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·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.

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·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.

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·December 16, 2016·4 min read

How Brain Tissue Recovers Following an Injury

Findings could lead to new treatments to help regeneration following trauma.

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·December 9, 2016·4 min read

Shedding Light on a Cell That May Contribute to Alzheimer’s and ALS

New research could help scientist better understand the role of astrocytes in neurodegenerative diseases.

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·December 7, 2016·5 min read

Blood-Brain Barrier on a Chip Sheds New Light on ‘Silent Killer’

A new blood-brain barrier on a chip system is being used to study neuroinflammation, researchers report.

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·November 18, 2016·4 min read

New Insight Into How Alzheimer’s Begins

Researchers discover a way doctors can detect early signs of Alzheimer's by looking at the back of patients' eyes.

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·November 1, 2016·4 min read

Schizophrenic Stem Cells Do Not Differentiate Properly Into Neurons

A new study find the deletion of a specific gene associated with schizophrenia leads to abnormal differentiation of neurons in the brain.

To make this discovery, scientists first used transgenic fat-1 mice, which express high endogenous omega-3 polyunsaturated fatty acids (PUFAs) in the brain, to investigate the effect of omega-3 PUFAs on the clearance function of the glymphatic system. NeuroscienceNews.com image is for illustrative purposes only.

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·October 26, 2016·3 min read

Additional Benefit of Omega-3 Fatty Acids for the Clearance of Metabolites From the Brain

According to a new study, omega 3 polyunsaturates fatty acids can improve the function of the glymphatic system.

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·October 18, 2016·5 min read

A New Player in Appetite Control

Researchers report glia play a critical role in feeding behavior and appetite control.

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·September 27, 2016·3 min read

Oligodendrocytes Induce Motor Neuron Death in ALS

A new study reports oligodendrocytes induce motor neuron death in ALS.

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·August 29, 2016·5 min read

Vesicles That Trap Amyloid Appear to Contribute to Alzheimer’s

Reducing the production of exosomes may help slow the progression of Alzheimer's disease.

Image shows neural stem cells in the hippocampus.

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·August 19, 2016·3 min read

Neural Stem Cells Control Their Own Fate

A new study reports hippocampal neural stem cells regulate their own cell fate via the protein Drosha.

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