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Featured Genetics

·December 11, 2015·4 min read

An Alternative Explanation for Free Radical Theory of Aging

A new study reports the a majority of Swiss students questioned were against the use of cognitive enhancement drugs.

This image shows a brain slice taken from a rat's nucleus accumbens.

Featured Genetics Psychology

·November 30, 2015·4 min read

How Anxiety Kills Your Social Status

Researchers have identified an area of the brain that links anxious temperaments to low social status. They were also able to 'tweak' the social hierarchy in animals using vitamin B3.

Featured Neuroscience

·November 20, 2015·2 min read

Exercise Energizes Brain Cell Function

Exercise appears to increase levels of SIRT3 in the brain.

Featured Genetics

·September 17, 2015·4 min read

Researchers Identify Protein That Opens the Door to Cell Death

Researchers have identified a protein embedded in the surface of mitochondria that opens the door to cell death.

This shows the dopamine pathway in the human brain.

Featured Genetics Neurology

·August 28, 2015·5 min read

Risk of Burnout For Brain Cells Implicated in Parkinson’s Disease

A new study reports on a possible reason for accelerated cell deterioration in Parkinson's disease.

This is an illustration of PINK1 removing mitochondria.

Featured Genetics Neurology

·August 12, 2015·3 min read

New Potential Pathway for Treating ALS and Parkinson’s Diseases

A new study reports PINK1 triggers mitophagy, a process which breaks down and removes damaged mitochondria from cells.

Featured Genetics Neurology

·August 12, 2015·4 min read

Genetic Mutation Leads Transport Defect in ALS

Researchers have identified a transport defect in models of familial ALS which leads to the accumulation of damaged components.

This image is Sir William Richard Gowers Parkinson Disease sketchs.

Featured Neurology

·August 9, 2015·4 min read

Liver Disease Medication Could Slow Progression of Parkinson’s Disease

A new study reports that a drug currently being used to treat liver disease has shows promise as an effective treatment to slow the progression of Parkinson's disease.