Scientists pinpoint key hotspot driving tau propagation in dementia
Diseases such as Alzheimer’s and frontotemporal dementia are considered neurodegenerative tauopathies, in which tau proteins in the brain…
Could the Mediterranean diet protect the brain through the gut?
From microbial metabolites to inflammation and the blood-brain barrier, researchers trace how Mediterranean eating could influence neurodegeneration, while…
Active form of meprin-β protein increases in people with Alzheimer’s disease
A team from the Altered Molecular Mechanism in Alzheimer’s Disease and Dementia laboratory, led by Javier Sáez Valero,…
Study reveals how CaMKIIα proteins organize during memory formation
Researchers at the Nano Life Science Institute (WPI-NanoLSI) at Kanazawa University, Kyoto University, SOKENDAI, and the National Institute…
Inhibitory neurons act as a brake on brain tumor growth
Brain tumors do not grow in isolation. They develop within the highly active environment of the brain, where…
Maternal illness may reshape fetal brain development through epigenetics
Neurodevelopmental conditions, which include autism spectrum disorders, ADHD (attention-deficit/hyperactivity disorder), and more, impact around ten percent of the…
Study reveals why many patients fail to recover after stroke
A clot forms. Blood flow to the brain is blocked. Starved of oxygen, neurons begin to die. This…
Disrupted brain-immune signaling may help drive neurodegeneration
From gut-primed T cells to microglial signaling and persistent gene-regulatory states, researchers map an intricate immune network that…
Wake-activated brain circuits reveal what drives the urge to sleep
By mapping the brain during prolonged wakefulness, researchers pinpointed neuronal populations whose activity rises with time awake and…
New brain wave theory explains cognition and consciousness
A new theory, published in The Journal of Neuroscience by three scientists in The Picower Institute for Learning and Memory…
Neuroplex pipeline monitors nine neuronal populations in moving mice
Scientists at the Max Planck Florida Institute for Neuroscience (MPFI), in collaboration with ZEISS and MetaCell, have developed…
Serotonin may worsen tinnitus symptoms, mice study finds
The same neurotransmitter commonly leveraged to relieve symptoms of depression and anxiety also may exacerbate a vexing condition…