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Researchers elucidate enzymes that control long-term memory, learning process in the brain

When we first purchase a smart phone, all of our settings and applications are the same. But as time passes, everyone's phones will change drastically as we adapt them to our own individual needs and preferences. In the same way, our memories and life experiences are loaded into our brains, making one person unique from another.

2 Oct 2019

Researchers find no evidence of adverse health outcomes linked with antidepressant use

Antidepressants are generally safe, according to a new study by an international team of researchers. By assessing evidence from 45 meta-analyses, which combined the results from many studies, the researchers did not find strong evidence of adverse health outcomes associated with antidepressant use.

2 Oct 2019

Study shows how brake cell failure causes some types of seizure disorders

A study has revealed that brake cell failure causes some types of seizure disorders.

2 Oct 2019

Mount Sinai neuroscientist sheds light on how the brain stores memories across a lifetime

Denise Cai, PhD, an Assistant Professor of Neuroscience at the Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai, has always been interested in the dynamic nature of memory. But she began to question precisely how the brain can store and recall so many memories over a lifetime while playing a "memory match" card game with her young son.

1 Oct 2019

Findings could open up new research avenues into how heme tolerance occurs in humans

Most people have some idea of how important iron is to their health, but Iqbal Hamza, professor in Animal and Avian Sciences, has made his seventeen-year career at the University of Maryland all about the study of iron and heme trafficking and regulation in the body.

1 Oct 2019

WVU researcher explores the brain in a new way to better understand cognition

Where is Waldo? Whether we're searching for Waldo or our keys in a room of clutter, we tap into a part of the frontal region of the brain when performing visual, goal-related tasks. Some of us do it well, whereas for others it's a bit challenging.

1 Oct 2019

Researchers to explore if humans can exploit genetics of a mouse that regrows axons after injury

A bit more than a million years ago, a population of Southeastern Asian mice developed the remarkable ability to regrow axons after injury to its brain.

1 Oct 2019

Function of certain 'brake cells' disrupted in some forms of epilepsy

In some forms of epilepsy, the function of certain "brake cells" in the brain is presumed to be disrupted. This may be one of the reasons why the electrical malfunction is able to spread from the point of origin across large parts of the brain.

1 Oct 2019

Cannabis: CBD vs THC causes lower psychiatric side-effects

A study has revealed how cannabidiol works against tetrahydrocannabinol to prevent psychiatric side effects.

1 Oct 2019

Researchers offer new evidence for the mechanisms underlying consciousness

No-one knows what connects awareness - the state of consciousness - with its contents, i.e. thoughts and experiences. Now researchers propose an elegant solution: a literal, structural connection.

30 Sep 2019

Study shows how cannabidiol blocks the psychiatric side-effects of THC

Researchers at Western University have shown for the first time the molecular mechanisms at work that cause cannabidiol, or CBD, to block the psychiatric side-effects caused by tetrahydrocannabinol, the main psychoactive chemical in cannabis.

30 Sep 2019

Johns Hopkins researchers develop new way to deliver sight-saving gene therapy to the retina

In experiments with rats, pigs and monkeys, Johns Hopkins Medicine researchers have developed a way to deliver sight-saving gene therapy to the retina.

From Johns Hopkins Medicine 30 Sep 2019

High-speed imaging technology reveals previously unseen details of living creatures

The Columbia team behind the revolutionary 3D SCAPE microscope announces today a new version of this high-speed imaging technology.

27 Sep 2019

Healthy neurons form surprising connections with aggressive brain cancer cells

In a collaborative study by the University of Bergen, Universität Heidelberg and Das Deutsche Krebsforschungszentrum in Germany, researchers discovered that cancer cells in the brain communicate with healthy brain cells in a different way than previously assumed.

27 Sep 2019

Study may help scientists to learn more about the causes of chronic pain

Researchers from North Carolina State University have found that inflammation increases neuronal activity, gene expression and sensory nerve (neurite) outgrowth in neurons involved in thermal - but not physical- sensations in mice.

27 Sep 2019

New study on gene modulation may help prevent blindness

Genes borrowed from a spider turned Peter Parker into Spiderman. If scientists can use archaea--tiny organisms similar to bacteria--as a source of useful genes for humans, might it help prevent blindness one day?

27 Sep 2019

Researchers identify neural circuit that controls perseverance

Success is no accident: To reach your goal you need perseverance. But where does the motivation come from? An international team of researchers led by scientists from the Technical University of Munich (TUM) has now identified the neural circuit in the brain of fruit flies which makes them perform at their best when searching for food.

27 Sep 2019

Non-invasive treatment shows early promise for vestibular migraine attacks

There may be some good news for people with vestibular migraine, a type of migraine that causes vertigo and dizziness with or without headache pain.

26 Sep 2019

Study evaluates differences in protein intake and health indicators among racial/ethnic older adults

As the population of older adults in the United States continues to grow and becomes more diverse, health concerns increase in parallel.

26 Sep 2019

UCI researchers receive BRAIN Initiative grant to lead development of new brain mapping tool

Professors Xiangmin Xu and Rozanne Sandri-Goldin, in collaboration with Professors Bert Semler and Todd Holmes at the University of California, Irvine, School of Medicine, were awarded a three-year, $4.3 million Brain Research through Advancing Innovative Neurotechnologies (BRAIN) Initiative grant.

26 Sep 2019

Neuroscience News and Research

Researchers elucidate enzymes that control long-term memory, learning process in the brain

Researchers find no evidence of adverse health outcomes linked with antidepressant use

Study shows how brake cell failure causes some types of seizure disorders

Mount Sinai neuroscientist sheds light on how the brain stores memories across a lifetime

Findings could open up new research avenues into how heme tolerance occurs in humans

WVU researcher explores the brain in a new way to better understand cognition

Researchers to explore if humans can exploit genetics of a mouse that regrows axons after injury

Function of certain 'brake cells' disrupted in some forms of epilepsy

Cannabis: CBD vs THC causes lower psychiatric side-effects

Researchers offer new evidence for the mechanisms underlying consciousness

Study shows how cannabidiol blocks the psychiatric side-effects of THC

Johns Hopkins researchers develop new way to deliver sight-saving gene therapy to the retina

High-speed imaging technology reveals previously unseen details of living creatures

Healthy neurons form surprising connections with aggressive brain cancer cells

Study may help scientists to learn more about the causes of chronic pain

New study on gene modulation may help prevent blindness

Researchers identify neural circuit that controls perseverance

Non-invasive treatment shows early promise for vestibular migraine attacks

Study evaluates differences in protein intake and health indicators among racial/ethnic older adults

UCI researchers receive BRAIN Initiative grant to lead development of new brain mapping tool

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