Somatic SNCA Gene Gains in Glia Drive Multiple System Atrophy
Researchers have shown that somatic copy number gains of the SNCA gene accumulate in oligodendrocytes of multiple system atrophy brains, ...
Tag: neurodegeneration
Oral Sodium Butyrate Shows Promise in Protecting Brain Cells in Parkinson’s Rat Model
A new rat study shows that four weeks of oral sodium butyrate treatment significantly improves motor function and preserves dopaminergic ...
Baby Reflexes That Return in Old Age May Signal Failing Minds, Study Finds
New research shows that the reappearance of infantile primitive reflexes in older adults strongly predicts poorer cognitive functioning and lower ...
Brain stimulation may restore function—or amplify the brain’s own workarounds
Boston University researchers propose that brain stimulation should sometimes amplify the brain's own compensatory workarounds rather than always restoring normal ...
Scientists Map a Grand Plan to Decode the Microtubule Cytoskeleton in Health and Disease
A new Roadmap in Nature Reviews Molecular Cell Biology outlines how integrating structural biology, biophysics, computation and medicine can finally ...
Lonely Sleep Waves: How Tau Tangles Quietly Sabotage the Aging Brain’s Memory.
New research shows that frontal tau pathology fragments the traveling slow waves of deep sleep, weakening overnight memory consolidation and ...
APOE and neuromelanin shape Alzheimer’s risk in human brain’s stress hub
Deep in the brainstem, a tiny, pigment-darkened cluster of neurons called the locus coeruleus acts as the brain's principal source ...
Plant compound BSSG induces gut inflammation before neurodegeneration in zebrafish and mice
A plant sterol best known for its role in one of the world's most mysterious outbreaks of neurodegenerative disease may ...
Tau protein linked to Alzheimer’s disrupts nerve cells’ energy-producing mitochondria
A newly identified mechanism may explain how tau protein helps drive Alzheimer’s disease and other tauopathies, according to research from ...
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Mothers who receive childcare support from maternal grandparents show more parental warmth, finds NTU Singapore study
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University of Seville Breaks 120-Year-Old Mystery, Revises a Key Einstein Concept
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Bee body mass, pathogens and local climate influence heat tolerance
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Researchers record first-ever images and data of a shark experiencing a boat strike
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Groundbreaking Clinical Trial Reveals Lubiprostone Enhances Kidney Function
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