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Boosting this protein helps brain protect itself from Alzheimer's: Study
Updated : 3 months, 2 weeks ago IST
Researchers discovered that raising the protein Sox9 can help the brain's astrocytes clear out toxic plaque buildup linked to Alzheimer's.
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Irisin-based medicines may aid in Alzheimer's disease treatment: Study
Updated : 2 years, 5 months ago IST
Researchers discovered promising results indicating that irisin-based medicines may aid in the treatment of Alzheimer's disease.
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Study finds link between exercise-induced hormone irisin, Alzheimer’s dise
Updated : 2 years, 6 months ago IST
The first 3D human cell culture models of Alzheimer's disease (AD) that exhibit the two main symptoms of the disease—the formation of amyloid beta deposits followed by tau tangles—were created previously. Researchers are now using their model to examine whether the exercise-induced muscle ho
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Lesser-known brain cells might be key to staying awake without cost to cog
Updated : 2 years, 6 months ago IST
A new animal study suggests that understudied brain cells called astrocytes play a key role in regulating sleep demand, and that one day humans will be able to sleep for long periods of time without adverse effects such as mental fatigue and reduced physical health. It suggests that it may b
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Astrocyte dysfunction causes cognitive decline: Study
Updated : 2 years, 10 months ago IST
According to a preclinical study led by Weill Cornell Medicine researchers, people with dementia have protein buildup in their astrocytes, which may cause abnormal antiviral activity and memory loss.
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Astrocyte cells critical for learning skilled movements: Research
Updated : 3 years ago IST
Throughout our lifetimes, we have acquired the ability to do a variety of skilled movements, from driving a car to swinging a tennis racket. You might believe that only neurons carry out this learning, but a recent study by scientists at The Picower Center for Learning and Memory at MIT demo
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Researchers give insight into possible link between head injury, increase
Updated : 3 years ago IST
he UCL Cancer Center researchers have offered essential molecular insights of how injury may lead to the formation of glioma, a relatively rare but typically aggressive kind of brain tumour.
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High fat diet reduce brain's ability to regulate food intake
Updated : 3 years, 1 month ago IST
Regularly eating a high fat/calorie diet could reduce the brain's ability to regulate calorie intake. New research in rats found that after short periods of being fed a high fat/high calorie diet, the brain adapts to react to what is being ingested and reduces the amount of food eaten to bal
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Study suggests stem cells help determine new schizophrenia drugs
Updated : 3 years, 2 months ago IST
Neurodegenerative and psychiatric illnesses can be brought on by inflammation and an overactive immune system in the brain, which results in the loss of synapses and the death of neurons.
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Genetic malfunction of brain astrocytes triggers migraine: Study
Updated : 3 years, 3 months ago IST
Migraine is one of the most disabling disorders, affecting one in seven people and causing a tremendous social and economic burden. Several findings suggest that migraine is a disease affecting a large part of the central nervous system and characterized by a global dysfunction in sensory in
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Astrocyte neuron interactions in neurological disorders: Study
Updated : 3 years, 6 months ago IST
Washington [US], August 31 (ANI): Star-shaped cells called astrocytes may bear the brunt of the responsibility for exacerbating the symptoms of some neurodevelopmental disorders. Scientists have now identified a molecule produced by astrocytes that interferes with normal neuron development i
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Study describes how COVID-19 damages the brain
Updated : 3 years, 7 months ago IST
Washington [US], August 12 (ANI): A study shows how SARS-COV-2 infects brain cells called astrocytes, causing structural changes in the brain. Infection with SARS-CoV-2 can cause brain alterations and neurocognitive dysfunction, particularly in long COVID-19 syndrome, but the underlying mech
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