FeaturedGeneticsNeuroscience Videos·January 13, 2012·2 min readWalk This Way: Scientists and MBL Physiology Course Students Describe How a Motor Protein “Steps Out”Just like people, some proteins have characteristic ways of “walking,” which (also like human gaits) are not so easy to...Read More
GeneticsPsychology·January 4, 2012·2 min readA Gene for Depression LocalizedPsychiatric disorders can be described on many levels, the most traditional of which are subjective descriptions of the experience of...Read More
FeaturedGeneticsNeuroscience·December 20, 2011·2 min readHuman Skull Study Causes Evolutionary HeadacheScientists studying a unique collection of human skulls have shown that changes to the skull shape thought to have occurred...Read More
Genetics·December 16, 2011·4 min readUCSF-Led Team Discovers Cause of Rare Disease – PKD/ICChildhood Disorder Called PKD that Causes Epileptic Seizures Linked to Genetic Mutations A large, international team of researchers led by...Read More
GeneticsNeuroscience·December 15, 2011·2 min readNeuroscientists Boost Memory Using Genetics and Memory Enhancing DrugWhen the activity of a molecule that is normally elevated during viral infections is inhibited in the brain, mice learn...Read More
FeaturedGeneticsNeurology·December 14, 2011·3 min readTowards a Therapy to Healing StrokeKIT Biologists Supply Major Results for Understanding the Thalamus, the “Relay Center” of the Brain The thalamus is the central...Read More
GeneticsNeurology·December 13, 2011·2 min readSome Muscular Dystrophy Patients at Increased Risk for CancerPeople who have the most common type of adult muscular dystrophy also have a higher risk of getting cancer, according...Read More
GeneticsNeurology·December 12, 2011·3 min readBabies Born with No Eyes: Scientists Identify Genetic Cause of AnophthalmiaScientists at University College Dublin, Ireland, have identified a genetic alteration which causes a child to be born with no...Read More
ElectrophysiologyFeaturedGeneticsNeuroethicsNeurology·December 7, 2011·4 min readChanges in Bioelectric Signals Cause Tadpoles to Grow Eyes in Back, TailResearchers discover that changes in bioelectric signals cause tadpoles to grow eyes in back, tail For the first time, scientists...Read More
FeaturedGeneticsNeurologyNeuroscienceNeuroscience Videos·November 10, 2011·3 min readParkinsonian Worms May Hold the Key to Identifying Drugs for Parkinson’s DiseaseResearchers at The University of Texas at Austin have devised a simple test, using dopamine-deficient worms, for identifying drugs that...Read More
FeaturedGeneticsNeuroscience·September 1, 2011·5 min readThe Battle of the Morphogens: How to Get Ahead in the Nervous SystemSalk scientists discover a highly conserved mechanism governing brain development. If you think today’s political rhetoric is overheated, imagine what...Read More
GeneticsNeurology·July 11, 2011·2 min readNeural Stem Progenitor Cell Transplantation’s Potential to Aid Spinal Cord Injury TestedA study published in the current issue of Cell Transplantation (20:5) investigating optimal routes for transplanting neural stem/progenitor cells (NS/PCs)...Read More
