FeaturedNeuroscience·June 9, 2010·2 min readNew Autism Genes DiscoveredResearchers are reporting that new Autism genes have been discovered.Read More
FeaturedNeuroscience·July 29, 2010·3 min readNew Molecular Clue About Cause Of Brain Cell Death In Neurodegenerative DiseasesResearchers at Sanford-Burnham Medical Research Institute have discovered a new molecular clue about the cause of brain cell death in Alzheimer's, Parkinson's and Huntington's diseases.Read More
FeaturedNeuroscience·January 19, 2011·4 min readMicroRNA-29 Makes Brain Cells Resist Programmed Cell DeathNeuroscientists found that the specific microRNA, microRNA-29 (miR-29), can make brain cells resistant to programmed cell death. The researchers injected...Read More
FeaturedNeurologyNeuroscience·February 1, 2011·3 min readOxidative Stress, Defective Nucleoli Likely a Cause of Parkinson’s DiseaseParkinson’s disease may be caused by oxidative stress within cells due to defective nucleoli. Dopamine producing neurons are particularly sensitive...Read More
FeaturedGeneticsNeuroscience·March 4, 2011·4 min readNeuronal Loss in ALS, Lou Gehrig’s Disease, Possibly Due to TDP-43 LossResearch into amyotrophic lateral sclerosis (ALS), also known as Lou Gehrig’s disease, has lead to new information about neuronal loss...Read More
FeaturedNeurologyNeuroscience·March 7, 2011·4 min readMicrotubule Dysfunction in Parkinson’s Disease Shares Some BlameNew Parkinson's disease research suggests defective regulation of microtubules may be responsible for some cases of Parkinson's disease.Read More
ElectrophysiologyFeaturedNeuroscience·March 17, 2011·4 min readSimilarities Between Plant Reproduction and Animal Nervous SystemsResearch using tobacco plants and Arabidopsis Thaliana weeds has answered long standing mysteries about sexual reproduction in plants. The research...Read More
AutismFeaturedNeurologyNeuroscienceNeuroscience Videos·April 2, 2011·8 min readWorld Autism Awareness Day – Share the Facts About Autism Spectrum DisordersWorld Autism Awareness Day is here. April 2, 2011 marks the fourth annual World Autism Awareness Day. To help build...Read More
GeneticsNeurology·April 4, 2011·2 min readStudy Provides First Link Between 2 Major Parkinson’s GenesAs Parkinson’s Awareness Month gets underway, a Canadian-led international study is providing important new insight into Parkinson’s disease and paving...Read More
Neuroscience·April 8, 2011·2 min readDopamine Controls Formation of New Brain CellsA study of the salamander brain has led researchers at Karolinska Institutet to discover a hitherto unknown function of the...Read More
FeaturedNeurologyNeuroscience·May 18, 2011·3 min readNeutrons Provide First Sub-nanoscale Snapshots of Huntington’s Disease ProteinEnergy’s Oak Ridge National Laboratory and the University of Tennessee have for the first time successfully characterized the earliest structural...Read More
Autism·May 25, 2011·3 min readAutism Changes Molecular Structure of the BrainDiscovery points to a common cause for multifaceted disease For decades, autism researchers have faced a baffling riddle: how to...Read More
