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Researchers discover new function performed by nearly half of the cells in
Updated : 3 years, 10 months ago IST
Massachusetts [US], May 2 (ANI): According to a new study at Tufts University, researchers have discovered a previously unknown function performed by a cell type that contains almost half of all cells in the brain.
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Exercise may protect brain volume by keeping insulin, BMI levels low: Stud
Updated : 3 years, 11 months ago IST
Caen [France], April 15 (ANI): A new study has found that exercise can help protect brain cells. It has been suggested that the role exercise plays in maintaining insulin and body mass index levels may help protect brain volume and thus help stave off dementia.
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Research suggests brain cell insight might lead to new treatments for neur
Updated : 4 years ago IST
Washington [US], March 12 (ANI): New research might help scientists locate immature cells in the central nervous system that can shed light on the causes of neurodegenerative diseases like multiple sclerosis and autoimmune disease that affects the brain and nervous system. Further, it can ev
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Study examines how brain makes memories
Updated : 4 years ago IST
Los Angeles (California) [US], March 8 (ANI): In a study led by Cedars-Sinai, researchers have discovered two types of brain cells that play a key role in dividing continuous human experience into distinct segments that can be recalled later. The discovery provides new promise as a path towa
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Breakthrough discovery for treatment for kids suffering from autism, epile
Updated : 4 years, 2 months ago IST
Chicago [US], December 19 (ANI): A lot of kids dealing with autism also suffer from epilepsy. Now, Northwestern Medicine scientists have discovered an important brain protein that quiets overactive brain cells and is at abnormally low levels in children with autism.
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Study finds how brain cells navigate in light, dark
Updated : 4 years, 3 months ago IST
London [UK], November 17 (ANI): Researchers have discovered how cells in an area of the brain called the retrosplenial cortex encode this angular head motion to enable navigation during day and night.
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Scientists discover new brain cells responsible for controlling movement
Updated : 4 years, 5 months ago IST
Washington [US], October 10 (ANI): A slew of new studies showed that the area of the brain responsible for initiating this action -- the primary motor cortex, which controls movement -- has as many as 116 different types of cells that work together to make this happen.
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Gene therapy restores vision after stroke: Study
Updated : 4 years, 5 months ago IST
Washington [US], October 9 (ANI): A research team led by Purdue University's Alexander Chubykin, an associate professor of biological sciences in the College of Science, in collaboration with the team led by Gong Chen at Jinan University, China, has discovered a way to use gene therapy to tu
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Neuroscientists roll out first comprehensive atlas of brain cells
Updated : 4 years, 5 months ago IST
Washington [US], October 7 (ANI): When you clicked to read this story, a band of cells across the top of your brain sent signals down your spine and out to your hand to tell the muscles in your index finger to press down with just the right amount of pressure to activate your mouse or trackp
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LSU health research suggests new mechanism to balance emotional behaviour
Updated : 5 years, 2 months ago IST
Washington [US], December 17 (ANI): A surprising reciprocal interaction between chemicals in the brain causes accelerated loss of molecules that regulate brain cell communication, according to findings of new research led by Si-Qiong June Liu, MD, PhD, Professor of Cell Biology and Anatomy a
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Neuron activity encodes value of options and determines the final decision
Updated : 5 years, 4 months ago IST
Washington [US], November 4 (ANI): When you are faced with a choice -- say whether to have an ice cream or chocolate cake for dessert -- sets of brain cells just above your eyes fire as you weigh your options. Animal studies have shown that each option activates a distinct set of neurons in
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Cause of Alzheimer's disease traced to mutation in common enzyme: Study
Updated : 5 years, 4 months ago IST
Tokyo [Japan], October 25 (ANI): Researchers from Tokyo Metropolitan University have discovered a new mechanism by which clumps of tau protein are created in the brain, killing brain cells and causing Alzheimer's disease.
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