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Research uncovers how memories and fear-responses can be transmitted through social interactions

Has a song ever reminded you of the past, and unexpectedly surfaced emotions associated with that specific experience or person from your memory? Does walking into Staples remind you of back-to-school shopping, even years after graduating?

17 Mar 2022

Researchers find turbocharger for memory in the brain cells of mice

Scientists have long known that learning requires the flow of calcium into and out of brain cells. But researchers at Columbia's Zuckerman Institute have now discovered that floods of calcium originating from within neurons can also boost learning.

17 Mar 2022

Researchers identify a gene that could prevent Parkinson’s disease

Parkinson's disease is a neurodegenerative disorder characterized by the destruction of a specific population of neurons: the dopaminergic neurons.

17 Mar 2022

Transcription factors work together to drive cancer cell proliferation

Scientists have discovered that a well-established cancer cell transcription factor and its newly identified co-factor work together to drive cancer cell proliferation, according to findings published in Science Advances.

16 Mar 2022

Neurons that drive competition and social behavior within groups discovered

New research in mice has identified neurons in the brain that influence competitive interactions between individuals and that play a critical role in shaping the social behavior of groups.

16 Mar 2022

Yale researchers uncover how to control the blood-brain barrier with a molecule

The brain is composed of billions of neurons - vulnerable cells that require a protective environment to function properly.

16 Mar 2022

Serum folate deficiency in older people may be associated with heightened dementia and death risks

Low levels of folate (vitamin B9) in the blood may be linked to a heightened risk of dementia and death from any cause in older people, suggests research published online in the journal Evidence Based Mental Health.

16 Mar 2022

Researchers receive grant to find answers to taste loss in COVID patients

Up to 80% of individuals who've had COVID-19 report temporary or lasting changes in their sense of taste, and scientists are working to better understand the biological basis of why, including whether our taste buds are a direct virus target.

15 Mar 2022

Cell fusion could be a potential therapeutic strategy to treat retinal damage

Fusing human retinal cells with adult stem cells could be a potential therapeutic strategy to treat retinal damage and visual impairment, according to the findings of a new study published in the journal eBioMedicine.

15 Mar 2022

Temporary increase in dopamine levels initiates sleep state transitions

Historically, the neurological mechanisms underlying sleep-cycle generation have been elusive. But now, researchers from Japan have uncovered new information about how the brain transitions from one sleep state to another.

15 Mar 2022

Brain network that triggers the execution of planned movement discovered

Planned movement is essential to our daily lives, and it often requires delayed execution. As children, we stood crouched and ready but waited for the shout of "GO!" before sprinting from the starting line.

14 Mar 2022

Researchers develop new cranial window system for long-term studies of brain activity

Bilal Haider is studying how multiple areas of the brain work together for visual perception. This could help researchers understand if neural activity "traffic jams" underlie all kinds of visual impairments: from running a red light when visual attention is elsewhere, to shedding light on the autism-affected brain.

11 Mar 2022

Study may provide insight into the evolution of D-amino acid function in marine invertebrates

Amino acids are the basic building blocks of living organisms and typically occur in a configuration known as the L-form. However, there are a few exceptional examples of the structural mirror image of the L-form (known as the D-form) being present in animals.

11 Mar 2022

Researchers identify motor neuron toxin associated with ALS

An international team of investigators has discovered that an inorganic polyphosphate released by nerve cells known as astrocytes in people with amyotrophic lateral sclerosis (ALS) and frontotemporal dementia (FTD) contributes to the motor neuron death that is the signature of these diseases.

10 Mar 2022

Alzheimer’s disease protein helps skin cancer cells thrive when they metastasize to the brain

Amyloid beta, a protein known to build up in the brains of people with Alzheimer's disease, also helps skin cancer cells thrive when they spread to the brain, a new study finds.

10 Mar 2022

Study provides insights into how early life events can affect brain wiring patterns

A new study of brain development in mice shortly after birth may provide insights into how early life events can affect wiring patterns in the brain that manifest as disease later in life – specifically such disorders as schizophrenia, epilepsy and autism.

10 Mar 2022

Single protein elicits multilineage reprogramming of astrocytes in adult mouse brains

A single protein can reverse the developmental clock on adult brain cells called astrocytes, morphing them into stem-like cells that produce neurons and other cell types, UT Southwestern researchers report in a PNAS study.

9 Mar 2022

Pain neuron-derived peptide protects mice from endotoxic death by enhancing brain ATP production

Sepsis is a high-mortality disease that arises when the body's immune reaction to pathogens causes multi-organ defects.

9 Mar 2022

Researchers unravel how parent's gene impact the behavior of children

Parenting is not the only way moms and dads impact the behavior of their offspring. Genes matter, too. And although most of our genes are inherited in pairs - one copy from each parent - moms and dads exert their genetic influence in different ways.

8 Mar 2022

Intersectional, anterograde transsynaptic targeting system used to reveal two different brain circuits

Osaka Metropolitan University uses new “intersectional, anterograde transsynaptic targeting system” to reveal two different mouse brain circuits: the retina/primary visual cortex to the superior colliculus and the bilateral motor cortex to the dorsal striatum.

8 Mar 2022

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Research uncovers how memories and fear-responses can be transmitted through social interactions

Researchers find turbocharger for memory in the brain cells of mice

Researchers identify a gene that could prevent Parkinson’s disease

Transcription factors work together to drive cancer cell proliferation

Neurons that drive competition and social behavior within groups discovered

Yale researchers uncover how to control the blood-brain barrier with a molecule

Serum folate deficiency in older people may be associated with heightened dementia and death risks

Researchers receive grant to find answers to taste loss in COVID patients

Cell fusion could be a potential therapeutic strategy to treat retinal damage

Temporary increase in dopamine levels initiates sleep state transitions

Brain network that triggers the execution of planned movement discovered

Researchers develop new cranial window system for long-term studies of brain activity

Study may provide insight into the evolution of D-amino acid function in marine invertebrates

Researchers identify motor neuron toxin associated with ALS

Alzheimer’s disease protein helps skin cancer cells thrive when they metastasize to the brain

Study provides insights into how early life events can affect brain wiring patterns

Single protein elicits multilineage reprogramming of astrocytes in adult mouse brains

Pain neuron-derived peptide protects mice from endotoxic death by enhancing brain ATP production

Researchers unravel how parent's gene impact the behavior of children

Intersectional, anterograde transsynaptic targeting system used to reveal two different brain circuits

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