Genetic blueprints bypass individual neuron analysis to accelerate mammalian brain research
While E. Josie Clowney would never suggest that neuroscience is simple, a new study by her team at…
Study shows how HIV leads to chronic pain
Over half of the people carrying HIV experience chronic pain at some point, which is difficult to treat. In a new JNeurosci paper, Hui-Lin Pan, from The University of…
Researchers Create Detailed Map of Smell Receptors in Mouse Nose
By mapping millions of smell-sensing neurons in mice, scientists discovered precise striped patterns inside the nose, overturning decades-old…
Molecular map reveals how Down syndrome alters brain development
Scientists at UCLA have created one of the first cellular-resolution molecular maps detailing how Down syndrome alters human…
Brain organoids reveal mutation-specific insights for Rett syndrome
Though many studies approach the developmental disorder Rett syndrome as a single condition arising from general loss of…
Northwestern engineers create artificial neurons that communicate with living cells
Northwestern University engineers printed artificial neurons that don’t just imitate the brain – they talk to it. In…
Study reveals how tau tangles spread from one brain region to another in Alzheimer’s
Alzheimer’s disease is a progressive neurodegenerative disorder that slowly impairs memory, affects thinking skills, and eventually interferes with…
Retinal organoid study identifies pathways and compounds to protect cone cells
Scientists led by Botond Roska at the Institute of Molecular and Clinical Ophthalmology Basel (IOB) and collaborators have…
New neural organoid system improves scalability and reproducibility for research
Neural organoids have been heralded as having huge potential for advancing our knowledge of the brain in several fields. These include exploring the responses of brain tissue to drugs,…
Gene mutation that aids high-altitude survival could repair myelin sheath damage
A genetic mutation that helps animals like yaks and Tibetan antelopes survive at high altitudes may hold the key to repairing…
Specific inhibitory neurons in the prefrontal cortex control addiction relapse
Drug addiction carries an extremely high risk of relapse, as cravings can be reignited by minor stimuli even…
Unmasking the hyper-active circuitry of early Alzheimer’s
Neuroscientists at King’s College London have pinpointed a mechanism behind the increased neural connectivity observed in the very early stages of Alzheimer’s…