Nervous System News
May 7, 2024
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May 6, 2024 A new study has revealed that areas of age-related damage in the brain relate to motor outcomes after a stroke -- a phenomenon that may be under-recognized in stroke research. The new observational study looked at the relationship between stroke ...
May 2, 2024 A breakthrough study appears to overcome difficulties that have long frustrated previous attempts to reverse a form of nerve damage that robs people with MS of motor control and gradually blunts cognitive functions for many people as they ...
May 1, 2024 A team has identified a molecular cellular mechanism that is linked to microencephaly, a condition in which a baby's head is much smaller than ...
Apr. 11, 2024 Researchers have discovered the neural circuitry in the spinal cord that allows brain-independent motor learning. The study found two critical groups of spinal cord neurons, one necessary for new adaptive learning, and another for recalling ...
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Apr. 23, 2024 Post-mitotic neurons in the brain that re-enter the cell cycle quickly succumb to senescence, and this re-entry is more common in Alzheimer's ...
Apr. 24, 2024 A brain circuit inhibits food intake during ...
Apr. 25, 2024 What happens in the body when we are hungry and see and smell food? A team of researchers has now been able to show in mice that adaptations in the liver mitochondria take place after only a few ...
Apr. 24, 2024 Conditions such as diabetes, heart attack and vascular diseases commonly diagnosed in people with spinal cord injuries can be traced to abnormal post-injury neuronal activity that causes abdominal ...
Apr. 23, 2024 Bursts of brain rhythms with 'beta' frequencies control where and when neurons in the cortex process sensory information and plan responses. Studying these bursts would improve understanding of ...
Apr. 18, 2024 A sensitive perception of the environment is crucial for guiding our behavior. However, an overly sensitive response of the brain's neural circuits to stimuli can lead to neurodevelopmental disorders ...
Apr. 12, 2024 Engineers have developed the smallest implantable brain stimulator demonstrated in a human patient that could revolutionize treatment for drug-resistant depression and other psychiatric or ...
Apr. 17, 2024 Thought emerges and is controlled in the brain via the rhythmically and spatially coordinated activity of millions of neurons, scientists argue in a ...
Apr. 17, 2024 Scientists created four cannabis-derived CBN analogs (chemical look-a-likes) with enhanced neuroprotective properties and potential for therapeutic application in neurological disorders like ...
Apr. 17, 2024 Investigators have discovered how brain cells responsible for working memory -- the type required to remember a phone number long enough to dial it -- coordinate intentional focus and short-term ...
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Apr. 15, 2024 Over a ten-year period, biobank participants who met recommended levels of physical activity had a 23% lower risk of cardiovascular disease, and the protective effects were even more pronounced in ...
Apr. 11, 2024 New hypothesis paper builds on a growing scientific consensus that Parkinson's disease route to the brain starts in either the nose or the gut and proposes that environmental toxicants are the ...
Apr. 10, 2024 A new study reveals the detailed protein structure of the TAS2R14, a bitter taste receptor that allows us to perceive bitter taste. In addition to solving the structure of this taste receptor, the ...
Apr. 8, 2024 Scientists discovered that the biological instructions within these vesicles differed significantly in postmortem brain samples donated from patients suffering from Alzheimer's ...
Apr. 5, 2024 Certain RNA molecules in the nerve cells in the brain last a life time without being renewed. Neuroscientists have now demonstrated that this. RNAs are generally short-lived molecules that are ...
Apr. 4, 2024 Most human nerve cells last a lifetime without renewal. A trait echoed within the cells' components, some enduring as long as the organism ...
Apr. 4, 2024 A traumatic brain injury (TBI) can quadruple your risk for developing dementia and increase your chances of developing neurodegenerative diseases such as ALS. In a new study scientists use lab-grown ...
Apr. 3, 2024 A new study is among the first of its kind to separate activity relating to emotion generation from emotion regulation in the human brain. The findings provide new insights that could help inform ...
Apr. 2, 2024 Researchers use neural networks to study proprioception, the sense the brain uses to 'know' the body's movement and ...
Mar. 28, 2024 Researchers report that mature oligodendrocytes -- the central nervous system cells critical for brain function -- cling to life following a fatal trauma for much, much longer than scientists knew. ...
Mar. 27, 2024 Artificial intelligence (AI) may serve as a future tool for neurologists to help locate where in the brain a stroke occurred. In a new study, AI processed text from health histories and neurologic ...
Mar. 26, 2024 A new analysis involving over 13,000 people has found changes to blood vessels in the brain that can increase the risk of stroke and dementia are common in people with a range of heart conditions, ...
Mar. 26, 2024 Study reveals how proteins direct nerve cell precursors to turn into specialized ...
Mar. 25, 2024 In nerve cells, the hormone regulates whether mitochondria are shut down or kept ...
Mar. 22, 2024 Single-cell gene expression patterns in the brain motor and frontal cortex, and evidence from follow-up experiments, reveal many shared cellular and molecular similarities that could be targeted for ...
Mar. 22, 2024 Only a very small percentage of neurons show changes after an epileptic seizure in mice, but these alterations can be permanent and trigger future seizures. An experimental treatment may prevent ...
Mar. 20, 2024 Using advanced methodology, scientists have been able to reveal at the cellular level how lesions in multiple sclerosis ...
Mar. 19, 2024 A new study in people undergoing surgery to treat seizures related to epilepsy shows that pauses in speech reveal information about how people's brains plan and produce ...
Mar. 19, 2024 The development of anxiety in girls and young women may stem from an imbalance between two crucial brain chemicals, gamma-aminobutyric acid (GABA) and glutamate, according to a new study. This ...
