Researchers report on an epigenetic mechanism which is active only in the early phases of neurogenesis triggers and the subsequent death of neural cells.
Researchers have been able to erase unpleasant memories in mice by using a 'genetic switch, a new study reports.
Engineers have developed a new device that can significantly reduce the cost of testing for diseases such as HIV and Lyme disease. The Lab on a Chip technology may also be used to promote central nervous system research.
Using single nucleus RNA sequencing, researchers have mapped 21 subtypes of motor neurons in the spinal cords of mice.
A new study reports long distance neural connections can target pools of stem cells in their niche and stimulate them to produce subtypes of olfactory bulb neurons.
Using stem cells, researchers have successfully created hypothalamic neurons.
Researchers have observed how neural stem cells divide and new neurons are integrated into the hippocampus.
Women who have been pregnant were diagnosed with their first multiple sclerosis symptoms, on average, 3.3 years later than women with MS who had never become pregnant.
Researchers are using a variety of techniques to better understand how the brain 'wires up'.
Injecting extracellular vesicles from healthy mice into mice that had an MS-like disease resulted in the development of a relapse-remitting disease and active CD8+ cells, similar to that seen in human patients with multiple sclerosis. Examining the EVs in mice and humans with MS, researchers identified they contained fibrinogen, a protein normally associated with blood clotting and wound healing. According to researchers, the EVs with fibrinogen appear to activate the CD8+ immune cells. The findings could help with the development of new treatments for RRMS.
A new study reports researchers have discovered a link between autism and genetic changes in some segments of DNA responsible for switching on genes in the brain.
The course of evolution has caused vertebrates to lose an important defense mechanism against viral infections, researchers report.
