Neurobiology

This study of ischemic stroke patients is the first to associate the neutrophil-lymphocyte ratio in patients with COVID-19 and ischemic stroke and stroke severity.Credit: UAB BIRMINGHAM, Ala. - Stroke patients who also have…

The amyloid precursor protein is processed differently by an alteration in their glycosylation that leads to increased production of beta amyloid, the trigger pathological effector for Alzheimer's disease Despite the important advances in…

ARRS promises to deliver the same clinically relevant experience for which its Annual Meeting has long been heralded: world-class educational activities led by the field's foremost experts that span every subspecialty of radiology…

Scientists reveal a new area of the brain that could shed light on how we make choicesCredit: OIST Every day, we make hundreds of decisions. While most are small and inconsequential, like choosing what to eat or wear, others…

Exploiting artificial intelligence (AI) to develop tools for improving the monitoring of treatment of rare, progressive, and highly debilitating diseases such as Friedreich's (FRDA) and spinocerebellar ataxia (SCA). This is the goal of…

Credit: RUB, Marquard How do birds make decisions and which brain regions are particularly active when they solve tasks? Researchers from the Department of Biopsychology at Ruhr-Universität Bochum (RUB) are investigating these…

Recording of olfactory sensory neurons in mice shows suppression or enhancement of response when odors are mixedCredit: © Shigenori Inagaki, Takeshi Imai, Kyushu University Take a sniff of a freshly poured glass of wine, and the…

The hour-long sessions will focus on different areas of brain research and feature expert speakers, with the goal of highlighting the HBP's scientific achievements and the state-of-the-art services offered by its new infrastructure for…

Credit: Kuopio University Hospital Epilepsy Center Based on reported cases, Unverricht-Lundborg disease, also known as progressive myoclonic epilepsy-1A, EPM1, is more common in Finland than anywhere else in the world, a new study…

The prevalence of dementia in places where more than one language is spoken is 50% lower than in regions where the population uses only one language As well as allowing us to communicate with other people, languages are the tool we use to…

Breast cancer patients whose disease has spread to their brains fare better if their metastases are picked up before they begin to cause symptoms, according to a study presented at the 12th European Breast Cancer Conference. Breast…

BOSTON - Scientists at the Massachusetts General Hospital (MGH) have developed a molecular imaging probe to reveal Alzheimer's disease (AD)-related γ-secretase in rodents and macaques with translational potentials in humans. γ-Secretase…

Credit: Wataru Yamamoto WOODS HOLE, Mass. -- Although it may seem counterintuitive, researchers are turning to an animal without a brain to crack the neural code underlying behavior. Hydra vulgaris, a tiny, tentacled,…

Aligning science across Parkinson's initiative supports international project aiming to unravel the biology of a gene linked to Parkinson's diseaseCredit: Leschziner Lab, UC San Diego In August, a team of researchers at the…

Credit: Alexandra M. Razorenova, et al/ Frontiers of Neuroscience How much time does a brain need to learn a new word? A team of Skoltech researchers and their colleagues monitored changes in brain activity associated with learning…

New Orleans, LA - A team of researchers from LSU Health New Orleans Neuroscience Center of Excellence and the University of Copenhagen provides the first evidence that patients with ocular hypertension may exhibit superior antioxidant…

Credit: Department of Molecular Neuroscience,TMDU Tokyo, Japan -- Migraines affect millions of people worldwide, often lasting days and severely disrupting lives. More than simply super-intense headaches, some migraines actually…

Research consortium led by Cleveland Clinic Lerner Research Institute and CWRU CLEVELAND, September 17, 2020 -- A team led by researchers from Case Western Reserve University School of Medicine and Cleveland Clinic Lerner Research…

This work, published in Cell and led by the UNC-Chapel Hill lab of Bryan L. Roth, MD, PhD, sets the stage for the discovery of new kinds of antidepressants, anti-anxiety drugs, and treatments for substance use disordersCredit: Roth Lab (UNC…

Credit: Walter Farina If you want a dog to hunt something down, it helps to let them sniff an item to pick up the scent. Now, researchers reporting in Current Biology on September 17 have found that scent training honeybees…