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·January 7, 2016·4 min read

Slow Stem Cell Division May Cause Small Brains

A new study reports delayed neural stem cells can produce smaller brains than normal.

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·January 7, 2016·4 min read

Molecular Mechanism For Rare Neurodegenerative Disease Discovered

A new study identifies a mechanism responsible for the degeneration of Purkinje cells in the cerebellum in Spinocerebellar ataxia type 1, a rare neurodegenerative disease.

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·January 6, 2016·6 min read

Regeneration and Growth of Injured Peripheral Nerves Accelerated With Help of Protein

Researchers demonstrate the regenerative dynamics of CCL2.

Featured Genetics Psychology

·January 5, 2016·2 min read

Schizophrenia Gene Traced in Chicken Study

Domesticated chickens help researchers shed new light on genes involved in anxiety and schizophrenia.

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·January 5, 2016·3 min read

Brain Connectivity Changes Can Protect Against Bipolar Disorder

A new study reports naturally occurring changes in brain connectivity can help people with a high genetic risk for bipolar disorder to avert the onset of the disease.

Featured Genetics Neurology

·January 5, 2016·5 min read

New Insights Into Parkinson’s Traveling Protein

According to a new study, one of the main proteins involved in Parkinson's disease does not behave like a prion.

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Autism Featured

·January 4, 2016·2 min read

New Drug Target May Lead to Novel Treatment for Severe Autism

Findings could lead to new treatments for Rett Syndrome and other forms of autism, researchers report.

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·January 4, 2016·4 min read

Understanding The Brain’s Building Blocks With Genetics

Researchers have created a detailed taxonomy of cells in the mouse visual cortex based on single-cell gene expression.

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Featured Neuroscience Open Neuroscience Articles

·January 4, 2016·3 min read

Synthetic Prion Series Created

Researcher report they have successfully created synthetic prions which act like biological prions.

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·December 31, 2015·5 min read

Study Opens New Doors for ALS Drug Discovery

Researchers pin down the structure of toxic clumps of a protein associated with a large number of ALS cases. The findings could help open the door to developing new drugs to treat the disease.

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·December 28, 2015·4 min read

Two Alzheimer’s Risk Genes Linked to Brain Atrophy

According to a new study, two genetic variants associated with Alzheimer's disease have been more specifically linked to brain atrophy that is characteristic of the disease.