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Research discovers protein in blood that protects against neuronal damage
Updated : 6 years, 5 months ago IST
Washington D.C. [USA], Oct 23 (ANI): Researchers have now discovered a protective protein in the body called haptoglobin, which prevents the effect to patients who survive a cerebral haemorrhage and may suffer delayed severe brain damage caused by free haemoglobin, which comes from red bl
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Study reveals how memories form and fade!
Updated : 6 years, 6 months ago IST
Washington D.C. [USA], Sept 1 (ANI): Researchers have identified the neural processes that make some memories fade rapidly while other memories persist over time.
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Researchers find new drug to prevent neuronal deaths
Updated : 6 years, 6 months ago IST
Washington D.C. [USA], Aug 29 (ANI): A team of scientists has found a new drug that may prevent neuronal death through glucose metabolism modification in stressed neurons.
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Here's how memories form and fade
Updated : 6 years, 7 months ago IST
Washington D.C. [USA], Aug 24 (ANI): Researchers have identified the neural processes that make some memories fade rapidly while other memories persist over time.
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Neurotrophin-3 identified as key factor in anxiety disorder: Study
Updated : 6 years, 7 months ago IST
Washington D.C. [USA], Aug 19 (ANI): A recent study has revealed that boosting a molecule named neurotrophin-3 in the brain can change 'dispositional anxiety'. Researchers found that neurotrophin-3 can trigger neurons to grow and make new connections.
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Neurons help in reducing seizures in newborns: Study
Updated : 6 years, 8 months ago IST
Washington D.C. [USA], July 22 (ANI): A recent study has uncovered an innovative approach to possibly slow the progression of epilepsy and reduce seizures in newborns.
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Scientists find how general anaesthesia works?
Updated : 6 years, 11 months ago IST
Washington D.C. [USA], Apr 19 (ANI): Ever wondered how general anaesthesia works? Scientists have recently discovered that general anaesthesia makes a person unconscious by seizing the neural circuitry, a population of neurons interconnected by synapses to carry out a specific function wh
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New research identifies neurons that drive and quench salt cravings in mou
Updated : 6 years, 11 months ago IST
Washington D.C. [USA], Apr 1 (ANI): People who like salty foods take note! New research has identified neurons that drive and quench salt cravings in the mouse brain. The findings are an entry point into regulating sodium cravings in humans.
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Nicotine addiction while pregnant alters genes: Study
Updated : 7 years, 1 month ago IST
Washington D.C. [USA], Feb 7 (ANI): The Akay Lab biomedical research team at the University of Houston has reported in the journal Nature Scientific Reports that a possible cure for addiction may be found by following the pathways of significantly altered dopamine neurons in newborns who wer
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Specific gene variants may raise bipolar disorder risk
Updated : 7 years, 2 months ago IST
Washington D.C. [USA], Jan 09 (ANI): A new research conducted at The Picower Institute for Learning and Memory at MIT finds that the protein CPG2 is significantly less abundant in the brains of people with bipolar disorder (BD). The study further finds how specific mutations in the SYNE1 gen
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How the brain cells 'talk'
Updated : 7 years, 6 months ago IST
Washington D.C. [USA] Sep 3(ANI): In a new technique, scientists have developed a way to see brain cells talk - to actually see neurons communicate in bright, vivid colour.
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Reasons of shift from deep sleep to lighter one
Updated : 7 years, 11 months ago IST
Washington D.C. [U.S.A.], Apr 26 (ANI): Turns out, there is a logical reason behind the sudden shift to light sleep from a deep sleep over the course of a night.
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