(Philadelphia, PA) – Sometimes the more a person tries to fix a seemingly minor problem, the worse things become. Cells are no different, it turns out, though attempting to compensate for what begins as a minor deficiency or dysfunction can…
Tag: NEUROCHEMISTRY
NSF Awards ‘Dream Team’ $1.1 Million for Blind Mexican Cavefish Research
How is it that a fish that lived in difficult to access caves in rural Mexico is becoming a leading model to study diabetes, insomnia, and obesity? It’s all about this tiny, translucent, cave-dwelling fish that lost its eyes to…
Ecopipam reduces stuttering symptoms in proof-of-concept trial
UC Riverside-led open-label pilot study leads to a double-blind clinical trial to further test ecopi
Peptide hydrogels could help heal traumatic brain injuries
SAN DIEGO, Aug. 27, 2019 — Traumatic brain injury (TBI) — defined as a bump, blow or jolt to the head that disrupts normal brain function — sent 2.5 million people in the U.S. to the emergency room in 2014,…
Not in Gotham anymore
Bioethics of treating a torturer’s PTSD explored in comic book form
$3 million grant will fund search for biological basis of major depressive disorder
Researchers will study chemical modifications on RNA in postmortem brains
$3 million grant will fund search for biological basis of major depressive disorder
Researchers will study chemical modifications on RNA in postmortem brains
Neurological brain markers might detect risk for psychotic disorders
Findings from MU study could help identify people at-risk
Neurological brain markers might detect risk for psychotic disorders
Findings from MU study could help identify people at-risk
Scientists advance search for memory’s molecular roots
Rice, UTHealth, UH researchers detail architecture of the cytoskeleton in neurons
In worms, researchers uncover protein that may one day make opioid use safer
Studying mutant worms has led to the discovery of a receptor that reduces sensitivity to opioid side effects in these organisms. The work implicates the understudied GPR139 receptor in the toxic effect of these painkillers; the authors say GPR139 could…