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Brain Cancer Featured Neurology Neuroscience

·January 11, 2024·4 min read

Brain Cancer Cells Imitate Neurons, Evading Treatment Strategies

Researchers uncover glioblastoma's treatment resistance secrets using advanced proteomics. By analyzing tumor proteins and their modifications, the team discovered that glioblastoma cells transform into neuron-like states to resist initial therapies.

Featured Neuroscience

·June 5, 2017·4 min read

Brain Development and Aging

According to researchers, brain signals in specific brain areas change during a lifespan in ways that could be vital for maintaining flexibility.

Featured Neuroscience

·November 30, 2016·5 min read

Brain Pattern Flexibility and Behavior

Researchers investigate how high level cognitive processing occurs by looking at how different brain regions are connected.

This shows the interaction between dpp4 and covid19

Featured Genetics Neuroscience Open Neuroscience Articles

·April 13, 2020·2 min read

Could inhibiting the DPP4 enzyme help treat coronavirus?

Previous studies of related coronaviruses SARS and MERS found blocking DPP4 activity reduced inflammatory response. Researchers suggest drugs that target DPP4 could help to reduce the overexpression of inflammatory cytokines seen in severe COVID-19.

This shows a person hearing holding a hearing aid

Auditory Neuroscience Featured Genetics Neuroscience

·June 23, 2022·4 min read

Dysfunctional Gene Leads to Potentially Treatable Hearing Loss

Researchers identified three different MINAR2 genetic mutations that were responsible for deafness in 13 people from four different families.

Autism Featured Neuroscience Psychology

·March 13, 2020·6 min read

Early behavioral marker for autism identified

15-month-old infants with an older sibling on the autism spectrum, and who experience social difficulties, such as insecure-resistant parental attachment, are more than nine times more likely to be diagnosed with ASD.

Featured Neuroscience

·December 9, 2022·5 min read

Early Predictors of Children’s Language Delays

The specific types of words children learn first can be a predictor of early language difficulties.

Brain Cancer Featured Neurology Neuroscience

·June 23, 2026·11 min read

GABA Immune Pathway Drives Female Brain Cancer Growth

Researchers have identified a major sex-specific mechanism in glioblastoma, proving that the neurotransmitter GABA selectively reprograms granulocytic immune cells to shield tumors in females, and that blocking this GABA pathway significantly improves survival outcomes exclusively in female models.

Auditory Neuroscience Autism Featured Neuroscience

·November 12, 2020·4 min read

Hearing Test May Detect Autism in Newborns

Researchers report the ABR hearing test given to newborns to detect auditory problems could be adapted to identify infants at risk of autism spectrum disorder.