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·November 20, 2025·10 min read

Brain Releases Hidden Kinase to Supercharge Pain and Learning

New research reveals that neurons release a little-understood extracellular kinase called VLK to strengthen synaptic connections, providing a missing piece in how the nervous system adapts during learning and pain. The kinase phosphorylates EphB receptors outside the cell, which recruits NMDA receptors and amplifies synaptic signaling.

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Brain Cancer Featured Genetics

·September 17, 2015·5 min read

Digital ‘Rosetta Stone’ Decrypts How Mutations Rewire Cancer Cells

Researchers report they have discovered how genetic cancer mutations attack networks controlling human cells.

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

Featured Neuroscience Psychology

·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.

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Featured Neurology Open Neuroscience Articles

·October 30, 2013·2 min read

Absence of the SMG1 Protein Could Contribute to Parkinson’s and Other Neurological Disorders

A new study links a lack of SMG1 to protein aggregates associated with Parkinson's disease and other neurodegenerative diseases.

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Featured Neurology

·June 26, 2013·3 min read

Alzheimer’s Disease Mouse Models Point To A Potential Therapeutic Approach

Using well known mouse models, researchers demonstrate a potential new target to fight Alzheimer's and other neurodegenerative diseases.

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Featured Neuroscience

·June 4, 2013·3 min read

Neuronal Regeneration and the Two Part Design of Nerves

Manipulating the genes of the Drosophila fruit fly to promote the growth of one part of a neuron simultaneously stunts the growth of the other part, new research suggests.