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Research reveals drug targets for memory enhancement
Updated : 4 years, 5 months ago IST
Bristol [UK], September 19 (ANI): Bristol-led research has identified specific drug targets within the neural circuits that encode memories, paving the way for significant advances in the treatment of a broad spectrum of brain disorders.
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Study finds drug targets for memory enhancement
Updated : 4 years, 5 months ago IST
Bristol [UK], September 16 (ANI): Specific drug targets within the neural circuits that encode memories and pave the way for significant advances in the treatment of a broad spectrum of brain disorders have been identified by a new University of Bristol-led research.
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Similar circuit malfunctions exhibited by some brain disorders
Updated : 4 years, 8 months ago IST
Cambridge [UK], June 30 (ANI): During a new study MIT researchers uncovered a common neural mechanism for a type of cognitive impairment seen in some people with autism and schizophrenia, though the genetic variations that produce the impairments are different for each condition.
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Researchers discover key brain molecule that may play role in brain disord
Updated : 4 years, 11 months ago IST
Washington [US], April 10 (ANI): A molecule called microRNA-29 as a powerful controller of brain maturation in mammals has been discovered by a team, led by scientists at the University of North Carolina (UNC) School of Medicine. Deleting microRNA-29 in mice caused problems very similar to t
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Key brain molecule may play role in many brain disorders, suggests study
Updated : 4 years, 11 months ago IST
Washington [US], April 7 (ANI): A team, led by scientists at the University of North Carolina (UNC) School of Medicine, have identified a molecule called microRNA-29 as a powerful controller of brain maturation in mammals. Deleting microRNA-29 in mice caused problems very similar to those se
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Psychiatric disorders lead to brain seizures: Study
Updated : 5 years, 2 months ago IST
Washington [US], January 10 (ANI): A study led by investigators of Vanderbilt University Medical Center have claimed that sudden and uncontrolled electrical disturbance in the brain is associated with psychiatric disorders.
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To treat brain disorder, scientists develop nanoparticle drug-delivery sys
Updated : 5 years, 2 months ago IST
Washington [US], January 3 (ANI): To facilitate successful delivery of therapeutic agents to the brain, a team of bioengineers, physicians, and collaborators at Brigham and Women's Hospital and Boston Children's Hospital created a nanoparticle platform, which can facilitate therapeutically e
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Researchers develop new drug-delivery system to treat brain disorders
Updated : 5 years, 2 months ago IST
Brigham City [US], January 2 (ANI): A study led by researchers of Brigham and Women's Hospital claims that technology could potentially offer a variety of treatments for human neurological disorders.
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Common brain malformation traced to its genetic roots: Study
Updated : 5 years, 2 months ago IST
Washington [US], December 29 (ANI): In new research, scientists at Washington University School of Medicine in St. Louis have shown that Chiari 1 malformation (common brain disorder) can be caused by variations in two genes involved in brain development.
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Study finds antidepressant drug effective in treating 'lazy eye' in adults
Updated : 5 years, 5 months ago IST
California [US], October 1 (ANI): In a new study, researchers reveal how subanesthetic ketamine, which is used for pain management and as an antidepressant in humans, is effective in treating adult amblyopia, a brain disorder commonly known as "lazy eye."
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Researchers discover novel brain disorder
Updated : 5 years, 11 months ago IST
Washington D.C.[USA], Mar 20 (ANI): New neurodegenerative disorder in which children experience developmental regression and severe epilepsy has been uncovered in recent research.
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Researchers find ways of detecting dementia's damaging effects before it's
Updated : 6 years, 10 months ago IST
Washington D.C. [USA], May 14 (ANI): Researchers have found an early detection method for certain forms of dementia. Patients with a rare neurodegenerative brain disorder, called Primary Progressive Aphasia (PPA), show abnormalities in brain function in areas that look structurally normal
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