FeaturedNeuroscienceOpen Neuroscience Articles·September 13, 2019·4 min readDiscovery 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, 2019·4 min readNew 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, 2019·4 min readLack 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, 2019·2 min readCell 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, 2019·3 min readHow 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, 2019·3 min readRetina restructures itself after cell deathGene therapy can restore the structure of the retina and regain normal light responses.Read More
FeaturedNeuroscience·June 24, 2019·3 min readCertain 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
FeaturedNeurologyNeuroscience·April 10, 2019·5 min readExperimental PET scan detects abnormal tau protein in brains of living former NFL playersPET imaging of former NFL players who exhibited cognitive decline and psychiatric symptoms linked to CTE showed higher levels of tau in areas of the brain associated with the neurodegenerative disease.Read More
FeaturedGeneticsNeuroscienceOpen Neuroscience Articles·April 9, 2019·4 min readCell death may be triggered by ‘hit-and-run’ interactionTwo different parts to the BAX protein can bind to BH3-only, and these sites function at different stages of BAX activation. When BH3-only binds to one of the regions, BAX becomes able to damage mitochondria.Read More
FeaturedNeurologyNeuroscience·April 3, 2019·4 min readHow light at night may harm outcomes in cardiac patientsNight time white lighting in hospital rooms has been linked to higher rates of inflammation, apoptosis and mortality risk for those who have recently experienced a cardiac event.Read More
FeaturedGeneticsNeurologyNeuroscienceOpen Neuroscience Articles·February 15, 2019·4 min readBrain Discovery Explains A Great Mystery of Alzheimer’s and Parkinson’sResearchers may have solved one of the great mysteries of neuroscience; namely, why neurons in the temporal lobe are the first to die in Alzheimer's disease, and why dopaminergic neurons are damaged first in Parkinson's.Read More
Brain CancerFeaturedGeneticsNeurologyNeuroscience·February 11, 2019·5 min readImmunotherapy Can Be Effective in Treating People with Recurrent GlioblastomaResearchers report administering immunotherapy treatment prior to surgery for those with recurring glioblastoma brain cancer is more effective that using the treatment after surgery.Read More
