What happens inside neurons when we memorize a password or learn the cello? Some of our basic understanding about learning and memory comes from the study of conditions in which cognitive development is disrupted. For example, ...
Cell & Microbiology
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The vast majority of biological processes rely on proteins to carry out various jobs in all living cells, including neurons, which transmit information throughout the nervous system.
Cell & Microbiology
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Inside neurons, motor proteins haul precious cargo, moving essential goods along thread-like roadways called microtubule tracks.
Cell & Microbiology
Jan 20, 2022
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It sounds like a party trick: scientists can now look at the brain activity of a tiny worm and tell you which chemical the animal smelled a few seconds before. But the findings of a new study, led by Salk Associate Professor ...
Molecular & Computational biology
Nov 19, 2021
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Brain organoids are models of the brain made from growing stem cells like iPS cells into three-dimensional structures. They are used to study all sorts of brain-related phenomenon, including neural networks and disease development. ...
Cell & Microbiology
Oct 28, 2021
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Researchers from the Okinawa Institute of Science and Technology Graduate University (OIST) have identified a protein that plays a key role in how the brain regulates appetite and metabolism. Loss of the protein, XRN1, from ...
Cell & Microbiology
Oct 15, 2021
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The NIH Brain Research Through Advancing Innovative Neurotechnologies (BRAIN) Initiative Cell Census Network (BICCN) has unveiled an atlas of cell types and an anatomical neuronal wiring diagram for the mammalian primary ...
Molecular & Computational biology
Oct 6, 2021
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Researchers at Karolinska Institutet, the German Center for Neurodegenerative Diseases (DZNE) and Columbia University Irving Medical Center have found an unexpected link between spinal locomotor network activity and adult ...
Molecular & Computational biology
Aug 12, 2021
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Whales accumulate large burdens of environmental pollutants that threaten their survival and health. Toxicological studies on cetacean species have been extremely challenging because invasive studies are restricted by legal ...
Ecology
Jul 27, 2021
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Nanosized molecules of a particular chemical element can inhibit the formation of plaque in the brain tissues. This new discovery by researchers at Umeå University, Sweden, in collaboration with researchers in Croatia and ...
Bio & Medicine
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