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This is a brain slide with a giant cell glioblastoma brain cancer tumor.

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·September 20, 2013·2 min read

Researchers Identify a Switch Which Controls Growth of Most Aggressive Brain Tumor Cells

The RIP1 protein can either protect or destroy brain tumors, a new study suggests.

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·September 20, 2013·2 min read

Memory Related Brain Network Shrinks with Aging

Researchers find brain regions associated with memory shrink as adults age. This decrease in size is more pronounced in those who later develop neurodegenerative diseases, such as Alzheimer's.

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·September 20, 2013·4 min read

Researchers Show How Brain Cell Connections Become Cemented Early in Life

A new study reports on how neurons keep their most active connections with other cells, while letting other synapses lapse.

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·September 19, 2013·4 min read

Coma: Researchers Observe Never Before Detected Brain Activity

Researchers observe brain activity beyond a flat line EEG in human patients with extreme deep hypoxic comas.

PirB (red) is heavily concentrated on the surface of growing nerve cells.

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·September 19, 2013·5 min read

Versatile Proteins Could be New Target for Alzheimer’s Drugs

Proteins which control the visual system development in young brains could also affect vulnerability to Alzheimer's disease in the aging brain, a new study reports.

Diagram illustrating the influence of dark-light rhythms on circadian rhythms and related physiology and behavior.

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·September 19, 2013·5 min read

Circadian Clock is Key to Firing Up Cell’s Furnace

Researchers have identified how the circadian clock helps prime mitochondria to correctly use stored energy when we are not eating.

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·September 19, 2013·3 min read

Worm Research: Right Combination of Sugars Regulates Brain Development

A new study reveals how the tiny mir-79 molecule regulates neural development in roundworms.

This is a microscopic view of the entorhinal cortex.

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·September 19, 2013·3 min read

Researchers Gain New Insights into the Workings of the Brain

Researchers obtain new insight into the functioning of a region of the brain involved in spatial orientation, but which is damaged by Alzheimer's disease.

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·September 18, 2013·3 min read

Motor Control Development Continues Longer Than Previously Believed

The development of fine motor skill could take longer than previously thought, according to a new study.

This is Sir William Richard Gower's famous Parkinson's disease sketch.

Featured Genetics Open Neuroscience Articles

·September 18, 2013·2 min read

Blood Biomarker Could Mark Severe Cognitive Decline in Parkinson’s Disease Patients

Researchers discover a blood biomarker which could predict severe cognitive decline in patients with Parkinson's disease.

This is an illustration of a male Drosophila melanogaster.

Featured Genetics Open Neuroscience Articles

·September 18, 2013·2 min read

Shining Light on Neurodegenerative Pathway

Researchers have identified a possible molecular pathway which could be the of cause a number of neurodegenerative diseases, including Huntington's disease and ALS.