Gene mutation enhances cognitive flexibility in mice, NIH study suggests
Findings may have implications for understanding epilepsy, autism spectrum disorders
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Scientists identify gene that first slows, then accelerates, progression of ALS in mice
Columbia study underscores complexities of deadly neurodegenerative disease; offers promising strategies to target disease’s underlying genetic mechanisms
Read moreA new way to study HIV’s impact on the brain
Using a newly developed laboratory model of three types of brain cells, Penn and CHOP scientists reveal how HIV infection–as well as the drugs that treat it–can take a toll on the central nervous system.
Read moreDiscoveries at the frontier: the 2020 HFSP Research Grants
The International Human Frontier Science Program Organization (HFSPO) announced today some $33 million USD to support the top 4% of
Read moreI won’t have what he’s having: The brain and socially motivated behavior
Researchers at the National Institutes of Natural Sciences in Okazaki, Japan find brain cells that are responsible for socially based changes in what monkeys want
Read moreCan sea anemones show us how to regrow brain tissue?
Lehigh University biologist Michael Layden earns NSF Career Award for his work to identify the mechanism of neurogenesis during development and regeneration in a species of sea anemone capable of regenerating its nerve cells
Read moreDNA riddle unravelled: How cells access data from ‘genetic cotton reels’
Scientists have identified a motor protein that helps cells access DNA information when they need it
Read moreBrain mapping study suggests motor regions for the hand also connect to the entire body
Mapping different parts of the brain and determining how they correspond to thoughts, actions, and other neural functions is a
Read moreInvestigating spaceflight-associated changes in astronauts
What The Study Did: Head congestion is one of the most common symptoms experienced by astronauts during spaceflight. This observational
Read moreJumping genes help make neurons in a dish
The process of making functional brain cells in a lab dish requires the precise activation of selfish genetic elements known
Read moreNUI Galway study establishes how cognitive intelligence is a whole brain phenomenon
Intelligence not only involves grey matter, but also white matter — the brain’s wiring system
Read moreFDA approves ozanimod, a drug invented at Scripps Research, for multiple sclerosis
Ozanimod is the latest in a series of novel medicines to originate from the laboratories of Scripps Research
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