Astrocytes found to play pivotal role in epileptic neuronal hyperactivity
Epilepsy, where patients suffer from unexpected seizures, affects roughly 1% of the population. These seizures often involve repetitive and excessive ...
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Unlocking Alzheimer's secrets: Study pinpoints APOE4's harmful effect on lipids
UNC School of Medicine researcher Sarah Cohen, PhD, and Ian Windham, a former PhD student from the Cohen lab, have ...
Bioprinting breakthrough: Tech platform creates 3D neural tissues in which neurons and glia connect
In a recent study published in Cell Stem Cell, researchers produced three-dimensional (3D) bioprinted human brain tissues, allowing for the ...
The role of exercise-induced hormone irisin in amyloid beta reduction
In a recent study published in Neuron, researchers explored the biological mechanisms by which exercise-induced irisin attenuates amyloid-beta (Aβ) pathology ...
Childhood abuse can induce stress that changes neural networks and functions during growth
Childhood neglect and/or abuse can induce extreme stress that significantly changes neural networks and functions during growth. This can lead ...
Breakthrough discovery could lead to new treatments for brain metastases
When cancer that starts in the body metastasizes to the brain, it is almost always lethal, in part because so ...
Astrocytes play a key role in motor learning
From steering a car to swinging a tennis racket, we learn to execute all kinds of skilled movements during our ...
Researchers discover how a protein deficiency can prepare the brain to minimize damage after stress
Astrocytes, small star-shaped cells, play an important role in signal transmission in the brain. Since the protein Ezrin is found ...
Transcriptomic dysregulation across cerebral cortex in autism spectrum disorder
A recent study in Nature demonstrated transcriptomic dysregulation in the cerebral cortex in autism spectrum disorder (ASD). Study: Broad transcriptomic ...
Researchers secure $20.5 million NIH grant to beat Alzheimer's disease and related dementias
A team of researchers at the University of Kentucky's Sanders-Brown Center on Aging (SBCoA) has been awarded a $20.5 million ...
