neurogenesis Research Articles

Creation of new brain cells plays an underappreciated role in Alzheimer’s disease

Neuroscience NewsAugust 30, 2019

Microglia may play a significant role in disrupting neurogenesis in those with Alzheimer's disease. When mice were given drugs which caused microglial cells to die, neurogenesis returned to normal.... Read More...

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Machine learning algorithm can’t distinguish these lab mini-brains from preemie babies

Neuroscience NewsAugust 29, 2019

Machine learning is unable to tell the difference in brain activity between a lab-grown mini-brain and that of a preterm infant who has reached full-term.... Read More...

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This shows Id4 expression in hippocampal neurons

Signal blocks stem cell division in the geriatric brain

Neuroscience NewsAugust 29, 2019

A gene regulated called Id4 appears to be a key component in controlling stem cell proliferation. ... Read More...

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Alzheimer’s drug reverses brain damage from adolescent alcohol exposure

Neuroscience NewsAugust 20, 2019

Donepezil, a drug routinely administered to slow cognitive decline in Alzheimer's disease, shows promise in treating damage caused to the brain by adolescent alcohol exposure. The drug reverses neuroinflammation and neuron damage in rats exposed to alcohol during adolescence. ... Read More...

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Scientists reverse aging process in rat brain stem cells

Neuroscience NewsAugust 14, 2019

Removing Piezo1 from the surface of aged brain stem cells caused the cells to become rejuvenated and regain their normal regenerative function.... Read More...

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How chronic stress causes brain damage

Neuroscience NewsAugust 9, 2019

Chronic stress causes autophagy in adult hippocampal neural stem cells. This results in a decline of hippocampal neurogenesis. Cognitive deficits and mood disorders that arise as a result of chronic stress are a result of autophagic death of hippocampal neural stem cells.... Read More...

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To become, or not to become… a neuron

Neuroscience NewsJuly 25, 2019

Bcl6 acts as a driver of neurogenic transition by directly silencing a selection of genes that belong to multiple extrinsic pathways promoting self-renewal. Bcl6 is only expressed in specific subsets of neurons and progenitor cells during brain development.... Read More...

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Exosomes may hold the answer to treating and diagnosing developmental brain disorders

Neuroscience NewsJuly 22, 2019

Exosomes carry signaling information required to regulate neural circuit development.... Read More...

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Reducing seizures by removing newborn neurons

Neuroscience NewsJuly 15, 2019

Removing new neurons generates as a result of neurogenesis following brain injury reduced seizure activity in mouse models of mesial temporal lobe epilepsy.... Read More...

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First step to induce self-repair in the central nervous system

Neuroscience NewsJuly 11, 2019

Severed axonal segments signal to Schwann cells to begin actin sphere formation and axon disintegration. If the process is disrupted, axon disintegration is slowed and axon fragments impair nerve regeneration.... Read More...

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Immune cells invade aging brains, disrupt new nerve cell formation

Neuroscience NewsJuly 3, 2019

Intrusive T cells have been discovered in the brain's neurogenic niches of older mice and humans. Findings suggest the T cells impair neurogenesis.... Read More...

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Short bout of exercise enhances brain function

Neuroscience NewsJuly 2, 2019

Short bursts of exercise, equivalent to a pick-up game of basketball, boosts the function of a gene that increases dendritic spines in the hippocampus, helping to improve memory and learning.... Read More...

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Male and female mice have different brain cells

First evidence of immune response targeting brain cells in autism

How hunger makes food tastier

Neurology

First evidence of immune response targeting brain cells in autism

Hormone therapy associated with improved cognition

Frontotemporal dementia is associated with alterations in immune system function

AI

Deep3DFly: the deep-learning way to design fly-like robots

Computer model helps make sense of human memory

AI helps scientists predict depression outcomes

Robotics

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Electronic glove offers ‘humanlike’ features for prosthetic hand users

Robotic thread is designed to slip through the brain’s blood vessels

Psychology

Investigating the full spectrum of suicide

New insights into biological underpinnings of schizophrenia

Researchers discover potential therapy to treat detrimental effects of marijuana

neurogenesis

Creation of new brain cells plays an underappreciated role in Alzheimer’s disease

Machine learning algorithm can’t distinguish these lab mini-brains from preemie babies

Signal blocks stem cell division in the geriatric brain

Alzheimer’s drug reverses brain damage from adolescent alcohol exposure

Scientists reverse aging process in rat brain stem cells

How chronic stress causes brain damage

To become, or not to become… a neuron

Exosomes may hold the answer to treating and diagnosing developmental brain disorders

Reducing seizures by removing newborn neurons

First step to induce self-repair in the central nervous system

Immune cells invade aging brains, disrupt new nerve cell formation

Short bout of exercise enhances brain function