The severity of Charcot-Marie-Tooth disease is linked to the degree to which the aminoacyl-tRNA synthetases enzyme is relaxed or extended.
By inhibiting a particular receptor microglia use to survive, researchers reduced neuroinflammation and prompted recovery following traumatic brain injury in mouse models.
A new study in Scientific Reports finds evidence from MRI scans suggests Neanderthal derived genetic variations affect how the brains of modern humans work. Findings may shed light on specific deficits seen in ASD and schizophrenia, researchers believe.
A new study reports a direct correlation between health and gut bacteria in older people. Researchers report healthy elderly people have similar overall microbiota composition to people decades younger.
SCOUT is a newly developed pipeline for clearing, labeling, 3D imaging, and analyzing cerebral organoids.
Researchers take a deeper look at synesthesia, revealing the condition could be linked to some autoimmune diseases. The paper also reports synesthetes have better memory and are more creative than those without the disorder.
Scripps researchers have uncovered the process that helps control neuron growth.
Researchers have identified a new type of stem cell which may aid neural repair following injury or disease.
A new study challenges existing theories about how benzodiazepines, such as valium, work to calm nerves. Researchers report a 'sticky' gene called Shisa7 plays a critical role in the regulation of inhibitory neural circuits, and the sedative effects benzodiazepines have on circuit activity.
Discovery could pave the way for new treatments for chronic pain in humans, researchers report.
Genetically preventing apoptosis during brain growth allows 'zombie' cells to develop into functioning neurons.
In the hours after death, some cells in the human brain not only remain active, they grow in size.
