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The living fossils of brain evolution

(Phys.org) -- In the course of its evolution, the architecture of the mouse brain may have barely changed. Similar to the tiny ancestors of modern mammals that lived about 80 million years ago, nerve cells ...

Biology / Evolution

created May 23, 2012 | popularity 5 / 5 (2) | comments 0 | with audio podcast

Study dusts sugar coating off little-known regulation in cells

In Alzheimer's disease, brain neurons become clogged with tangled proteins. Scientists suspect these tangles arise partly due to malfunctions in a little-known regulatory system within cells. Now, researchers have dramatically ...

Chemistry / Biochemistry

created Apr 16, 2012 | popularity 5 / 5 (2) | comments 1 | with audio podcast

A new shortcut for stem cell programming

Scientists at the Life and Brain Research Center at the University of Bonn, Germany, have succeeded in directly generating brain stem cells from the connective tissue cells of mice.

Biology / Cell & Microbiology

created Mar 22, 2012 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

New type of extra-chromosomal DNA discovered

(PhysOrg.com) -- A team of scientists from the University of Virginia and University of North Carolina in the US have discovered a previously unidentified type of small circular DNA molecule occurring outside ...

Biology / Biotechnology

created Mar 09, 2012 | popularity 4.8 / 5 (21) | comments 9 | with audio podcast report

Scientists combine tumor-targeting peptides and nanoparticles to destroy glioblastoma

Glioblastoma is one of the most aggressive forms of brain cancer. Rather than presenting as a well-defined tumor, glioblastoma will often infiltrate the surrounding brain tissue, making it extremely difficult to treat surgically ...

Nanotechnology / Bio & Medicine

created Oct 03, 2011 | popularity 5 / 5 (6) | comments 4 | with audio podcast

Autistic mice act a lot like human patients

UCLA scientists have created a mouse model for autism that opens a window into the biological mechanisms that underlie the disease and offers a promising way to test new treatment approaches.

Biology / Cell & Microbiology

created Sep 29, 2011 | popularity 5 / 5 (2) | comments 0

Stanford group creates miniature self-contained fluorescence microscope

(PhysOrg.com) -- A team of researchers working at Stanford University have devised a means for building the smallest self-contained fluorescence microscope ever. Weighing just under 2 grams and slightly larger ...

Physics / General Physics

created Sep 12, 2011 | popularity 4.5 / 5 (6) | comments 0 | with audio podcast report

Tinnitus caused by too little inhibition of brain auditory circuits, study says

Tinnitus, a relentless and often life-changing ringing in the ears known to disable soldiers exposed to blasts, unwary listeners of too-loud music and millions of others, is the result of under-inhibition of key neural pathways ...

Medicine & Health / Medical research

created Apr 18, 2011 | popularity 5 / 5 (3) | comments 11 | with audio podcast

New 'nanodrug' breaks down barriers to attack breast cancer cells from the inside out

Throwing stones at castle walls is one way to attack an enemy, but sneaking inside makes the target much more vulnerable.

Medicine & Health / Cancer

created Mar 29, 2011 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

Scientists discover anti-anxiety circuit in brain region considered the seat of fear

Stimulation of a distinct brain circuit that lies within a brain structure typically associated with fearfulness produces the opposite effect: Its activity, instead of triggering or increasing anxiety, counters ...

Medicine & Health / Neuroscience

created Mar 09, 2011 | popularity 4.3 / 5 (9) | comments 4 | with audio podcast

Researchers find blood-brain barrier damaged by disease

A study into the effects of Sanfilippo Syndrome type B (MPS III B) has found that the barrier responsible for protecting the brain from the entry of harmful blood-borne substances is structurally and functionally damaged ...

Medicine & Health / Medical research

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Study: Drug could help preserve brain function after cardiac arrest

(PhysOrg.com) -- An experimental drug that targets a brain system that controls inflammation might help preserve neurological function in people who survive sudden cardiac arrest, new research suggests.

Medicine & Health / Neuroscience

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Research on obesity targets the brain's use of fatty acids

Researchers at the University of Colorado School of Medicine have created a new and exciting mouse model to study how lipid sensing and metabolism in the brain relate to the regulation of energy balance and body weight. The ...

Medicine & Health / Medical research

created Jan 04, 2011 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

Japan bio-scientists produce 'singing mouse'

Japanese scientists said Tuesday they had produced a mouse that tweets like a bird in a genetically engineered "evolution" which they hope will shed light on the origins of human language.

Biology / Biotechnology

created Dec 21, 2010 | popularity 4 / 5 (20) | comments 25

Gene therapy prevents memory problems in mice with Alzheimer's disease

Scientists at the Gladstone Institute of Neurological Disease (GIND) in San Francisco have discovered a new strategy to prevent memory deficits in a mouse model of Alzheimer's disease (AD). Humans with AD and mice genetically ...

Medicine & Health / Genetics

created Nov 28, 2010 | popularity 4.9 / 5 (7) | comments 0 | with audio podcast