Understanding the genetic roots of rare mutations in Alzheimer's disease

byVIB (the Flanders Institute for Biotechnology)Hippocampal neurons with staining for endosomes (turquoise and purple) and lysosomes (yellow). When the PSEN2 gene is absent or carries a familial

Updated on: December 11,2024 0

Understanding the genetic roots of rare mutations in Alzheimer's disease

byVIB (the Flanders Institute for Biotechnology)Hippocampal neurons with staining for endosomes (turquoise and purple) and lysosomes (yellow). When the PSEN2 gene is absent or carries a familial

Updated on:December 11,2024 0

Alzheimer's discovery holds potential to improve drugs

byCSIROMRI image noting subregions of the basal forebrain studied in the paper. Credit: CSIROA significant discovery by Australian scientists has the potential to improve the effectiveness of dr

Updated on: July 31,2024 0

Alzheimer's discovery holds potential to improve drugs

byCSIROMRI image noting subregions of the basal forebrain studied in the paper. Credit: CSIROA significant discovery by Australian scientists has the potential to improve the effectiveness of dr

Updated on:July 31,2024 0

Computational neuroscientists show how astrocytes increase flexible learning

by Petra Sandow,University of BonnThe D-serine hypothesis. a, b) The astrocytes-mediated feedback loop shows remarkable similarities with the BCM postulate of a synaptic modification threshold θ

Updated on: July 31,2024 0

Computational neuroscientists show how astrocytes increase flexible learning

by Petra Sandow,University of BonnThe D-serine hypothesis. a, b) The astrocytes-mediated feedback loop shows remarkable similarities with the BCM postulate of a synaptic modification threshold θ

Updated on:July 31,2024 0

Study reveals direct gut-brain communication via vagus nerve

Updated on: March 05,2025 0

Study reveals direct gut-brain communication via vagus nerve

Updated on:March 05,2025 0

Losing control of gene activity in Alzheimer's disease

by University of ExeterPET scan of a human brain with Alzheimer's disease. Credit: public domainPioneering research into the mechanisms controlling gene activity in the brain could hold

Updated on: April 10,2024 14

Losing control of gene activity in Alzheimer's disease

by University of ExeterPET scan of a human brain with Alzheimer's disease. Credit: public domainPioneering research into the mechanisms controlling gene activity in the brain could hold

Updated on:April 10,2024 14

Patients value extended medical interventions—like EEG tests—beyond their clinical use: Study

byMichigan State UniversityCredit: CC0 Public DomainFor the past 100 years, health care practitioners have valued electroencephalograms, or EEGs, for their clinical use—that is, their ability to

Updated on: August 07,2024 0

Patients value extended medical interventions—like EEG tests—beyond their clinical use: Study

byMichigan State UniversityCredit: CC0 Public DomainFor the past 100 years, health care practitioners have valued electroencephalograms, or EEGs, for their clinical use—that is, their ability to

Updated on:August 07,2024 0

How Alzheimer's disease spreads through the brain

by Society for NeuroscienceA functioning brain cell that is expressing diseased tau. Credit: Hallinan et al.,JNeurosci2019Tau can quickly spread between neurons but is not immediately

Updated on: April 10,2024 16

How Alzheimer's disease spreads through the brain

by Society for NeuroscienceA functioning brain cell that is expressing diseased tau. Credit: Hallinan et al.,JNeurosci2019Tau can quickly spread between neurons but is not immediately

Updated on:April 10,2024 16

Turning brain cells on using the power of light: Researchers refine noninvasive method of bioluminescent optogenetics

by Kelsie Smith Hayduk,University of Rochester(A) Schematic illustration of the LMO7 molecule. (B) Representative histological images showing fluorescence expression in the left SI of a mouse. (

Updated on: October 16,2024 0

Turning brain cells on using the power of light: Researchers refine noninvasive method of bioluminescent optogenetics

by Kelsie Smith Hayduk,University of Rochester(A) Schematic illustration of the LMO7 molecule. (B) Representative histological images showing fluorescence expression in the left SI of a mouse. (

Updated on:October 16,2024 0

Drug target for Alzheimer's disease has dual action

by Queensland Brain InstituteCredit: Queensland Brain InstituteResearchers have discovered a potential drug target for Alzheimer's disease—an enzyme which has effects on both the immune and nervou

Updated on: April 16,2024 11

Drug target for Alzheimer's disease has dual action

by Queensland Brain InstituteCredit: Queensland Brain InstituteResearchers have discovered a potential drug target for Alzheimer's disease—an enzyme which has effects on both the immune and nervou

Updated on:April 16,2024 11

Socioeconomic deprivation linked to higher risk of epilepsy related to traumatic brain injury

by Lori SolomonSocioeconomic deprivation increases the risk for sustaining a traumatic brain injury (TBI), and in some age groups, it may also increase the risk for epilepsy after a TBI, according to

Updated on: July 17,2024 0

Socioeconomic deprivation linked to higher risk of epilepsy related to traumatic brain injury

by Lori SolomonSocioeconomic deprivation increases the risk for sustaining a traumatic brain injury (TBI), and in some age groups, it may also increase the risk for epilepsy after a TBI, according to

Updated on:July 17,2024 0

Pathway of Alzheimer's degeneration discovered

by McGill UniversityPET scan of a human brain with Alzheimer's disease. Credit: public domainScientists at the Montreal Neurological Institute and Hospital (The Neuro) of McGill University ha

Updated on: April 10,2024 15

Pathway of Alzheimer's degeneration discovered

by McGill UniversityPET scan of a human brain with Alzheimer's disease. Credit: public domainScientists at the Montreal Neurological Institute and Hospital (The Neuro) of McGill University ha

Updated on:April 10,2024 15

New research on Alzheimer's disease shows 'lifestyle origin at least in some degree'

by Todd Hollingshead,Brigham Young UniversityPh.D. student Erin Saito enters data into a computer in the lab of Professor Benjamin Bikman. Credit: Jaren WilkeyFor years, research to pin down the

Updated on: April 07,2024 18

New research on Alzheimer's disease shows 'lifestyle origin at least in some degree'

by Todd Hollingshead,Brigham Young UniversityPh.D. student Erin Saito enters data into a computer in the lab of Professor Benjamin Bikman. Credit: Jaren WilkeyFor years, research to pin down the

Updated on:April 07,2024 18