Neuroscience
Study shines light on brain cells that coordinate movement
UW Medicine researchers have developed a technique for inserting a gene into specific cell types in the adult brain in an animal model.
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New iPS-cell model system helps develop treatments for spinocerebellar ataxia
Researchers at the RIKEN Center for Developmental Biology have succeeded in creating a new model system that can be used to develop drug therapies for genetic disorders like spinocerebellar ataxia type 6 (SCA6). Published ...
Nov 1, 2016
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Neuroscience
As simple as random can be
A few weeks ago I was having a discussion about mathematical models for the prediction of the movements of the stock market. The question was whether there was any use to developing complex algorithms trying to predict these ...
Sep 19, 2016
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Neuroscience
The eyes are the window into the brain
Our eyes are constantly moving, whether we notice or not. They jump from one focus point to another and even when we seem to be focused on one point, the eyes continue to reflexively move. These types of eye movements are ...
Jul 27, 2016
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Neuroscience
Researchers optimize methods to study neurons during motor activity
Researchers have optimized the techniques for studying motor learning in order to repeatedly assess the activity of neurons for days, weeks, or even months. These sophisticated approaches allow the further characterization ...
Mar 10, 2016
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Neuroscience
Molecular mechanism responsible for a neurodegenerative disease discovered
Scientists from Bern have discovered a mechanism which is responsible for the degeneration of Purkinje cells in the cerebellum in a neurodegenerative disease called Spinocerebellar ataxia type 1. The results of their study ...
Jan 7, 2016
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Brain FM: Purkinje cells sing different tunes
All of us have our moods when we like to whistle an old melody or feel like tapping our feet to the latest hit. It turns out that cells in our brains can be equally moody, changing the tune of their electrical signals from ...
Sep 29, 2015
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Scientists develop ataxia mouse model
Scientists at the Ruhr-Universität Bochum established a mouse model for the human disease SCA6. SCA6 is characterised by movement deficits and caused by similar genetic alterations as Chorea Huntington. The mouse model will ...
Jun 17, 2015
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Medical research
Stem cell technology could lead to ailing heart mending itself
For the first time, scientists can efficiently generate large numbers of rare cells in the network that pushes the heart's chambers to consistently contract. The technique, published May 28 in Stem Cell Reports, could be ...
Jun 2, 2015
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Research explains the formation of long-term motor memory
Recent studies of long-term motor memory have pointed out the involvement of synaptic plasticity at multiple sites in the cerebellum, but the physiological mechanism remains unclear. Now results from a collaboration of researchers ...
Mar 26, 2015
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