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The image shows myelin, stained in blue, in a rat's hippocampus.

·February 12, 2014·4 min read

New Evidence That Chronic Stress Predisposes Brain to Mental Illness

Researchers show chronic stress generates long term changes in the brain. The finding could explain why people suffering from chronic stress are prone to developing additional mental health problems.

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·December 19, 2013·5 min read

Brain Repair After Injury and Alzheimer’s Disease

Researchers have developed a new technology in order to regenerate functional neurons after brain injury.

MRI of patient with brain trauma and resultant brain herniation.

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·November 20, 2013·2 min read

Brain Still Injured from Concussion After Symptoms Fade

Neuroimaging brain scans show evidence of brain abnormalities four months after a mild concussion occurs, researchers report.

This is an illustration of the sodium channel.

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·October 18, 2013·1 min read

Researchers Make Exciting Discoveries in Non-Excitable Cells

Researchers discover sodium channels also play critical roles in non-excitable cells.

The image shows the immunohistochemical detection of the neuronal marker. The caption best describes the image.

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·October 9, 2013·3 min read

Single Gene Mutation Linked to Diverse Neurological Disorders

A gene mutation which causes Lesch-Nyhan syndrome could provide clues to the developmental and neurological defects noted in other neurodegenerative diseases.

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·July 16, 2013·3 min read

New Mode of Cellular Communication Discovered in the Brain

A new study shows how reciprocal communication between different brain cells contributes to neuronal integrity.

The image shows a PET scan of a brain of a person with Alzheimer's disease.

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·February 15, 2013·2 min read

Neuronal Activity Induces Tau Release from Healthy Neurons

Researchers discover neuronal activity can stimulate tau release from healthy neurons in the absence of cell death. The study shows treatment of neurons with known biological signaling molecules increases the release of tau into the culture medium.

The image shows a cross section through a mouse nerve.

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·January 28, 2013·2 min read

Glial Cells Assist in the Repair of Injured Nerves

Researchers have discovered that, following nerve damage, peripheral glial cells produce the growth factor neuregulin1, which assists in the regeneration of damaged nerves.

The image shows two slides of blood vessels.

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·January 24, 2013·3 min read

Chance Finding Reveals New Control on Blood Vessels in Developing Brain

New research demonstrates how developing glia and neural cells help control the growth of blood vessels.

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·September 21, 2012·4 min read

Research Identifies Protein that Regulates Key Fate Decision in Cortical Progenitor Cells

Researchers solved an important piece of one of neuroscience's outstanding puzzles: how progenitor cells in the developing mammalian brain reproduce themselves while also giving birth to neurons that will populate the emerging cerebral cortex, the seat of cognition and executive function in the mature brain.

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·September 13, 2012·3 min read

How Early Social Deprivation Impairs Long-Term Cognitive Function

A study shows social isolation during early life prevents the cells that make up the brain's white matter from maturing and producing the right amount of myelin, the fatty "insulation" on nerve fibers that helps them transmit long-distance messages within the brain.

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·August 15, 2012·5 min read

Scientists Discover Previously Unknown Cleansing System in Brain

A previously unrecognized system that drains waste from the brain at a rapid clip has been discovered by neuroscientists at the University of Rochester Medical Center and dubbed the glymphatic system.