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A VG3 amacrine cell (top, in green) is shown superimposed with an object motion detector cell (bottom, green). Each of the neurons is expressing sidekick-2, an adhesion molecule that allows the two neurons to find each other and connect. G: Nerve. Credit: Dr. Joshua R. Sanes.

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·August 31, 2015·6 min read

Built-In Delay Allows Us to See Small Moving Objects

A new study reveals how motion sensing neurons are linked to other cells in the eye.

The image shows how centrosomin disrupts dendrites.

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·August 31, 2015·3 min read

How Centrosomin Prevents Dendrites From Branching Out

A new study investigates how neurons get their branching shapes.

This shows the dopamine pathway in the human brain.

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·August 28, 2015·5 min read

Risk of Burnout For Brain Cells Implicated in Parkinson’s Disease

A new study reports on a possible reason for accelerated cell deterioration in Parkinson's disease.

This shows how the fungal spores germinate to yeast.

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·August 28, 2015·5 min read

Preventing Meningitis: Tracking Germination From Dormant Fungal Spore to Disease Causing Yeast

A new study details how a dormant fungal spore germinates and transforms into a yeast that can cause meningitis.

This shows how synaptic transmission occurs.

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·August 28, 2015·4 min read

Lighting Up Learning: Light Sensitive Switch Regulates Protein Implicated in Synaptic Plasticity

Researchers have developed a light-sensitive switch that regulates a protein implicated in synaptic plasticity. The researchers believe the photoswitch could help shed light on learning, memory and neurodegeneration.

This shows Nociceptive (pain-sensing) neurons.

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·August 27, 2015·4 min read

Glial Cells Use Lipids to Control Positioning of Sensory Neurons in the Spinal Cord

A new study reports glial cells use lipids to direct neuron organization in the spinal cord.

This shows a diagram of a normal brain slice and one affected by Alzheimer's disease.

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·August 27, 2015·4 min read

Gene Therapy Triggers Functional Cell Growth of Degenerating Neurons in Alzheimer’s Brains

According to a new study, degenerating neurons in the brains of Alzheimer's patients measurably responded to a new, experimental gene therapy.

This shows a brain slice of a person with Alzheimer's.

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·August 27, 2015·4 min read

Alzheimer’s Disease Accelerated by Abnormal Build Up of Fat in the Brain

Researchers discover accumulations of fatty acids in the brains of patients who have died from Alzheimer's disease. They propose the accumulation could accelerate the disease.

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·August 27, 2015·3 min read

Molecular Mechanism Behind Resilience to Tinnitus Identified

A new study identifies a cause of resilience to tinnitus and hint at a possible drug that could reduce the chances of developing the disease.

This shows the outline of a person with a clock covering them.

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·August 27, 2015·3 min read

Protein GRK2 Appears to Help Regulate Body Clock

A new study reports on the crucial role the protein GRK2 plays in regulating the body's internal clock.

This image shows the brain of an alzheimer's patient.

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·August 26, 2015·4 min read

Awareness of Memory Loss Can Decline Up To Three Years Before Alzheimer’s Onset

A new study reports people may lose awareness of their memory loss almost three years prior to Alzheimer's disease setting in.

This shows neurons created from an ALS patient.

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·August 26, 2015·6 min read

RNA Blocked Pathways May Initiate ALS and Dementia

According to new research, the C9orf72 mutation causes long strands of RNA to block specific pathways which usually move proteins into a cell's nucleus.