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Research investigates roles of neurotrophic factors on cognition in Alzheimer's patients carrying APOE ε4

Researchers investigate the role of neurotrophic factors on the cognitive performance of Alzheimer’s disease patients carrying the apolipoprotein E 4 gene.

1 Mar 2023

Certain type of glial cell plays a major role in spatial learning

There are two fundamentally different cell types in the brain, neurons and glial cells. The latter, for example, insulate the "wiring" of nerve cells or guarantee optimal working conditions for them.

10 Jan 2023

Study provides new insights into the pathology of LATE

Limbic predominate age-related TDP-43 encephalopathy or LATE is a recently recognized form of dementia that affects memory, thinking and social skills. It mimics Alzheimer's disease or AD (and sometimes co-exists with it), but LATE is a different condition, with its own risks and causes.

16 Dec 2022

Single amino acid change in TKTL1 protein underlies greater neuron production in modern humans than Neandertals

Researchers from Dresden uncover a greater neuron production in the frontal lobe during brain development in modern humans than Neandertals, due to the change of a single amino acid in the protein TKTL1.

9 Sep 2022

Combined stem cell and gene therapy shows promise to treat patients with ALS

Cedars-Sinai investigators have developed an investigational therapy using support cells and a protective protein that can be delivered past the blood-brain barrier.

5 Sep 2022

Study reinforces the potential of Huntington’s treatments that target glia cells

Huntington's disease – a hereditary and fatal genetic disorder – has long been considered a neuronal disease due to the permanent loss of medium spiny motor neurons, the death of which over time is responsible for the clinical hallmarks of the disease: involuntary movements, problems with coordination, cognitive decline, depression, and psychosis.

30 Aug 2022

Research reveals a gut-brain pathway that contributes to the development of Alzheimer’s disease

Research led by Drs. Yuhai Zhao and Walter J Lukiw at the LSU Health New Orleans Neuroscience Center and the Departments of Cell Biology and Anatomy, Neurology and Ophthalmology, reports for the first time a pathway that begins in the gut and ends with a potent pro-inflammatory toxin in brain cells contributing to the development of Alzheimer's disease (AD).

9 Aug 2022

How do female sex hormones affect sleep, and memory?

Scientists describe the relationship between biological sex, memory, sleep, and hormones in relation to the risk of Alzheimer's disease and related dimentias.

7 Aug 2022

MD Anderson and Advanced Biology collaborate to host the virtual Cancer Neuroscience Symposium

The University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center will host the virtual Cancer Neuroscience Symposium Sept. 22-23, 2022, in collaboration with the journal Advanced Biology.

1 Aug 2022

Proteins in liquor could provide information about inflammatory processes in the brain

Alzheimer's, Parkinson's and other neurodegenerative diseases are associated with inflammatory processes in the brain.

20 Jun 2022

Epigenetic abnormalities in hematopoietic cells during fetal development cause idiopathic autism

An international research group led by Professor Toru Takumi (Senior Visiting Scientist, RIKEN Center for Biosystems Dynamics Research) and Researcher Chia-wen Lin at Kobe University Graduate School of Medicine has shown that idiopathic autism is caused by epigenetic abnormalities in hematopoietic cells during fetal development, which results in immune dysregulation in the brain and gut.

2 May 2022

The molecular context and substrate profiles of human cell surface receptor tyrosine kinases

researchers discussed and identified the systemic functions and interactions of 52 active cell surface receptor tyrosine kinases, providing insights on RTK-RTK interactions and substrates, RTK-protein complexes, and signaling pathways.

13 Apr 2022

Let’s Talk about Parkinson’s

In recognition of World Parkinson's Day, we speak to Dr. Arthur Roach, Director of Research at Parkinson’s UK, about the current Parkinson's landscape.

11 Apr 2022

Narrative review reports two important mediators in SARS-CoV-2-induced ischemic stroke recovery

Researchers explored neuroinflammation and COVID-19-induced ischemic stroke recovery.

17 Mar 2022

New technique elucidates fiber architecture of the brain's white matter

The human brain is a constant buzz of activity, with its 86 billion nerve cells (neurons) sending electrical signals from one region of the brain to another. The signals travel along the white matter fibers, a maze of wire-like fibers, ultimately giving rise to all brain functions.

7 Oct 2021

Toxic fatty acids trigger cell death in damaged neurons

Cells that normally nourish healthy brain cells called neurons release toxic fatty acids after neurons are damaged, a new study in rodents shows.

6 Oct 2021

Stringent lineage tracing is vital for nerve cell regeneration studies

UT Southwestern stem cell scientists find that stringent lineage tracing is crucial for studies of nerve cell regeneration. Their results, which are published in Cell, show that this tracing is far from routine in the field and suggest that earlier studies reporting "striking" regeneration results must be reexamined.

29 Sep 2021

Small molecule drug can attenuate the triggers of neuroinflammation, preclinical study shows

Neuroinflammation can worsen outcomes in stroke, traumatic brain injury, or spinal cord injury, as well as accelerate neurodegenerative diseases like ALS, Parkinson's, or Alzheimer's. This suggests that limiting neuroinflammation may represent a promising new approach to treat neurological diseases and neuropathic pain that are driven by neuroinflammation.

24 Sep 2021

Scientists reveal the biological process leading to dangerous inflammatory disease in preemies

In a study with mice reported today in the journal Science Translational Medicine, a Johns Hopkins Medicine research team has provided what may be the most definitive view to date of the biological process leading to necrotizing enterocolitis (NEC), a dangerous inflammatory disease that can destroy a premature infant's intestinal lining and causes death in up to a third of the cases.

23 Sep 2021

Turning down glial genes can help mitigate Huntington's disease pathogenesis

The brain is not a passive recipient of injury or disease. Research has shown that when neurons die and disrupt the natural flow of information they maintain with other neurons, the brain compensates by redirecting communications through other neuronal networks.

24 Jun 2021