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Researchers identify gene with functional role in aging of eye

Neuroscience NewsJanuary 18, 2020

The gene Elovl2 appears to play a significant role in age-associated functional and anatomical aging in mouse retinas. The finding has direct implications for age-related eye diseases, such as macular degeneration. When the expression of the gene was boosted, age-related visual function improved.... Read More...

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Alcohol dependence results in brain-wide remodeling of functional architecture

Neuroscience NewsJanuary 14, 2020

Using a novel imaging technique, researchers produce a whole mouse brain atlas, which reveals how alcohol addiction, and abstinence, alter the functional architecture of the brain.... Read More...

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Objective subtle cognitive difficulties predict amyloid accumulation and neurodegeneration

Neuroscience NewsJanuary 1, 2020

Amyloid accumulation occurs faster in those who have objectively-defined cognitive difficulties than older people who are considered to be cognitively normal. Mild cognitive impairment is also associated with faster hippocampal and entorhinal cortex atrophy.... Read More...

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Measuring mutations in sperm may reveal risk for autism in future children

Neuroscience NewsDecember 26, 2019

Spontaneous mutations in a father's sperm may be linked to autism spectrum disorder in their offspring. UCSD researchers have developed a new method of quantifying the mutations and assessing the likelihood that the mutations will contribute to ASD.... Read More...

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Non-coding DNA located outside chromosomes may help drive glioblastoma

Neuroscience NewsNovember 21, 2019

Extra DNA is critical for maintaining cancer-causing gene activation and supporting the cancer cell's ability to survive.... Read More...

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Perturbed genes regulating white blood cells linked to autism genetics and severity

Neuroscience NewsSeptember 23, 2019

Blood gene expression analysis uncovered a critical gene network that is disrupted in Autism. The disrupted gene network is related to fetal brain development and is also dysregulated in ASD cellular models. The findings provide further evidence that genetic factors influencing brain development during pregnancy are a primary cause of autism spectrum disorder.... Read More...

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How the eyes might be windows to the risk of Alzheimer’s disease

Neuroscience NewsSeptember 15, 2019

Adults with mild cognitive impairment (MCI), a precursor to Alzheimer's disease, have greater pupil dilation when taking cognitive tests than their cognitively normal peers. Task-evoked pupillary response may be a cost-effective, and low invasive screening test for those at genetic risk for Alzheimer's before the symptoms of the disease take hold. ... Read More...

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Machine learning algorithm can’t distinguish these lab mini-brains from preemie babies

Neuroscience NewsAugust 29, 2019

Machine learning is unable to tell the difference in brain activity between a lab-grown mini-brain and that of a preterm infant who has reached full-term.... Read More...

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Adding MS drug to targeted cancer therapy may improve glioblastoma outcomes

Neuroscience NewsAugust 8, 2019

Teriflunomide, a drug commonly used to treat multiple sclerosis, shows promise for the treatment of glioblastoma when coupled with targeted cancer therapies.... Read More...

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Culture shapes how we learn to reason?

Neuroscience NewsJune 24, 2019

Young children in the USA may be subject to culture-specific influences that bias their reasoning toward objects. ... Read More...

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Early life exposure to nicotine alters neurons, predisposes brain to addiction later

Neuroscience NewsMay 22, 2019

Mouse study reveals neonatal nicotine exposure primes the ventral tegmental area, making the animals more susceptible to the effects of nicotine when exposed again later in life. ... Read More...

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Like A Lot of Things, Women’s Gut Microbiomes Appear to Mature Earlier than Men’s

Neuroscience NewsMay 21, 2019

Young women have higher gut bacteria diversity than males, study reports. ... Read More...

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Researchers identify gene with functional role in aging of eye

Alcohol dependence results in brain-wide remodeling of functional architecture

Objective subtle cognitive difficulties predict amyloid accumulation and neurodegeneration

Measuring mutations in sperm may reveal risk for autism in future children

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