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Stroke drug improves stem cell therapy in rat spinal cord injury models

Four months after treating them, Yasuhiro Shiga, MD, PhD, checked on his rats. Walking into the lab, he carried minimal expectations.

17 Dec 2019

The Acoustics of the Brain: Random-access 3D Microscopy in Neuroscience

Máté Marosi and Zsolt Iván discuss the use of acousto-optic microscopes to study neural networks in the brain, from cell bodies to dendrites, to tiny spines.

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Research finds key reason why brain connectivity goes awry in rare neurodevelopmental conditions

Axons are the long thread-like extensions of neurons that send electrical signals to other brain cells. Thanks to axonal connectivity, our brains and bodies can do all necessary tasks.

16 Dec 2019

Study sheds light on the origins of spinocerebellar ataxia type 7

New research has shed light on the origins of spinocerebellar ataxia type 7 (SCA7) and demonstrates effective new therapeutic pathways for SCA7 and the more than 40 other types of spinocerebellar ataxia.

16 Dec 2019

New techniques could help neuroscientists track brain computations

Since the 1950s at least, researchers have speculated that the brain is a kind of computer in which neurons make up complex circuits that perform untold numbers of calculations every second. Decades later, neuroscientists know that these brain circuits exist, yet technical limitations have kept most details of their computations out of reach.

14 Dec 2019

Precision epigenome editing can repair genetic syndrome of intellectual disability

Using a targeted gene epigenome editing approach in the developing mouse brain, Johns Hopkins Medicine researchers reversed one gene mutation that leads to the genetic disorder WAGR syndrome, which causes intellectual disability and obesity in people.

13 Dec 2019

Study could help improve GENUS to become a therapeutic approach for Alzheimer's disease

The sweeping extent to which increasing 40Hz "gamma" rhythm power in the brain can affect the pathology and symptoms of Alzheimer's disease in mouse models has been surprising, even to the MIT neuroscientists who've pioneered the idea. So surprising, in fact, they can't yet explain why it happens.

11 Dec 2019

Blood pressure drug could be beneficial in treating alcohol use disorders

A drug used to treat high blood pressure may alleviate anxiety induced by long-term heavy alcohol use, and also halt the damage such drinking can cause to the brain's ability to grow new cells, research at the Queensland University of Technology shows.

11 Dec 2019

Study may help explain why deep-brain stimulation does not work for everyone

People with severe Parkinson's disease or other neurological conditions that cause intractable symptoms such as uncontrollable shaking, muscle spasms, seizures, obsessive thoughts and compulsive behaviors are sometimes treated with electric stimulators placed inside the brain.

10 Dec 2019

Neurons in the brain's motor cortex light up during speech of words and syllables

Neurons in the brain's motor cortex previously thought of as active mainly during hand and arm movements also light up during speech in a way that is similar to patterns of brain activity linked to these movements, suggest new findings published today in eLife.

10 Dec 2019

Researchers validate RNA sequencing methods using crab's nervous system model

"Being crabby" might have a whole new meaning.

6 Dec 2019

$Nerve signaling pathway crucial to healing fractures, study shows$

Nerve signaling pathway crucial to healing fractures, study shows

Sticks and stones may break one's bones, but healing them requires the production of a protein signal that stimulates the generation, growth and spread of vital nerve cells, or neurons, throughout the injured area.

5 Dec 2019

Magnetic nano-sized disks could restore function for Lou Gehrig’s disease patients

For decades the renowned English physicist Stephen Hawking lived with a motor neuron disease until his death last year.

5 Dec 2019

Discovery of protein function opens door to potential therapies for addiction, behavioral disorders

The human brain consists of several intricate networks or "circuits." One such complex circuit, called the "reward circuit," is involved in reward-associated learning, a process in which nerve cell activity changes in response to a "reward" stimulus (something that the brain perceives as a reward).

5 Dec 2019

Study reveals multiple correlations between brain complexity and locomotion pattern in vertebrates

Researchers at the Institute of Biotechnology, University of Helsinki, have uncovered multi-level relationships between locomotion - the ways animals move - and brain architecture, using high-definition 3D models of lizard and snake brains.

5 Dec 2019

Scientists discover how specific genetic mutation causes intellectual disability, autism

Northwestern Medicine scientists have discovered why a specific genetic mutation causes intellectual disability and autism spectrum disorder in children.

5 Dec 2019

Study of gene network could lead to new treatment for different neurological disorders

A mutated gene found in people with intellectual disabilities that could be targeted for treatment has been identified by an international team including University of Queensland researchers.

5 Dec 2019

Scientists create artificial neurons that help cure chronic diseases

Artificial brain cells could now be implanted in the brain to repair the damage caused by chronic diseases, such as Alzheimer’s disease and other neurodegenerative conditions, thanks to a team of scientists who created bionic neurons that work like the real thing.

4 Dec 2019

People can enhance attention by controlling their own alpha brain waves, study shows

Having trouble paying attention? MIT neuroscientists may have a solution for you: Turn down your alpha brain waves.

4 Dec 2019

Failure in proteasome transportation system may cause neurodegenerative diseases

All neurodegenerative diseases have a common thread: the appearance of protein clumps in the brain such as amyloid-beta plaques in Alzheimer's disease and alpha synuclein aggregates in Parkinson's.

3 Dec 2019

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Stroke drug improves stem cell therapy in rat spinal cord injury models

The Acoustics of the Brain: Random-access 3D Microscopy in Neuroscience

Research finds key reason why brain connectivity goes awry in rare neurodevelopmental conditions

Study sheds light on the origins of spinocerebellar ataxia type 7

New techniques could help neuroscientists track brain computations

Precision epigenome editing can repair genetic syndrome of intellectual disability

Study could help improve GENUS to become a therapeutic approach for Alzheimer's disease

Blood pressure drug could be beneficial in treating alcohol use disorders

Study may help explain why deep-brain stimulation does not work for everyone

Neurons in the brain's motor cortex light up during speech of words and syllables

Researchers validate RNA sequencing methods using crab's nervous system model

Nerve signaling pathway crucial to healing fractures, study shows

Magnetic nano-sized disks could restore function for Lou Gehrig’s disease patients

Discovery of protein function opens door to potential therapies for addiction, behavioral disorders

Study reveals multiple correlations between brain complexity and locomotion pattern in vertebrates

Scientists discover how specific genetic mutation causes intellectual disability, autism

Study of gene network could lead to new treatment for different neurological disorders

Scientists create artificial neurons that help cure chronic diseases

People can enhance attention by controlling their own alpha brain waves, study shows

Failure in proteasome transportation system may cause neurodegenerative diseases

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