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·July 9, 2018·5 min read

40 Genes Associated with Aggression Identified

Researchers have identified 40 new genes they believe are related to aggressive behavior in both humans and mice. The findings deepen understanding of the genetic basis of aggressiveness.

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·September 18, 2015·4 min read

Coordinating Traffic Down the Neural Highway

Findings could open new avenues for designing drugs to treat ataxia, researchers report.

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Autism Featured Genetics Open Neuroscience Articles

·April 7, 2016·5 min read

Detailed Analysis of Autism Associated Genes Finds Involvement in Key Pathways and Processes

Researchers have identified key underlying biological processes that involve some of the hundreds of genes known to contribute to the risk of autism spectrum disorders.

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·June 21, 2019·3 min read

Discovery of the cell fate switch from neurons to astrocytes in the developing brain

The FGF signaling pathway is an important extracellular regulator in the fate of neural stem cells switching from neurons to astrocytes in the cerebral cortex.

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·September 12, 2017·3 min read

Doctors Can Now Predict the Severity of Your Disease by Measuring Molecules

A new technique may offer superior predictions for the outcomes of diseases with a genetic component, from Alzheimer's disease to depression.

Featured Neurology Open Neuroscience Articles

·January 31, 2017·4 min read

Glucose Deprivation in the Brain Sets Stage for Alzheimer’s

Researchers discover a decline in glucose levels in the brain that occurs during the early stages of MCI.

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·October 8, 2020·5 min read

Inhibiting Epileptic Activity in the Brain

Boosting levels of the DUSP4 protein could be a novel way of preventing and treating epilepsy.

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·July 17, 2020·5 min read

Lesion of Doom: How a Parasitic Bacterium Induces Blood Vessel Formation to Cause Lesions

Researchers discovered a bacteria of the genus Bartonella releases a protein, which they dubbed BafA, which stimulates the production of new blood vessels that support bacterial lesions. Bartonella henselae causes cat scratch disease. The findings provide new insight into the mechanisms by which infectious bacteria can produce lesions.

Electrophysiology Featured Genetics Neuroscience

·January 27, 2011·3 min read

Myelination, Schwann Cells Devastated in Erk Knock-out Mice

The researchers knocked out the Erk gene during peripheral nervous system development in mice. The researchers noticed the neurons of these knock-out mice were largely unaffected, but Schwann cells were "just devastated at every stage of development."