FeaturedNeuroscience·May 10, 2012·4 min readGlial Cells Supply Nerve Fibers with Energy-Rich Metabolic ProductsGlial cells pass on metabolites to neurons. Around 100 billion neurons in the human brain enable us to think, feel...Read More
FeaturedGeneticsNeuroscience·May 9, 2012·2 min readResearchers Discover a New Family of Key Mitochondrial Proteins for the Function and Variability of the BrainThis family comprises a cluster of six genes that may be altered in neurological conditions, such as Parkinson’s and Charcot-Marie-Tooth...Read More
ElectrophysiologyFeatured·May 7, 2012·6 min readRobot Reveals the Inner Workings of Brain Cells – Robotic Whole-Cell Patch ClampingNew method offers automated way to record electrical activity inside neurons in the living brain. Gaining access to the inner...Read More
FeaturedNeuroscience·May 3, 2012·4 min readAwake Mental Replay of Past Experiences Critical for LearningBlocking it stumps memory-guided decision-making in rats – NIH-funded study Awake mental replay of past experiences is essential for making...Read More
FeaturedNeuroscience·May 2, 2012·2 min readGlycogen Accumulation in Neurons Causes Brain Damage and Shortens Lives of Flies and MiceWork by IRB Barcelona researchers will further the study of neurodegenerative diseases such as Lafora progressive myoclonic epilepsy. Collaborative research...Read More
ElectrophysiologyFeaturedNeuroscience·April 26, 2012·2 min readLearning Mechanism of the Adult Brain RevealedThey say you can’t teach an old dog new tricks. Fortunately, this is not always true. Researchers at the Netherlands...Read More
AutismNeuroscience Videos·April 25, 2012·3 min readAgent Reduces Autism-like Behaviors in MiceBoosts Sociability, Quells Repetitiveness – NIH Study National Institutes of Health researchers have reversed behaviors in mice resembling two of...Read More
FeaturedNeurology·April 20, 2012·3 min readSingle Neuron Observations Mark Steps in Alzheimer’s DiseaseMultiple disease-related changes progress in parallel through distinct stages. Studying a mouse model of Alzheimer’s disease, neuroscientists at the Technische...Read More
FeaturedGeneticsNeurology·April 11, 2012·3 min readResearchers Convert Skin and Umbilical Cord Cells Directly into Nerve CellsUntil recently, the production of pluripotent “multipurpose” stem cells from skin cells was considered to be the ultimate new development....Read More
FeaturedNeuroscience·April 3, 2012·4 min readPositive Stress Helps Protect Eye from GlaucomaWorking in mice, scientists at Washington University School of Medicine in St. Louis have devised a treatment that prevents the...Read More
NeuroethicsNeuroscience·March 23, 2012·3 min readResearchers Partially Control a MemoryScripps Research Institute Team Wrests Partial Control of a Memory The work advances understanding of how memories form and offers...Read More
FeaturedNeurology·March 15, 2012·3 min readStem Cells Hint at Potential Treatment for Huntington’s DiseaseHuntington’s disease, the debilitating congenital neurological disorder that progressively robs patients of muscle coordination and cognitive ability, is a condition...Read More
