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·April 15, 2014·3 min read

Limiting a Certain Protein in the Brain Reverses Alzheimer’s Symptoms in Mice

Limiting the p25 protein appears to reverse AD symptoms in mice, a new study reports.

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Featured Genetics Psychology

·April 14, 2014·2 min read

New Finding Suggests a Way to Block Stress Damage

The gene REDD1 enables stress to damage neurons and cause depressive behavior, a new study reports.

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Featured Neurology

·April 13, 2014·4 min read

New Mouse Model Could Revolutionize Research in Alzheimer’s Disease

Researchers report of creating two new mouse models of Alzheimer's disease. They believe the models could potentially revolutionize research into the neurodegenerative disease.

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Brain Cancer Featured Genetics Open Neuroscience Articles

·April 11, 2014·2 min read

Brain Cell Find Points to New Brain Cancer Therapies

A recent study provides new understanding of the role Lin28a plays in forming neurons. The findings could help develop new treatments for brain cancer and other neurological disorders.

Featured Psychology

·April 11, 2014·4 min read

Protein Researchers Closing in on the Mystery of Schizophrenia

In an attempt to understand what happens in the brain of schizophrenics, researchers analysed proteins in the brains of rats who had been given the hallucinogen PCP.

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Autism Featured Genetics Open Neuroscience Articles

·April 11, 2014·5 min read

Splice Variants Reveal Connections Among Autism Genes

Researchers reveal proteins involved in autism interact with more partners than previously thought.

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Featured Genetics Neurology

·April 10, 2014·4 min read

Too Much Protein May Kill Brain Cells as Parkinson’s Progresses

Researchers discover how the most common genetic cause of PD kills neurons. The findings could assist in monitoring the disease progression and provide new treatment options.

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Featured Psychology

·April 10, 2014·2 min read

Researchers Search for Earliest Roots of Psychiatric Disorders

A new study reports newborns, whose mothers were exposed to a variety of environmental stressors while pregnant, could be susceptible to psychiatric disorders later in life.