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A team of researchers with the Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory (Berkeley Lab), using the exceptionally bright and powerful x-ray beams of the Advanced Light... Read More »
A study from Karolinska Institutet in Sweden shows that a new drug for Huntington's disease -- pridopidine or dopamine stabiliser ACR16 -- might operate via... Read More »
A new study has revealed a potential treatment breakthrough for those suffering from schizophrenia. Researchers assessed schizophrenia patients prior to and following ... Read More »
Researchers at the University of Copenhagen have produced a new chemical compound for the possible treatment of brain damage caused by stroke. The compound binds... Read More »
A surprising set of cells may hold potential for aiding nerve transplants in patients who have severe nerve damage -- the type of wound often caused by gunshots... Read More »
When first exposed to cocaine, the adolescent brain launches a strong defensive reaction designed to minimize the drug’s effects. Now two new studies by a Yale... Read More »
Would you erase your memory? Would you erase an embarrassing moment, or take a cue from the movie “Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind” and forever... Read More »
I’m not sure if Alexander Graham Bell -- the Steve Jobs of the late 19th and early 20th centuries; a brilliant scientist and the inventor of the first... Read More »
Patients’ own cardiac stem cells regrow heart muscle
Many heart attacks leave behind scar tissue, which inhibits cardiac functions for a patient’s... Read More »
A new study has revealed differences in the brains of infants, as young as six months, who later develop autism compared to those who do not. The study looked... Read More »
Alzheimer’s disease has had a strong presence in the news lately, between the Obama administration announcing a funding boost, the National Institute on Aging... Read More »
Researchers of the Max Delbrück Center for Molecular Medicine Berlin-Buch have now identified and described a molecular mechanism underlying the most common... Read More »
A new study has found a protein that is a key player in the process of joining nerves to muscles. The protein biglycan needs to be present to stabilize synapses at... Read More »
A new group of compounds has been identified by scientists at the Emory University School of Medicine, that may protect brain cells from inflammation linked to... Read More »
The brain is a complex and miraculous organ with virtually limitless potential. If you’re not the world’s preeminent pianist or astrophysicist, however... Read More »
Researchers at the Salk Institute have discovered a startling feature of early brain development that helps to explain how complex neuron wiring patterns are... Read More »
Neuroscientists at Case Western Reserve University School of Medicine have shown that use of the drug bexarotene in mice appears to quickly reverse the pathological... Read More »
UCLA neuroscientists have demonstrated that they can strengthen memory in human patients by stimulating a critical junction in the brain. The team focused on a brain... Read More »
Parkinson's disease researchers at the University at Buffalo have discovered how mutations in the parkin gene cause the disease. The UB findings reveal potential... Read More »
Scientists at the University of California in Berkeley have taken the first step towards reconstructing imagined conversations from brain activity. This research... Read More »