The replacement of lost neurons is a holy grail for neuroscience. A new promising approach is the conversion of glial cells into new neurons. Improving the efficiency of this conversion or reprogramming after brain injury ...
Cell & Microbiology
Nov 17, 2020
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Groping around in your bag for your keys can be a daily ordeal. I'm not going to list the catalogue of junk in my bag, but I can distinguish every article by touch. Our fingertips are exquisitely engineered, deftly detecting ...
Plants & Animals
Nov 4, 2020
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Cells can evolve specialized functions under a much broader range of conditions than previously thought, according to a study published today in eLife.
Evolution
Nov 3, 2020
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In the human brain, hundreds of billions of nerve cells are interconnected in the most complicated way, and only when these interconnections are correctly made, can the brain function properly. This is no different for insects, ...
Plants & Animals
Nov 2, 2020
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Injuries to peripheral nerves—tissues that transmit bioelectrical signals from the brain to the rest of the body—often result in chronic pain, neurologic disorders, paralysis or disability. Now, researchers have developed ...
Bio & Medicine
Oct 7, 2020
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A team from the Institute of Molecular Science (ICMol) of the University of Valencia has succeeded in synthesizing a new porous material that enables and guides the degradation of compounds analogous to nerve agents used ...
Materials Science
Sep 30, 2020
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Complex brain circuits in rodents can organize themselves with genetics playing only a secondary role, according to a new computer modeling study published today in eLife.
Evolution
Sep 29, 2020
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Birds and mammals have the largest brains in relation to their body. Apart from that, however, they have little in common, according to scientific opinion since the 19th century: mammalian brains have a neocortex, i.e. a ...
Plants & Animals
Sep 25, 2020
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By measuring brain signals, a neuroscience research group at the University of Tübingen has demonstrated for the first time that corvid songbirds possess subjective experiences. Simultaneously recording behavior and brain ...
Plants & Animals
Sep 25, 2020
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Cannabidiol (CBD) is an increasingly popular wellness trend. The compound, which occurs naturally in cannabis plants, is added to many products that claim to reduce anxiety, alleviate pain and more, without the intoxication ...
Other
Sep 2, 2020
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