections to enable you to read and comprehend this sentence.
Jul 15, 2021
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Medical research
The viruses in our genes: When activated, they impair brain development
Since our ancestors infected themselves with retroviruses millions of years ago, we have carried elements of these viruses in our genes—known as human endogenous retroviruses, or HERVs for short. These viral elements have ...
May 20, 2021
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