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Investigating the neurological effects of SARS-CoV-2: anosmia and neuroinvasion as separate phenomena

A group of researchers investigated the neurotropic potential of SARS-CoV-2 and its variants by studying their ability to invade the brain through the olfactory pathway in hamsters.

1 Aug 2023

Traumatic brain injury changes the connections between nerve cells across the entire brain

Scientists from the University of California, Irvine have discovered that an injury to one part of the brain changes the connections between nerve cells across the entire brain.

17 Jun 2022

Oxytocin-vasopressin circuit has distinct dynamics throughout embryonic development

The work, carried out by Pilar Madrigal and Sandra Jurado, from the UMH-CSIC Neurosciences Institute in Alicante, a joint center of the Spanish National Research Council and Miguel Hernández University, has been published in Communications Biology, a Nature group´s journal.

22 May 2021

New book sheds light on addiction to psychoactive drugs

Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory Press (CSHLP) announced the publication of Addiction, 2e, now available on its website in ebook and hardcover formats.

23 Sep 2020

Researchers propose new avenue in the search for anti-obesity drugs

Effective weight-loss strategies call for eating less food, burning more calories--or ideally, both. But for the more than 90 million Americans who suffer from obesity, a disease that contributes to conditions ranging from cancer to heart disease, behavioral change is hard to accomplish or not effective enough--which is why scientists have long sought drugs that would help people shed pounds.

29 Jun 2019

New 3-D imaging system offers insight into potential obesity and diabetes treatments

Researchers have developed A 3-D tissue imaging system that has revealed the inner workings of fat cells in mice, providing insight into potential therapeutic targets for combating obesity and diabetes.

10 Jan 2018

3D images of fat cells reveal potential targets to fight against obesity

Stunning three-dimensional images of fat cells, the first of their kind, are the latest tactic in the ongoing fight against the global obesity epidemic.

10 Jan 2018

Hunger-controlling brain cells offer potential targets for new drugs to treat obesity

Is the solution to the obesity epidemic all in our heads? A study by researchers at The Rockefeller University suggests that it might be.

28 Jul 2017

Measuring the activity of a mouse brain from a single snapshot

Drs Nicolas Renier and Zhuhao Wu are post-doctoral fellows in the laboratory of Marc Tessier-Lavigne, Carson Family Professor and head of the Laboratory of Brain Development and Repair and President of Rockefeller University in New York. Over recent years, they have co-developed methodologies for new imaging techniques applying light sheet microscopy. Their latest work shows the study of neuronal activity in intact brains.

12 Oct 2016

Rockefeller scientists develop new technique that captures detailed snapshot of brain activity

When it comes to measuring brain activity, scientists have tools that can take a precise look at a small slice of the brain (less than one cubic millimeter), or a blurred look at a larger area.

27 May 2016

LaVison BioTec highlights Nicolas Renier's research on use of UltraMicroscope to study axon rewiring in nervous systems

LaVison BioTec, developers of advanced microscopy solutions for the life sciences, report on the work of Nicolas Renier, a Post-Doctoral Fellow in the laboratory of Marc Tessier-Lavigne at the Rockefeller University in New York where he applies light sheet microscopy to study axon rewiring in adult nervous systems.

12 May 2016