Faulty cellular recycling may link pulmonary arterial hypertension to brain damage
Why might a disease affecting the lung’s blood vessels also disrupt brain circuits involved in memory and thinking?…
Evolutionary history reveals why brains connect to opposite bodies
Dr Martin Wessendorf is a neuroscientist and an associate professor emeritus at the University of Minnesota. His work…
Experimental gene therapy offers non-surgical option for hydrocephalus
Researchers at the University of Cincinnati College of Medicine have published the first proof-of-concept study showing the potential of an experimental…
UC San Diego study achieves mind control by stimulating neurons
When learning how to perform new movements, our brains etch the details in our minds as we master…
CHOP researchers link MAP2K4 variants to a neurodevelopmental disorder
Researchers from Children’s Hospital of Philadelphia (CHOP) have discovered the mechanisms of previously unknown changes in a gene…
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…
Gene therapy and special goggles help some blind adults detect objects again
Scientists are testing whether surviving retinal nerve cells, a light-sensitive protein, and specially designed goggles could offer a…
Year-long trial finds NAD-boosting supplement fails to improve early Parkinson’s symptoms
Encouraging results from earlier studies prompted researchers to investigate whether an NAD-boosting supplement could improve Parkinson’s symptoms during…
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…
Shared neural noise may not limit the brain’s information capacity
Our brains internally represent the outside world through the coordinated activity of billions of neurons. A single neuron…
NSF awards $19 million to build 3D biological observatory for revealing life’s smallest structures
How does learning change the wiring of your brain? How does a shark’s eye make sense of its…
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,…