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Acute stress can lead to delayed, long-term psychological trauma

Mrs. M would never forget that day. She was walking along a busy road next to the vegetable market when two goons zipped past on a bike. One man's hand shot out and grabbed the chain around her neck.

30 Dec 2016

Researchers identify mechanism that generates synchronous oscillation in the brain

Every time we learn something new, the memory does not only need to be acquired, it also needs to be stabilized in a process called memory consolidation.

30 Dec 2016

C elegans could be powerful model for understanding how nervous systems produce behaviors

The human brain, the most complex object in the universe, has 86 billion neurons with trillions of yet-unmapped connections.

27 Dec 2016

CSHL researcher-inventor hails FDA approval of new SMA drug

Within a week of Christmas day, a drug called nusinersen will be in the hands of doctors across the nation, who will use it, most urgently, to treat young children with a severe and potentially fatal illness called spinal muscular atrophy (SMA).

26 Dec 2016

Ionis announces FDA approval of first SMA drug in the U.S for pediatric and adult patients

Ionis Pharmaceuticals, Inc. announced today that the U.S. Food and Drug Administration has approved SPINRAZATM (nusinersen) under Priority Review for the treatment of spinal muscular atrophy (SMA) in pediatric and adult patients.

26 Dec 2016

MDA celebrates FDA approval of new spinal muscular atrophy drug

The Muscular Dystrophy Association today celebrated news of the U.S. Food and Drug Administration's decision to grant approval for nusinersen (brand name Spinraza), the first disease-modifying drug to treat the most common genetic cause of death in infants.

23 Dec 2016

UC San Diego research identifies neurons that signal direction of travel

Imagine you're navigating a city like New York, or any other that's laid out on a grid. Suppose you run into a roadblock as you're heading north.

23 Dec 2016

Scientists discover OGDHL and NRD1 genes linked to progressive loss of neurological function

An international team of scientists has discovered that the gene, OGDHL, a key protein required for normal function of the mitochondria -- the energy-producing factory of the cell -- and its chaperone, nardilysin (NRD1) are linked to progressive loss of neurological function in humans.

22 Dec 2016

Generative AAE can be radically new way to discover drugs on demand

Scientists at the Pharmaceutical Artificial Intelligence group of Insilico Medicine, Inc, today announced the publication of a seminal paper demonstrating the application of generative adversarial autoencoders (AAEs) to generating new molecular fingerprints on demand.

22 Dec 2016

Popular food supplement may be key in reversing detrimental effects of Familial Dysautonomia

A new Tel Aviv University study finds that a popular food supplement called phosphatidylserine may be instrumental in reversing the detrimental effects of Familial Dysautonomia (FD), a debilitating neurodegenerative disorder that affects approximately 1 in 31 Jewish people of Eastern European, or Ashkenazi, ancestry.

21 Dec 2016

Study provides new insight into brain circuitry that regulates water and food intake

Using leading-edge technology, neuroscientists at Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center gained new insight into the brain circuitry that regulates water and food intake.

16 Dec 2016

MGH researchers develop magnetic coils for selective and reliable neural stimulation

Massachusetts General Hospital researchers have developed what appears to be a significant improvement in the technology behind brain implants used to activate neural circuits responsible for vision, hearing or movement.

9 Dec 2016

Duke researchers develop new cell-based drug screening test for dystonia

Duke University researchers have identified a common mechanism underlying separate forms of dystonia, a family of brain disorders that cause involuntary, debilitating and often painful movements, including twists and turns of different parts of the body.

8 Dec 2016

Transcranial magnetic stimulation could bring back abandoned memories

It's clear that your working memory -- which holds attention on small things of short-term importance -- works, or you wouldn't be able to remember a new phone number long enough to dial it.

1 Dec 2016

Research provides new insight into how diseases that disconnect brain and body occur

A huge colony of receptors must be optimally positioned and functioning on our muscle cells for our brains to talk with our bodies so we can walk and breathe.

29 Nov 2016

Experts come together to develop plan for managing and sharing neuroscience data

Three years ago the White House launched the Brain Research through Advancing Innovative Neurotechnologies (BRAIN) Initiative to accelerate the development and application of novel technologies that will give us a better understanding about how brains work.

24 Nov 2016

Research identifies presence of neuron-producing stem cells in meninges

A multidisciplinary research, conceived by Dr. Francesco Bifari, Department of Medical Biotechnology and Translational Medicine, University of Milan, Italy and Dr. Ilaria Decimo University of Verona, Italy, found that meninges - the protective membranes that enclose the brain - contain of a pool of neural stem cells.

24 Nov 2016

Neurons appear to retain partial communication despite serious structural aberrations, study finds

Neuroscientists have long known that brain cells communicate with each other through the release of tiny bubbles packed with neurotransmitters—a fleet of vessels docked along neuronal ends ready to launch when a trigger arrives.

24 Nov 2016

Noninvasive biomedical imaging technology uses light to map the brain

Scientific progress has provided a solid understanding of the anatomy of the brain. However, there is still no reliable way to examine neuron to neuron communication, as it happens--a key to understanding the correlation between brain structure and brain function.

22 Nov 2016

MEMOIR can help read history and ‘family trees’ of cells

Researchers have developed a new method for reading the history and "family trees" of cells.

22 Nov 2016

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Acute stress can lead to delayed, long-term psychological trauma

Researchers identify mechanism that generates synchronous oscillation in the brain

C elegans could be powerful model for understanding how nervous systems produce behaviors

CSHL researcher-inventor hails FDA approval of new SMA drug

Ionis announces FDA approval of first SMA drug in the U.S for pediatric and adult patients

MDA celebrates FDA approval of new spinal muscular atrophy drug

UC San Diego research identifies neurons that signal direction of travel

Scientists discover OGDHL and NRD1 genes linked to progressive loss of neurological function

Generative AAE can be radically new way to discover drugs on demand

Popular food supplement may be key in reversing detrimental effects of Familial Dysautonomia

Study provides new insight into brain circuitry that regulates water and food intake

MGH researchers develop magnetic coils for selective and reliable neural stimulation

Duke researchers develop new cell-based drug screening test for dystonia

Transcranial magnetic stimulation could bring back abandoned memories

Research provides new insight into how diseases that disconnect brain and body occur

Experts come together to develop plan for managing and sharing neuroscience data

Research identifies presence of neuron-producing stem cells in meninges

Neurons appear to retain partial communication despite serious structural aberrations, study finds

Noninvasive biomedical imaging technology uses light to map the brain

MEMOIR can help read history and ‘family trees’ of cells

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