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·June 27, 2014·3 min read

Running Combined with Visual Experience Restores Brain Function

Researchers discover running, when accompanies by visual stimuli, helped restore brain function to normal levels in mice which had been deprived of visual experience early in life.

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·March 27, 2014·4 min read

Chronic Stress in Early Life Causes Anxiety and Aggression in Adulthood, Researchers Find

Researchers report results of experiments designed to assess the impacts of social stress upon adolescent mice, both at the time they are experienced and during adulthood.

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·March 20, 2014·3 min read

Study Finds Stem Cell Combination Therapy Improves TBI Outcomes

Combining umbilical cord blood cells and growth factor treatments offers better therapeutic effects for TBI patients, a new study reports.

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·March 11, 2014·3 min read

Restoring Order in the Brain

Researchers discover hippocampal neurogenesis reduces symptoms of AD.

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·February 27, 2014·4 min read

Fruit Fly’s Pruning Protein Could Be Key to Treating Brain Injury

A new study reports a protein which controls metamorphosis in Drosophila could play a role in reversing brain injuries.

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·February 26, 2014·3 min read

One Gene Influences Recovery from Traumatic Brain Injury

Researchers find a gene variant which could cause some people to be more impaired by TBI than others.

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·February 25, 2014·4 min read

Researchers Generate New Neurons in Brains, Spinal Cords of Living Adult Mammals

Researchers reprogram astrocytes to become functional neurons in living mammals.

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·January 10, 2014·2 min read

Researchers Uncover Secrets of Newborn Neurons

Researchers identify a new form of cell sub-division key to the development of the nervous system.

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·January 8, 2014·3 min read

Scientists Find a New Mechanism Underlying Depression

Changes in microglia underlie depressive symptoms brought on by exposure to chronic stress, a new study reports.

The illustration shows parvalbumin-expressing interneurons delivering chemical messages to neurons.

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·November 11, 2013·3 min read

Signal Found to Enhance Survival of New Brain Cells

Researchers discover how parvalbumin-expressing interneurons, which usually limits stem cell activity, can also encourage the survival of the stem cells' progeny.