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·January 20, 2011·2 min read

Amyloid Fiber Mystery Unraveling – First Reaction Pinpointed

Scientists discovered the reaction which starts the formation of amyloid fibers. Amyloid fibers are problematic in many diseases and disorders...

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·January 19, 2011·4 min read

MicroRNA-29 Makes Brain Cells Resist Programmed Cell Death

Neuroscientists found that the specific microRNA, microRNA-29 (miR-29), can make brain cells resistant to programmed cell death. The researchers injected...

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·January 18, 2011·2 min read

Protein Misfolding and Aggregation Roles in Neurodegenerative Diseases

Max Planck researchers discovered that large, less hydrophobic proteins with a significant increase of disorder in their structures were more...

Genetics Neuroscience

·December 17, 2010·2 min read

Pain in the Potassium Channels

The removal of a certain class of potassium channels from the surface of nociceptors is believed to be a key factor in inflammatory pain signaling. Using gene interference to reduce the expression of these specific potassium channels on nociceptors, researchers were able to produce hyperexcitability in nociceptors resembling that seen in inflammatory pain signaling.

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·December 17, 2010·3 min read

The Fearless SM: Woman Missing Amygdala

A woman with bilateral damage relatively restricted to the amygdala is the subject of a case study reported today. SM, as she will be known to the public, seems able to experience emotions such as happiness and sadness normally, but shows no signs of fear.

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·December 13, 2010·3 min read

Fragile X Tremor Ataxia Syndrome – FXTAS Breakthrough

Fragile X Tremor Ataxia Syndrome (FXTAS) research shows that inhibiting histone acetylation could help control expression of toxic mRNA. FXTAS symptoms are mainly caused by overproduction of toxic mRNA, making this research very important for researchers working with FXTAS.

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·December 10, 2010·5 min read

World’s First Basic Research Institute for Childhood Neurological Diseases Opens

The world's first basic research institute for childhood neurological diseases opened in Houston, Texas and is part of the Texas Children's Hospital. Some of the research the new research insitute will focus on includes childhood neurological diseases such as autism, epilepsy, Rett syndrome, cerebral palsy, ataxias and Batten disease. More details about the new institute are provided in the press release below.

The image is a diagram showing the formation of beta-amyloid.

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·December 9, 2010·5 min read

Beta-amyloid Removal Problems May Underlie Alzheimer’s Disease

The removal of beta-amyloid is not efficient in late-onset Alzheimer's disease sufferers. These new findings could help produce better early diagnostic tests and therapies for Alzheimer's disease and related research.

Electrophysiology Featured Neuroscience

·December 9, 2010·3 min read

Acetylcholine and SK Channels Involved in Learning and Memory

New research on learning describes the interaction between acetlycholine receptors and SK channels and their involvement in learning and memory. These findings could lead to new research targeting acetylcholine and SK channels to help cognitive disorders such as Alzheimer's disease and schizophrenia as well as help understand learning and memory better.

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·November 30, 2010·3 min read

Diabetes Slows Synthesis of Brain Cholesterol

Diabetes research with mice has shown that diabetes can slow down the synthesis of brain cholesterol, important in synapse formation and many other neuronal functions.

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·November 15, 2010·2 min read

Zif Protein Controls Brain Stem Cells

Zif proteins have been found to control whether a brain stem cell differentiates into a neuron or renews as a brain stem cell. There are Zif related proteins in humans that may be targeted by new treatments for brain cancer and other diseases.

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·October 26, 2010·3 min read

Blind People Process Touch Faster

Recent visual neuroscience research provides evidence that blind people process the sense of touch faster than people with normal vision. The research also found that each blind person's tactile perception time was nearly equal to their average speed of their finger moving from one Braille character to the next.

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Neurology

Amyloid Fiber Mystery Unraveling – First Reaction Pinpointed

MicroRNA-29 Makes Brain Cells Resist Programmed Cell Death

Protein Misfolding and Aggregation Roles in Neurodegenerative Diseases

Pain in the Potassium Channels

The Fearless SM: Woman Missing Amygdala

Fragile X Tremor Ataxia Syndrome – FXTAS Breakthrough

World’s First Basic Research Institute for Childhood Neurological Diseases Opens

Beta-amyloid Removal Problems May Underlie Alzheimer’s Disease

Acetylcholine and SK Channels Involved in Learning and Memory

Diabetes Slows Synthesis of Brain Cholesterol

Zif Protein Controls Brain Stem Cells

Blind People Process Touch Faster

Neck Cancer Surgery May Disrupt Brain Drainage and Cognition

Neurodevelopmental Syndrome Linked to Partial Loss of BRSK1

Daily Cannabis Might Make Epilepsy Worse

Bullfrog Brains Produce Their Own Emergency Fuel When Glucose Runs Out

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