Yale scientists identified a molecule that wires brain cells and also establishes the way we learn things, and concluded this is an important step towards new ways of improving memory and maybe correcting neurological diseases.They focused on an adhesion molecule that holds synaptic junctions together, called SynCAM... |
9 December 2010
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Researchers at MIT found a way of observing molecules at work inside living brain cells, which also explains the molecular mechanisms of synapse formation.The studies carried out by researchers Amar Thyagarajan and Alice Y. Ting, affiliated with MIT's Picower Institute for Learning and Memory and the MIT Departm... |
8 October 2010
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Alzheimer's disease is largely believed to be caused by amyloid beta ( Αβ) proteins, that are also blocking the transport of important cargoes between brain cells.Researchers from the Gladstone Institute of Neurological Disease (GIND) have figured out a way of preventing such traffic jams, by reducing... |
10 September 2010
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Researchers at the University of California in San Diego (UCSD) announce that they have been able to develop a new method of casting more light on the elusive field of research that is brain chemistry. They say that the new technique allows them to understand how various chemicals act inside the human brain, and also... |
4 January 2010
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Stanford University researchers have recently demonstrated in two scientific studies, published in the journals Nature and Science, that neurons in each brain need to follow a specific pattern, in order to function at peak capacity without wearing their “user” out. Precisely tuning the oscillations of bra... |
27 April 2009
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The severity of multiple sclerosis (MS) has prompted scientists to look for a cure since the disease was first identified. Thus far, they've had little success, and chances are that the next few years won't bring about significant breakthrough in this area. In the hopes of preventing this from happening, Ca... |
6 November 2008
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The dangerous disease that affects some 5 million American citizens to date could finally be slowed down or even cured, thanks to progresses made in understanding its causes, announced researchers working with the Gladstone Institute of Neurological Disease (GIND). Some proteins have been known to oppose Alzheimer in... |
20 October 2008
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It seems that animals are born with the substance that can one day cause in them fear of predators or of dangerous stimuli in their environment. A protein called beta-catenin, which is present in the embryo since birth, is believed to create some sort of connections in the brain that cause mammals like mice to learn ... |
29 September 2008
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