From the Karolinska Institutet media release: So far, many of the antibody drugs proposed to treat Alzheimer’s disease target only the amyloid plaques. Despite the latest clinical trial that is hailed as our best chance in the…
From the New York University media release: A team of scientists has uncovered details of the cellular mechanisms that control the direct programming of stem cells into motor neurons. The scientists analyzed changes that occur in the…
From the PLOS media release: Groups of brain regions that synchronize their activity during memory tasks become smaller and more numerous as people age, according to a study published in PLOS Computational Biology. Typically, research on brain…
From the Children’s Hospital Los Angeles Saban Research Institute media release: Researchers at Children’s Hospital Los Angeles (CHLA) have conducted the first study of its kind, using proton magnetic resonance spectroscopy (MRS) to look at brain regions…
From the Medical College of Georgia at Augusta University media release: Our brains have a basic algorithm that enables us to not just recognize a traditional Thanksgiving meal, but the intelligence to ponder the broader implications…
From the Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center media release: Philosophers have long struggled to define human consciousness. Now, a eam of researchers led by neurologists at Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center (BIDMC) has pinpointed the regions of…
From the Rockefeller University media release: No single neuron produces a thought or a behavior; anything the brain accomplishes is a vast collaborative effort between cells. When at work, neurons talk rapidly to one another, forming networks…
From the Johns Hopkins Medicine media release: A robotic arm and a virtual game were essential tools in a new study from researchers at Johns Hopkins Medicine. The study results suggest that while training doesn’t change neurological…
From the Boston Children’s Hospital media release: Tuberous sclerosis complex (TSC), a genetic disorder that causes autism in about half of those affected, could stem from a defect in a basic system cells use to recycle their…
From the Washington University in St. Louis media release: Using MRIs, researchers at Washington University School of Medicine in St. Louis have identified areas in the brains of children with Tourette’s syndrome that appear markedly different from…