Astrocytes may be good targets to prevent, or even reverse, the effects of normal aging, researchers suggest.
A new study reports researchers have successfully modified a virus to be able to enter a mouse brain via the bloodstream and deliver genes to central nervous system cells.
Using robotics, researchers uncover mechanisms in the cerebellum and spinal cord that determine how the nervous system responds to induced changes in step length. The findings could have implications for physical rehabilitation programs for people with movement disorders.
Researchers reveal the role the cerebellum plays in helping to control the brain's reward system. The researchers identified a direct connection from the cerebellum to the ventral tegmental area. The study may shed new light on neural networks associated with social dysfunction.
Astrocytes can monitor and respond to near by neural activity when activated by norepinephrine.
Researchers have derived purkinje cells from patients with TSC, a genetic syndrome that includes some ASD-like symptoms. The cells, researchers say, have several characteristics that could help explain how ASD develops at the molecular level.
Researchers report too many connections form between neurons in the cerebellum and learning difficulties are expressed in mice who lack the RNF8 gene.
A new study reveals LRRK is essential for the survival of dopamine neurons in the brain. The finding may prompt new treatments for Parkinson's disease.
The effects of intoxication, such as slurred speech and poor coordination, are a result of the breakdown of alcohol products in the brain and not the liver.
The cerebellum underwent evolutionary changes that may have contributed to the development of language, culture, and tool use in humans, a new study reveals.
A new study explores the reliability of optogenetics as an intervention for temporal lobe epilepsy.
A new NIH study reveals abnormalities in brain glucose metabolism could be linked to the severity of Alzheimer's pathology.
