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
FeaturedNeuroscience·January 19, 2011·4 min readMicroRNA-29 Makes Brain Cells Resist Programmed Cell DeathNeuroscientists found that the specific microRNA, Â microRNA-29 (miR-29), can make brain cells resistant to programmed cell death. The researchers injected...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·June 9, 2010·2 min readNew Autism Genes DiscoveredResearchers are reporting that new Autism genes have been discovered.Read More