Mar. 13, 2024 U.S. veterans of the wars in Afghanistan and Iraq who suffered mild traumatic brain injury from exposure to explosive blasts were found to have changes in cerebrospinal fluid proteins that are ...
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- Nerve Cells Not Entirely 'young at Heart'
- Organoids Reveal How to Protect the Brain Against Dementia and ALS Following Traumatic Injury, According to Study
Wednesday, April 3, 2024
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- Study Finds High Prevalence of Hidden Brain Changes in People With Heart Disease
- Developmental Crossroads in the Brain
Monday, March 25, 2024
Friday, March 22, 2024
- Movement Disorder ALS and Cognitive Disorder FTLD Show Strong Molecular Overlaps, New Study Shows
- Early Intervention After the First Seizure May Prevent Long-Term Epilepsy and Associated Cognitive Deficits
Wednesday, March 20, 2024
Tuesday, March 19, 2024
- Brain Recordings in People Before Surgery Reveal How All Minds Plan What to Say Prior to Speaking
- Is the Secret to Anxiety in Young Women Hidden in Our Brain Chemistry?
Wednesday, March 13, 2024
- Blast-Related Concussions Linked to Higher Alzheimer's Risk
- Researchers Identify Brain Connections Associated With ADHD in Youth
- Integrity of Blood-Brain Barrier Depends on Protein That Is Altered in Some Neurodegenerative Diseases
Tuesday, March 12, 2024
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- Patience Pays Off
- A Noninvasive Treatment for 'chemo Brain'
- Schizophrenia and Aging May Share a Common Biological Basis
- How the Body Copes With Airway Closure
Thursday, March 7, 2024
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Thursday, February 29, 2024
- Tiny Magnetic Particles in Air Pollution Linked to Development of Alzheimer's
- Study Sheds Light on How Neurotransmitter Receptors Transport Calcium
- Molecular Clusters on Glial Cells Show They Are More Than Our Brain's 'glue'
Wednesday, February 28, 2024
- Continued Cocaine Use Disrupts Communication Between Major Brain Networks
- Neurons Help Flush Waste out of Brain During Sleep
- In Fight Against Brain Pathogens, the Eyes Have It
- Could We Assess Autism in Children With a Simple Eye Reflex Test?
- More Than Just Neurons: A New Model for Studying Human Brain Inflammation
Tuesday, February 27, 2024
- New Study Links Placental Oxygen Levels to Fetal Brain Development
- Visual Prosthesis Simulator Offers a Glimpse Into the Future
- Learning and Memory Problems in Down Syndrome Linked to Alterations in Genome's 'dark Matter'
Monday, February 26, 2024
- Gut-Brain Communication Turned on Its Axis
- Human Stem Cells Coaxed to Mimic the Very Early Central Nervous System
Sunday, February 25, 2024
Thursday, February 22, 2024
- Cracking the Code of Neurodegeneration: New Model Identifies Potential Therapeutic Target
- New Insight Into Gene Uncovers Its Link to Incurable Birth Defect
- Researchers Use Deep Brain Stimulation to Map Therapeutic Targets for Four Brain Disorders
- Newly Discovered Brain Cells Play a Key Role in Right and Left Turns
Wednesday, February 21, 2024
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Wednesday, January 31, 2024
- Researchers Hack Neurons' Internal Clocks to Accelerate the Study of Neurological Diseases
- Researchers Find Enzyme Plays Much Larger Role in Preventing Neurodegenerative Diseases
- Firing Nerve Fibers in the Brain Are Supplied With Energy on Demand
Tuesday, January 30, 2024
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Friday, January 19, 2024
- Bacterial Meningitis Injures One in Three Children for Life
- Generative AI Helps to Explain Human Memory and Imagination
Thursday, January 18, 2024
- Using Magnetized Neurons to Treat Parkinson's Disease Symptoms
- New Cause of Neuron Death in Alzheimer's Discovered
- New Gut-Brain Circuits Found for Sugar and Fat Cravings
Wednesday, January 17, 2024
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Tuesday, January 9, 2024
- RSV Shown to Infect Nerve Cells, Cause Inflammation and Damage
- A Common Marker of Neurological Diseases May Play Role in Healthy Brains
Monday, January 8, 2024
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- Scientists Uncover Key Brain Pathway Mediating Panic Disorder Symptoms
- A Molecular Anchor
- Scientists Develop a Game-Changing Organoid Model to Study Human Cerebellar Development and Disease
Friday, December 22, 2023
Thursday, December 21, 2023
- Researchers Map How Measles Virus Spreads in Human Brain
- Alzheimer's Discovery Reveals Dire Effect of Toxic Tau Protein on Brain Cells
- Spinal Cord Stimulation a Potential New Way to Treat Depression
- Integrating Research and Clinical Care to Uncover Secrets of Brain Development
- Spinal Cord Injury Causes Acute and Systemic Muscle Wasting
- Brain Lesions in Former Football Players Linked to Vascular, Brain Changes
Wednesday, December 13, 2023
Monday, December 11, 2023
- Advanced MRI Technology Detects Changes in the Brain After COVID-19
- Study Reveals a Protein Called Snail May Play a Role in Healing Brain Injury
Thursday, December 7, 2023
- Protein Found in Brain Linked to Frontotemporal Dementia
- New Target Found for Treatment of Spinal Muscular Atrophy
Wednesday, December 6, 2023
- Repeated Blast Exposures May Harm the Brain Health of Military Personnel
- New Protein Linked to Early-Onset Dementia Identified