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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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Alzheimer’s mouse model seizures disrupt adult neurogenesis

Neuroscience NewsJune 25, 2019

Seizures associated with Alzheimer's disease in both animal models and humans alter hippocampal neurogenesis. Treating mice with antiseizure medications normalized neurogenesis and improved spatial discrimination.... Read More...

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Dormant neural stem cells in fruit flies activate to generate new brain cells

Neuroscience NewsJune 18, 2019

Awakening dormant stem cells could stimulate the growth of new neurons. The findings could have significant implications for the treatment of neurodegenerative diseases.... Read More...

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Broken brain cells repaired in dementia mouse model

Neuroscience NewsMay 27, 2019

Chemically activating neurons and placing mice in stimulating environments reverses alterations and restores some neural connectivity in frontotemporal dementia. If translated into humans, the findings could help develop new treatments for fighting the effects of dementia in the elderly.... Read More...

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neurogenesis

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

Alzheimer’s mouse model seizures disrupt adult neurogenesis

Dormant neural stem cells in fruit flies activate to generate new brain cells

Broken brain cells repaired in dementia mouse model