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·October 16, 2015·5 min read

Extra Brain Cells Make Males Remember Sex

Researchers have discovered a pair of neurons inside the brains of male nematodes that allow them to remember and seek sex, even at the expense of food.

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·October 16, 2015·4 min read

Transforming Glial Cells into Neurons

Researchers have used a cocktail of small molecules to transform astroglial cells into functioning neurons.

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·September 29, 2015·2 min read

Nanowire Provides Hope for Improved Brain Implants

Researchers have developed a new type of nanowire material that may improve both retinal and brain implants.

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·September 21, 2015·6 min read

Neurotoxicity Predicted by Organoids Derived from Stem Cells

Researchers have developed a new approach to predicting developmental neurotoxicity that uses stem cells to model features of the developing human brain.

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·September 18, 2015·5 min read

Observing Social Life of Cells Boosts Understanding of Myelin Diseases

Researchers have developed a new method to capture how brain cells communicate with greater precision.

Diagram of the treatment of primary cultured astrocytes with amitriptyline activates matrix metalloproteinases.

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·September 15, 2015·3 min read

Several Antidepressant Classes Increase Early Growth Response in Astrocytes

Findings could help develop new treatments for depression, researchers report.

These are the re-engineered blood cells.

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·September 11, 2015·3 min read

Parkinson’s Disease Damaged Neurons Learn to Heal Themselves with Help of Modified White Blood Cells

Researchers have genetically modified white blood cells to produce GDNF and deliver it to the brain, a new study reports.

The image shows glial inclusions in MSA.

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·August 31, 2015·9 min read

New Human Prion Disease Identified

According to researchers, Multiple System Atrophy, or MSA, is a neurodegenerative disease that is caused by a newly discovered type of prion.

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 diagram shows the structure of a neuron.

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·August 26, 2015·4 min read

Tuning of Timing in Auditory Axons

Researchers discover the axons of auditory neurons which respond to low and high frequency sounds differ in morphology. These variations correlate with differences in the speed of signal conduction.