How the Brain Develops Before Birth is Tightly Controlled by RNA Modifications
A new study sheds light on how the brain grows during early stages of embryonic development.... Read More...
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Back From the Brink: How Cells Recover From the Verge of Programmed Death
A new study in JCB reveals the mechanisms behind anastasis, a process that allows cells to recover from the brink of programmed cell death.... Read More...
Gene Associated With Schizophrenia Risk Regulates Early Brain Development
ZNF804A, a gene that contributes to schizophrenia also affects brain function and structure during early stages of fetal development, researchers report.... Read More...
Insight into Learning via ‘Friend of Fragile X’ Gene
Researchers report FMR1 and ZC3H14 proteins both regulate mRNA, which may explain their importance in memory and learning.... Read More...
Lessons by Post
A new study reveals molecular mechanism that helps insure continuous readjustment of the strength of synaptic junctions during learning.... Read More...
High-Fat Diet in Pregnancy Can Cause Mental Health Problems in Offspring
Mothers who eat high fat diets during pregnancy could be elevating the risk of future depression and anxiety symptoms for their children, a new study in Frontiers in Endocrinology reports. High fat diets may impair the development of the central serotonin system, researchers discovered. Further studies noted that introducing a healthy diet to the offspring at an early age did not reverse the effect.... Read More...
How Hearing a Warning Sound Turns Into Fearing It Over Time: Mouse Study
Researchers identify a new mechanism that contributes to learning an association between a warning noise and a fearful event.... Read More...
Flies Are Key to Studying the Causes of Dementia
Findings could help researchers hone in on new targets and treatments for Alzheimer's and other neurodegnerative diseases.... Read More...
New Appetite Control Mechanism Discovered in Brain
NPGL, a newly discovered molecule, increases appetite during periods of fasting and decreases it when we gorge, researchers report.... Read More...
Treatment Window for Fragile X Likely Doesn’t Close After Childhood
A groundbreaking new study that looked at brain samples from humans with Fragile X reports the window for treatment remains open well into maturity.... Read More...
Neanderthal DNA Contributes to Human Gene Expression
Neanderthal DNA sequences still have influence when it comes to how genes are turned on or off in modern humans, a new study reports.... Read More...
Premenstrual Mood Disorder Linked to Sex Hormone Sensitive Gene Complex
Researchers report dysregulated expression of a gene complex could explain why PMDD is a disorder of cellular response to progesterone and estrogen.... Read More...