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Featured Genetics Neurology

·April 27, 2017·5 min read

A Molecular Trigger For Brain Inflammation

Findings could help guide researchers to develop new drugs to treat Multiple Sclerosis and other neurological diseases.

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Featured Genetics Neurology Neuroscience Open Neuroscience Articles

·April 5, 2017·5 min read

New Function Discovered For Compound That May Help Slow Aging

Researchers discover a new mechanism of action for rapamycin that could help prevent neurological damage associated with neurodegenerative diseases.

Auditory Neuroscience Featured Neuroscience

·March 25, 2017·7 min read

Astrocytes Keep Time For Brain and Behavior

A new study reveals astrocytes play an surprisingly important role in the body's circadian clock.

Image shows the chemical structure of GABA, a neurotransmitter implicated in schizophrenia.

Featured Open Neuroscience Articles Psychology

·March 14, 2017·6 min read

New Clues to Schizophrenia

According to new studies, people with schizophrenia have lower levels of GABA and altered immune cells in the brain.

Brain Cancer Featured Neurology Open Neuroscience Articles

·March 2, 2017·4 min read

How Breast Cancer Spreads to the Brain

Researchers have discovered the mechanism behind the development of brain metastases in women with HER2-positive breast cancer.

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Featured Neurology

·February 8, 2017·3 min read

Shedding Light on the Biology of Progressive Form of Multiple Sclerosis

New research could help develop treatments for secondary progressive multiple sclerosis.

Featured Neurology

·February 6, 2017·4 min read

Jekyll and Hyde Cells: Their Role in Brain Injury and Disease Revealed

A new study sheds further light on the role astrocytes play in neurodegenerative disorders.

Featured Neurology

·January 18, 2017·7 min read

Toxic Brain Cells May Drive Many Neuodegenerative Disorders

A new study reports astrocytes may be a driving force behind a number of neurodegenerative diseases.

Image shows human neuronal cells can be cultured from aged adult brain.

Featured Genetics Neuroscience Open Neuroscience Articles

·January 17, 2017·5 min read

First Cell Culture of Live Adult Human neurons Shows Potential of Brain Cell Types

Researchers successfully grew adult human neurons from tissue donated from surgery patients. The researchers were able to identify at least 5 brain cell types and the potential proteins each cell could make.

This graphic depicts the numbers and function of glia and neurons in the aging human brain.

Featured Neuroscience Open Neuroscience Articles

·January 10, 2017·4 min read

Glia, Not Neurons, Most Affected By Brain Aging

Examining postmortem brains, researchers discover the state of glia remains consistent as we age and could be used to predict a person's age at death.