Fungi cause brain infection and impair memory in mice
Fungal infections are emerging as a major medical challenge, and a team led by researchers at Baylor College of Medicine […]
Scientists have plenty of ways to watch as individual neurons in a brain fire, sending electrical signals from one to […] Rutgers scientists have found a compound in coffee that may team up with caffeine to fight Parkinson’s disease and Lewy […] A team of researchers at Baylor College of Medicine, the Texas Heart Institute and Texas Children’s Hospital has developed a […] Taking typical daily annoyances such as a long wait at the doctor’s office or a traffic jam on the freeway […] An international team of scientists led by the University of Dundee, UK have verified that a molecular pathway that has […] Recent studies of complex brain disorders such as schizophrenia and autism spectrum disorder (ASD) have identified a few “master keys,” […] A group of Massachusetts General Hospital (MGH) investigators is proposing that targeting immune checkpoints — molecules that regulate the activity […] Attempting to make dopamine-producing neurons out of glial cells in mouse brains, a group of researchers instead converted mature inhibitory […] Preliminary results from the world’s largest sleep study have shown that people who sleep on average between 7 to 8 […]Disorders and Syndromes
Watching brain cells fire
Two compounds in coffee may team up to fight Parkinson’s: Caffeine plus another compound in coffee beans’ waxy coating may protect against brain degeneration
Novel approach improves understanding of the formation of new neurons in the mammalian adult brain
Response to daily stressors could affect brain health in older adults
A molecular switch links a Scottish mouse, a Finnish patient and Parkinson’s disease
‘Master key’ gene has links to both ASD and schizophrenia: Mice lacking MIR-137 show ASD-ish phenotype + increased Pde10a
Regulating microglial activity may reduce inflammation in neurodegenerative diseases: Activating immune checkpoint molecules could reduce imbalance between neuroprotection and neurotoxicity
Scientists accidentally reprogram mature mouse GABA neurons into dopaminergic-like neurons
World’s largest sleep study shows too much shut-eye can be bad for your brain