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Researchers shed light on how to restore nerve cells after injury
Updated : 5 months, 1 week ago IST
Salk researchers identified a way to repair destroyed nerves in mice during peripheral neuropathy. They discovered that the protein Mitf aids in the activation of the repair function of the nervous system's specialist Schwann cells.
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Researchers give insight into repairing nerve cells after injury, in chron
Updated : 2 years, 3 months ago IST
Each year, more than 3 million people in the United States suffer from peripheral neuropathy, a condition in which nerves outside of the brain and spinal cord are destroyed, resulting in pain and loss of feeling in the afflicted areas. Diabetes, injuries, genetically inherited disease, infe
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Researchers reveal new indications to mechanism behind treatment-resistan
Updated : 2 years, 4 months ago IST
Major depressive disorder (MDD) is a common mental illness that is incapacitating for many people. It has long been understood that MDD is influenced by both environmental and genetic factors.
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Researchers give more insight into unknown ways cells break proteins
Updated : 2 years, 6 months ago IST
Short-lived proteins control gene expression in cells to carry out a variety of crucial functions, from aiding in the formation of neural connections to supporting the body's immune system. These proteins are created in the nucleus and, after performing their function, are promptly eliminate
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Study reveals how temperatures trigger brain to boost appetite
Updated : 5 months, 1 week ago IST
Scripps Research neuroscientists have uncovered brain circuits that cause mammals to crave more food when exposed to cold temperatures.
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Study reveals how antidepressant boosts brain plasticity
Updated : 2 years, 11 months ago IST
A recent study published in Neuropsychopharmacology by experts from the Universities of Helsinki and Eastern Finland offers insight into the brain plasticity processes generated by the antidepressant fluoxetine.
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Study identifies changes in brain responsible for motor skill learning
Updated : 3 years ago IST
The findings, published in the peer-reviewed journal eNeuro, provide insight into the neural mechanisms of motor skill learning that can help lead to more effective brain-stimulation therapies for patients experiencing motor disability after a stroke.
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Study finds organs of innermost ear that sense head position, movements in
Updated : 3 years, 1 month ago IST
Specialized synapses in our sensory organs enable us to walk, dance, and tilt our heads without experiencing vertigo or losing our balance. These synapses process messages more quickly than any other part of the human body.
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Study finds remote fear memories stored in memory neurons in brain
Updated : 3 years, 2 months ago IST
A remote fear memory is a recollection of painful experiences that took place in the far past, from a few months to decades. The underlying mechanisms by which the brain consolidates distant terror memories have now been clarified by a University of California, Riverside mouse study that was
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Vocal music boosts the recovery of language functions after stroke: Study
Updated : 4 years, 8 months ago IST
Helinski [Finland], July 10 (ANI): Research conducted at the University of Helsinki and the Turku University Hospital Neuro centre has shown that listening to music daily improves language recovery in patients who have experienced a stroke. However, the neural mechanisms underlying the pheno
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Recovery of language functions after stroke can be boosted by vocal music
Updated : 4 years, 8 months ago IST
Washington [US], July 10 (ANI): The findings of a new study suggest that listening to music daily improves language recovery in patients who have experienced a stroke, even though the neural mechanisms underlying the phenomenon have so far remained unknown.
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Study suggests vocal music boosts recovery of language functions after str
Updated : 4 years, 8 months ago IST
Washington [US], July 9 (ANI): A new study has shown that listening to music daily improves language recovery in patients who have experienced a stroke. However, the neural mechanisms underlying the phenomenon have so far remained unknown.
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