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·October 12, 2016·5 min read

Touching Research: Fighting Pain Through Knowledge of Sensory Organs in Fingertips

Researchers look at how sensory organs in the skin work, The findings may help solve certain sensory pain disorders.

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·October 12, 2016·5 min read

Amplifying Regeneration of Spinal Nerve Cells

Researchers have been able to successfully boost the regeneration of mature nerve cells in the spinal cord of adult mice following spinal cord injury.

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·October 12, 2016·6 min read

Did You See That? Inducing Visual Hallucinations in Healthy People

Researchers have developed a new method to induce visual hallucinations in healthy people. The study could help to develop new treatments to control hallucinations in people with Parkinson's and other disorders.

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·October 12, 2016·4 min read

Dysfunction in Neuronal Transport Mechanism Linked to Alzheimer’s

A new study confirms a mutation caused dysfunction associated with Alzheimer's and proposes a new therapeutic target.

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·October 12, 2016·3 min read

Could Ultrasound Slow Brain Aging?

Scanning ultrasound appears to slow down aging in healthy brains, a new study reports.

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·October 11, 2016·4 min read

How the Naked Mole Rat Escapes Inflammatory Pain

Findings from a study of naked mole rats could be important for helping develop pain therapies for humans.

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·October 11, 2016·2 min read

New Online Game Invites Public to Help Fight Alzheimer’s

Citizen scientists can help get involved in finding a cure for Alzheimer's disease by participating in a new online game.

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·October 11, 2016·4 min read

Running Triggers Production of a Molecule That Repairs the Brain: Mouse Study

Running helps to produce a molecule that can heal myelin in mice, a new study reports.

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·October 10, 2016·5 min read

Researchers Map Genomic Landscape of Schwannoma Brain Cancer

A new study describes the genomic landscape of schwannoma brain cancers.

Image shows brain cells from a mouse cortex.

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·October 10, 2016·6 min read

Alzheimer’s Could be Treated With Gene Therapy: Mouse Study

Researchers report they have successfully prevented the development of Alzheimer's in mice by using gene therapy delivered by a virus to the brain.

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·October 10, 2016·3 min read

Cell Protein Offers New Hope in Fighting the Effects of Aging

A new study could be the first step to developing drugs that targets carbonic anhydrase in mitochondria to help protect against aging and neurodegeneration.