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Tweaked CRISPR in Neurons Gives Scientists New Power to Probe Brain Diseases
University of California San FranciscoFriday, August 16, 2019
A team of scientists at UC San Francisco and the National Institutes of Health have achieved another CRISPR first, one which may fundamentally alter the way scientists study brain diseases.
Non-invasive Electrical Stimulation Alters Blood Flow in Brain Tumors
Beth Israel Deaconess Medical CenterWednesday, August 14, 2019
First-of-its-kind pilot study suggests repeated treatments could slow tumor growth.
Researchers discover the brain cells that make pain unpleasant
Stanford MedicineThursday, January 17, 2019
Pain sensation and the emotional experience of pain are not the same, and now, in mice, scientists at Stanford have found the neurons responsible for the latter.
Mapping the brain at high resolution
Massachusetts Institute of TechnologyThursday, January 17, 2019
New 3-D imaging technique can reveal, much more quickly than other methods, how neurons connect throughout the brain.
A New Roadmap for Repairing the Damage of Multiple Sclerosis
Case Western Reserve University School of MedicineTuesday, August 7, 2018
Research provides new understanding about how drugs can repair damaged brain cells that cause disability in patients with multiple sclerosis.
Study shows where brain transforms seeing into acting
Massachusetts Institute of TechnologyFriday, July 6, 2018
Study shows where brain transforms seeing into acting
Experimental Drug Stops Parkinson’s Disease Progression in Mice
Johns Hopkins University School of MedicineMonday, July 2, 2018
Johns Hopkins researchers say they have developed an experimental drug, similar to compounds used to treat diabetes, that slows the progression of Parkinson’s disease itself — as well as its symptoms — in mice. In experiments performed with cultures of human brain cells and live mouse models, they report the drug blocked the degradation of brain cells that is the hallmark of Parkinson’s disease. The drug is expected to move to clinical trials this year.
Researchers uncover hidden brain states that regulate performance and decision making
National Institute of Biomedical Imaging and BioengineeringMonday, July 2, 2018
Brain activity is driven by encounters with external stimuli and situations, simultaneously occurring with internal mental processes. A team of researchers from Stanford University, with funding from the NIH BRAIN Initiative, in part through the National Institute of Biomedical Imaging and Bioengineering (NIBIB), has discovered how the brain dynamically handles cognitive tasks while it also is engaged in internal mental processes.
‘Music of Speech’ Linked to Brain Area Unique to Humans
University of California, San FranciscoThursday, June 28, 2018
Understanding Vocal Pitch Could Give Realistic Synthetic Voices to Those Unable to Speak
Study Finds Tau Protein Does Not Stabilize Microtubules, Challenges Approach to Treating Alzheimer's
Drexel University College of MedicineThursday, June 28, 2018
A new study by researchers from Drexel University College of Medicine may reverse the popular scientific dogma that the protein tau stabilizes microtubules within brain cells. The scientists’ new research, published this week in Current Biology, suggests just the opposite: Tau’s actual role in the neuron is to allow microtubules to grow and remain dynamic.