Aging brain actively shapes biology and progression of tumors
Brain tumors develop within an organ that changes substantially with age. A new review in Ageing and Cancer…
Review highlights solute carriers as targets for central nervous system disorders
Solute carriers (SLCs) are specialized transport proteins that control the movement of nutrients, ions and neurotransmitters across cell…
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…
Specific brain regions found more vulnerable to dementia with Lewy bodies
Dementia with Lewy bodies is one of the most common forms of dementia in older adults, after Alzheimer’s…
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…
Astrocytes found to directly regulate memory consolidation during sleep
Research has shown that a good night’s sleep has many benefits, including memory consolidation. How sleep enables the…
Brain scans reveal language-specific network of neurons even during nonlinguistic tasks
The language network in your brain can be seen, even if you aren’t saying a word. For a…
Targeting small group of brain cells may reduce opioid addiction risk
Researchers at Duke University School of Medicine are investigating how to keep opioids’ pain-relieving benefits while reducing their…
Study uncovers how brain cells coordinate movement planning
Which neurons in the brain control movements, and how? This question was addressed by a team of researchers…
Nerve-blocking therapy improves growth plate repair in injured bones
With the support of National Institutes of Health funding, Johns Hopkins Medicine investigators, led by pathologist Aaron W.…
Researchers uncover hierarchical sensory processing system in the zebrafish brain
How does the brain make sense of what we see, hear, and feel—and transform these separate signals into…
Discovery of calcium channel mechanism offers clues for brain disorder treatments
DGIST (President Kunwoo Lee) announced that a research team led by Professor Byung Chang Suh of the Department…