Researchers at the University of California, Irvine have discovered a connection between metabolic abnormalities that affect the growth of the brain's oligodendrocyte cells and the mutation that results in Huntington's disease. They discovered that thiamine and biotin in large amounts can re
A remote fear memory is a memory of traumatic events that occurred in the distant past, a few months to decades ago. A University of California, Riverside, mouse study published in Nature Neuroscience has now spelt out the fundamental mechanisms by which the brain consolidates remote fear me
Scientists used patient stem cells and 3D bioprinting to produce eye tissue that will advance understanding of the mechanisms of blinding diseases. The research team from the National Eye Institute (NEI), part of the National Institutes of Health, printed a combination of cells that form the
According to research published in the journal 'Nature Communications', highly active cells were found in a tumour which showed how they grow and attack normal tissues of the body.
Researchers at the University of California, Irvine have discovered a connection between metabolic abnormalities that affect the growth of the brain's oligodendrocyte cells and the mutation that results in Huntington's disease. They discovered that thiamine and biotin in large amounts can r
Both the body and the mind can benefit from a restful night's sleep. But what determines the amount of sleep we need and what makes us sleep deeper? In a recent study, scientists from the University of Tsukuba found that the length and depth of sleep are controlled by a signalling route with
Researchers from the University of Tsukuba have discovered a signalling pathway within brain cells that controls the length and depth of sleep in a new study.
More than 70% of adults will experience at least one traumatic experience, such as a life-threatening illness or accident, violent assault or natural disaster, in their lifetimes and nearly a third will experience four or more, according to global data.
Using state-of-the-art whole-genome sequencing and machine learning techniques, researchers conducted one of the first and the largest investigations of tandem repeats in schizophrenia, elucidating their contribution to the development of this devastating disease.
Scientists at the UNC School of Medicine have mapped the surface of the cortex of the young human brain with unprecedented resolution, revealing the development of key functional regions from two months before birth to two years after.
Researchers have long searched for genetic influences in schizophrenia, a neurodevelopmental disorder that disrupts brain activity producing hallucinations, delusions, and other cognitive disturbances. However, the disease's genetic mutations have been identified in only a small fraction few