Posts Tagged ‘neuroplasticity’
A New Nuance to Neurons
A fundamental new discovery about how nerve cells in the brain store and release tiny sacs filled with chemicals may radically alter the way scientists think about neurotransmission – the electrical signaling in the brain that enables everything from the way we move, to [Read More]
Brain’s Connectome From Branch to Branch
Max Planck scientists develop new analytical tools for the fast and accurate reconstruction of neural networks. The human brain is the most complex of all organs, containing billions of neurons with their corresponding projections, all woven together in a highly complex, [Read More]
Researchers Graft Olfactory Receptors onto Nanotubes
Penn researchers have helped develop a nanotech device that combines carbon nanotubes with olfactory receptor proteins, the cell components in the nose that detect odors. Because olfactory receptors belong to a larger class of proteins that are involved in passing signals [Read More]
Gardening in the Brain
Specialist cells prune connections between neurons Gardeners know that some trees require regular pruning: some of their branches have to be cut so that others can grow stronger. The same is true of the developing brain: cells called microglia prune the connections between [Read More]
Cancer Cells and Stem Cells Share Same Origin – Brain Cells Grown from Skin
Scientists at the Keck School of Medicine of USC grow brain cells from skin Oncogenes are generally thought to be genes that, when mutated, change healthy cells into cancerous tumor cells. Scientists at the Keck School of Medicine of the University of Southern California [Read More]
Competition Between Brain Cells Spurs Memory Circuit Development
From the Petri dish into a living organism, for the first time U-M scientists observe key aspects of how the brain shapes itself Scientists at the University of Michigan Health System have for the first time demonstrated how memory circuits in the brain refine themselves in [Read More]
Paraplegic Man Stands, Steps With Assistance and Moves His Legs Voluntarily
Regimen of epidural spinal cord stimulation plus extensive locomotor training ‘a significant breakthrough;’ results published today in the Lancet A team of scientists at the University of Louisville, UCLA and the California Institute of Technology has achieved a [Read More]
As Time Goes by, It Gets Tougher to ‘Just Remember This’
It’s something we just accept: the fact that the older we get, the more difficulty we seem to have remembering things. We can leave our cars in the same parking lot each morning, but unless we park in the same space each and every day, it’s a challenge eight [Read More]
Molecular Architecture of Key NMDA Receptor Subunit Revealed
CSHL structural biologists reveal molecular architecture of key NMDA receptor subunit Structure of GluN2D subunit when docked with certain neurotransmitters helps explain the receptor’s slow deactivation Structural biologists at Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory (CSHL) in [Read More]
People Control Thoughts Better When They See Their Brain Activity
As humans face increasing distractions in their personal and professional lives, University of British Columbia researchers have discovered that people can gain greater control over their thoughts with real-time brain feedback. The study is the world’s first [Read More]
