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Salk scientists develop new way to find responders to lithium therapy

For roughly one-third of people diagnosed with bipolar disorder, lithium is a miracle drug, effectively treating both their mania and depression. But once someone is diagnosed, it can take up to a year to learn whether that person will be among the 30 percent who respond to lithium or the 70 percent who do not.

21 Mar 2017

Biologists discover secondary set of odor sensors in malaria mosquitoes

Biologists who study the malaria mosquito's 'nose' have found that it contains a secondary set of odor sensors that seem to be specially tuned to detect humans. The discovery could aid efforts to figure out how the insects target humans and develop a preference for them.

17 Mar 2017

Scientists identify new toxic pathway for protein aggregates in ALS and FTLD

Led by professor Ludo Van Den Bosch, scientists from Belgium, the UK and the US have identified new processes that form protein "clumps" that are characteristic of amyotrophic lateral sclerosis (ALS) and frontotemporal lobar degeneration (FTLD).

17 Mar 2017

MPFI researchers develop new tool to study CaMKII kinetics in learning and memory

As we learn, the structure of individual neurons in our brains change to strengthen important connections and weaken less important ones, a process known as structural plasticity.

16 Mar 2017

Novel nanoengineered retinal prosthesis may help restore eyesight

A team of engineers at the University of California San Diego and La Jolla-based startup Nanovision Biosciences Inc. have developed the nanotechnology and wireless electronics for a new type of retinal prosthesis that brings research a step closer to restoring the ability of neurons in the retina to respond to light.

14 Mar 2017

Researchers discover cellular defects that underlie familial form of Parkinson's disease

Howard Hughes Medical Institute researchers have introduced a genetic mutation found in some patients with early onset Parkinson's disease into mice, creating a new animal model of the disease.

14 Mar 2017

Exposure to EDCs alters thyroid hormone signalling, early brain development in frog embryos

Findings published today provide evidence that exposure to endocrine disrupting chemicals (EDCs) causes changes in thyroid hormone signalling, which disturbs brain development.

13 Mar 2017

UCLA study provides new insights into how the brain works

A new UCLA study could change scientists' understanding of how the brain works — and could lead to new approaches for treating neurological disorders and for developing computers that "think" more like humans.

10 Mar 2017

Researchers develop optimized sensors to study biochemical underpinnings of learning and memory

Learning and memory are crucial aspects of everyday life. When we learn, our neurons use chemical and molecular signals to change their shapes and strengthen connections between neurons, a process known as synaptic plasticity.

9 Mar 2017

Researchers identify potential alcoholism mechanisms linked to dynamical dopamine imbalance

Researchers from the Higher School of Economics, Ecole Normale Supérieure, Paris, Indiana University and the Russian Academy of Sciences Nizhny Novgorod Institute of Applied Physics have identified potential alcoholism mechanisms, associated with altered dopaminergic neuron response to complex dynamics of prefrontal cortex neurones affecting dopamine release.

9 Mar 2017

Researcher shows how natural molecule can promote axon repair

A foray into plant biology led one researcher to discover that a natural molecule can repair axons, the thread-like projections that carry electrical signals between cells. Axonal damage is the major culprit underlying disability in conditions such as spinal cord injury and stroke.

9 Mar 2017

UNIGE scientists identify complementary role played by two neurons in processing olfactory information

The human brain has the ability to recognise and process a very wide range of sensory stimuli, from which it builds a mental representation.

8 Mar 2017

Gentle sound stimulation enhances deep sleep, memory in older adults

Gentle sound stimulation -- such as the rush of a waterfall -- synchronized to the rhythm of brain waves significantly enhanced deep sleep in older adults and improved their ability to recall words, reports a new Northwestern Medicine study.

8 Mar 2017

Brain cells work together in harmony to store and retrieve short-term memory, research finds

Nerve cells in our brains work together in harmony to store and retrieve short-term memory, and are not solo artists as previously thought, Western-led brain research has determined.

6 Mar 2017

TSRI scientists discover how key protein establishes proper vision

Scientists from the Florida campus of The Scripps Research Institute have discovered how a protein called α2δ4 establishes proper vision.

6 Mar 2017

Scientists reveal new ‘threshold theory’ of how Parkinson's disease spreads

The toxic protein behind Parkinson's disease may not spread like an infection from nerve cell to nerve, according to a new theory by Technion and Harvard University scientists.

2 Mar 2017

Researchers discover CTE in deceased patient's brain with no known history of head trauma

Researchers at Toronto Western Hospital's Canadian Concussion Centre have discovered the presence of chronic traumatic encephalopathy (CTE) in the brain of a deceased patient with no known history of traumatic brain injury or concussion, the first known case of its kind.

2 Mar 2017

Duke researchers discover potential cause for ALS syndromes using mouse models

A team of researchers at Duke University Medical Center led by Dr. Paulo Ferreira and whose work was supported by the National Institutes of Health has found that derailing the transport of certain receptors that carry cargoes from and to the nucleus of motor neurons causes motor neuron disease in mice.

1 Mar 2017

Study finding suggests new ways in which genetic mutations may cause brain disorders

Many kids say they love their mom and dad equally, but there are times when even the best prefers one parent over the other. The same can be said for how the body's cells treat our DNA instructions. It has long been thought that each copy - one inherited from mom and one from dad - is treated the same. A new study from scientists at the University of Utah School of Medicine shows that it is not uncommon for cells in the brain to preferentially activate one copy over the other.

25 Feb 2017

New humanized model enables better characterization of Alzheimer's pathology

Cells behave differently when removed from their environments, just as cells that develop in cultures do not behave like cells in living creatures.

24 Feb 2017

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Salk scientists develop new way to find responders to lithium therapy

Biologists discover secondary set of odor sensors in malaria mosquitoes

Scientists identify new toxic pathway for protein aggregates in ALS and FTLD

MPFI researchers develop new tool to study CaMKII kinetics in learning and memory

Novel nanoengineered retinal prosthesis may help restore eyesight

Researchers discover cellular defects that underlie familial form of Parkinson's disease

Exposure to EDCs alters thyroid hormone signalling, early brain development in frog embryos

UCLA study provides new insights into how the brain works

Researchers develop optimized sensors to study biochemical underpinnings of learning and memory

Researchers identify potential alcoholism mechanisms linked to dynamical dopamine imbalance

Researcher shows how natural molecule can promote axon repair

UNIGE scientists identify complementary role played by two neurons in processing olfactory information

Gentle sound stimulation enhances deep sleep, memory in older adults

Brain cells work together in harmony to store and retrieve short-term memory, research finds

TSRI scientists discover how key protein establishes proper vision

Scientists reveal new ‘threshold theory’ of how Parkinson's disease spreads

Researchers discover CTE in deceased patient's brain with no known history of head trauma

Duke researchers discover potential cause for ALS syndromes using mouse models

Study finding suggests new ways in which genetic mutations may cause brain disorders

New humanized model enables better characterization of Alzheimer's pathology

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