Neurobiology

Tau is not the only protein implicated in protein inclusion formation responsible for this neurodegenerative diseaseCredit: Isidre Ferrer Tauopathies are a group of neurodegenerative diseases characterized by the accumulation of…

Brazilian publication unravels the effects of Zika on astrocytes, one of the most damaged cells during the virus infectionCredit: Taken from the study. Previous studies regarding the damage of the Zika virus on the brain had…

Credit: CWRU Created by Case Western Reserve University researchers, the drug will be tested with in healthy volunteers at Cleveland Clinic Mellen Center for Multiple Sclerosis A new drug that could make it easier for…

McGill researchers' findings show that may be the case There remains a controversy in scientific circles today regarding the value of lithium therapy in treating Alzheimer's disease. Much of this stems from the fact that because the…

Neural network modulating pain transmission affected; when researchers normalized function, rats' opioid consumption declined, pointing to possible therapeutic targets for humans Approximately one-quarter of patients who are prescribed…

One of only four medical institutions participating in this groundbreaking Phase II clinical trialCredit: University Hospitals Cleveland Medical Center CLEVELAND-- University Hospitals (UH) Seidman Cancer Center treated its first…

A study of the IMT School Studies Lucca describes how affective states are mapped in the brainCredit: Luca Cecchetti, IMT School for Advanced Studies Lucca The entire set of our emotions is topographically represented in a small region of…

Visual archive to be used in research, artificial intelligence developmentCredit: Courtesy of the University of Nevada, Reno Reno, Nev. - To better understand the organization of the brain and the perceptual tendencies in humans, a…

Neuroimaging findings suggest that the trigeminal nerve and hippocampus volumes predict surgical treatment success London, UK: A new study published in the journal Cephalalgia, the official journal of the International Headache Society,…

Researchers from the Netherlands Institute for Neuroscience (NIN) used a new technique to show how electrical impulses are traveling with high speed in the brain. It appears that myelin, the sheath around neurons, creates a coaxial cable…