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Gene Silencing Spurs Fountain of Youth in Mouse Brain
February 7, 2013 — Cognitive decline in old age is linked to decreasing production of new neurons. Scientists have discovered in mice that significantly more neurons are generated in the brains of older animals if a ... > full storyMore: -
Induction of Mild Inflammation Leads to Cognitive Deficits Related to Schizophrenia
February 6, 2013 — Researchers have identified an exceptional mouse model of schizophrenia. After screening over 160 mutant mouse strains with a systematic battery of behavioral tests, they identified a mutant mouse ... > full story -
Motor Memory: Light Shed on How We Learn to Move
February 6, 2013 — Understanding the way the brain represents extrinsic and intrinsic actions, and the relationship between the two, has been of great interest to researchers who seek to understand motor control and ... > full story -
Imaging Biomarker Predicts Response to Rapid Antidepressant
February 4, 2013 — A boost of activity at the back of the brain while processing emotional information predicted depressed patients' responses to an experimental rapid-acting antidepressant. The potential neuroimaging ... > full story -
Finding the Way to Memory: Receptor Plays Key Role in Regulating Plasticity of Brain's Nerve Cell Connections
February 4, 2013 — A new study reveals that DCC, the receptor for a crucial protein in the nervous system known as netrin, plays a key role in regulating the plasticity of nerve cell connections in the ... > full story -
Treatment to Prevent Alzheimer's Disease Moves a Step Closer
February 1, 2013 — A new drug to prevent the early stages of Alzheimer’s disease could enter clinical trials in a few years’ time, according to ... > full story -
Scientists Learn More About How Inhibitory Brain Cells Get Excited
January 30, 2013 — Scientists have found an early step in how the brain's inhibitory cells get ... > full story -
Previously Unknown Mechanism of Memory Formation Discovered
January 30, 2013 — It takes a lot to make a memory. New proteins have to be synthesized, neuron structures altered. While some of these memory-building mechanisms are known, many are not. Some recent studies have ... > full story -
Good Mood Helps Boost Brain Power in Older Adults
January 30, 2013 — Older adults can improve their decision making and working memory simply by putting on a happy face, a new study ... > full story -
How Brain Cells Shape Temperature Preferences
January 29, 2013 — A new study shows that a complex set of overlapping neuronal circuits works in concert to drive temperature preferences in the fruit fly Drosophila by affecting a single target, a heavy bundle of ... > full story
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