auditory neuroscienceFeaturedNeuroscienceOpen Neuroscience ArticlesPsychology·July 1, 2020Auditory hallucinations rooted in aberrant brain connectivity
FeaturedNeurologyPsychology·June 27, 2020Repeated head impacts associated with later-life depression and worse cognitive function
FeaturedNeurologyOpen Neuroscience ArticlesPsychology·June 26, 2020First UK-wide study describes brain complications in some patients with severe COVID-19
BIOS Health expands collaboration in Canada with $800K initiative on groundbreaking neural biomarker research
FeaturedGeneticsNeuroscience·April 10, 2020Mapping SARS-CoV-2 active proteins and how COVID-19 spreads throughout the bodyResearchers have mapped the interaction between SARS-CoV-2 proteins and human cells, showing which proteins are being activated and deactivated by coronavirus. The findings reveal how the virus can spread through the human body. Read More
FeaturedGeneticsNeuroscienceOpen Neuroscience Articles·March 11, 2020‘Zombie’ brain cells develop into working neuronsGenetically preventing apoptosis during brain growth allows 'zombie' cells to develop into functioning neurons. Read More
FeaturedNeuroscience·February 3, 2020Birth timing may affect brain developmentEarly birth prompted apoptosis to begin a day early, but delaying the birth did not alter when cell death began to occur. The study suggests birth time has an important and previously unrecognized effect on brain development. Read More
FeaturedGeneticsNeurologyNeuroscience·January 15, 2020Inflammation a “game changer” as cellular death dance discoveredTNFR1 receptors arrange themselves into clusters, joining together trimers and making oligomers that create a pro-inflammatory response observed in a variety of diseases. Read More
FeaturedNeurologyNeuroscience·December 9, 2019Eating more ketones may fight against Alzheimer’s diseaseIncreasing SIRT3 levels with a ketone rich diet may help protect GABAergic interneurons and delay the onset of Alzheimer's disease. Read More
FeaturedNeuroscienceOpen Neuroscience Articles·September 13, 2019Discovery concerning the nervous system overturns a previous theoryRather than having an equal chance of survival, cell death appears to be controlled by a mechanism that filters our the less fit cells. Read More
FeaturedGeneticsNeurologyNeuroscienceOpen Neuroscience Articles·September 4, 2019New insight into motor neuron death mechanisms could be a step toward ALS treatmentWhen a motor neuron-specific pool of heat shock protein 90 (Hps90) was inhibited, motor neuron apoptosis was triggered. Read More
FeaturedNeurologyNeuroscience·August 29, 2019Lack of oxygen doesn’t kill infant brain cells, as previously thoughtA lack of oxygen as a result of preterm birth does not cause hippocampal neurons to die but does impair hippocampal development. Hypoxia causes hippocampal cells to fail to mature normally, causing a reduction in long-term potentiation and impaired learning. Read More
FeaturedNeuroscience·August 22, 2019Cell suicide could hold key for brain health and food securityA new study into human and plant cell apoptosis could provide new avenues for the development of treatments for neurodegenerative diseases, and help develop disease-resistant plants. Read More
FeaturedGeneticsNeurologyNeuroscienceOpen Neuroscience ArticlesPsychology·August 9, 2019How chronic stress causes brain damageChronic stress causes autophagy in adult hippocampal neural stem cells. This results in a decline of hippocampal neurogenesis. Cognitive deficits and mood disorders that arise as a result of chronic stress are a result of autophagic death of hippocampal neural stem cells. Read More
FeaturedGeneticsNeurosciencevisual neuroscience·July 8, 2019Retina restructures itself after cell deathGene therapy can restore the structure of the retina and regain normal light responses. Read More
FeaturedNeuroscience·June 24, 2019Certain cells secrete a substance in the brain that protects neuronsVascular cell loss results in neuron loss, researchers report. However, pericytes secrete a substance that helps protect neurons, even when vascular cell degeneration begins to occur. Read More
