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·March 14, 2023·7 min read

“A New Way Biology Works”: Neuronal Signaling Can be Modified by Mirror-Image Molecules

Researchers discovered that the orientation of a single amino acid in a sea slug can determine which neuron receptor is activated, leading to different types of neuronal activities. This finding sheds light on how the brain can regulate communication between cells in different ways.

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·February 15, 2023·6 min read

New Release of Blue Brain Project Atlas Sheds Light on Neuron Types

The Blue Brain Project has released a new and enriched 3D digital cell atlas containing more neuron types than the previous version.

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·January 20, 2023·6 min read

How Huntington’s Disease Affects Different Neurons

Researchers have identified how two different populations of neurons in the striatum are affected differently in Huntington's disease. The neurodegeneration of one of these populations leads to motor defects while damage to the other population located in striosomes may account for mood disorders associated with the early stages of Huntington's.

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·January 20, 2023·11 min read

A New Field of Neuroscience Aims to Map Connections in the Brain

Connectomics researchers aim to map and understand how individual neurons connect to each other to form functional networks.

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·December 10, 2022·4 min read

How Neurons Autonomously Regulate Their Excitability

The SLK protein plays a key role in neuron excitability and sensitivity, researchers report.

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·December 5, 2022·3 min read

New Findings on Neuronal Activities in the Sensorimotor Cortex

New findings about neural activity in the sensorimotor cortex may aid in the development of neuroprosthetics to help compensate for neuronal dysfunctions.

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·December 3, 2022·3 min read

Genes That Maintain Healthy Neurons Identified

Kinase enzymes are essential for neurons to perform autophagy. Researchers found deleting genes that encode kinase NDR1 and NDR2 impairs neuron health and spurs neurodegeneration in both young and old mice.

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·December 2, 2022·4 min read

Autism-Linked Gene Found to Shape Nerve Connections

The autism-linked Gabrb3 gene appears to shape the formation of both normal and atypical neural connections in the brain.

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·November 15, 2022·3 min read

Nerve Cell Discovery May Lead to Better Treatment for Diseases of the Nervous System

Findings could have implications for new avenues of research for a range of neurodegenerative diseases including ALS and Alzheimer's.

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·October 23, 2022·5 min read

Recording Neurons to Pinpoint Synaptic Links

A new 3D electrode array allows researchers to map the activity and location of up to 1 million synaptic links in a living brain.

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·October 19, 2022·4 min read

An Animal-Free Method of Creating Human Brain Cells for Research

Researchers have developed a new method to create glutamatergic neuronal cells from SH-SY5Y cells without the use of animal-derived components. The new technique repurposes the B-27 growth supplement. This is the first time SH-SY5Y cells have been transformed into glutamatergic neuronal cells, researchers report.