Nervous System News
March 18, 2025
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Mar. 17, 2025 It has long been thought that only nerve and heart cells use electric impulses to communicate, while epithelial cells -- which compose the linings of our skin, organs and body cavities -- are mute, serving mostly as protective barriers that can ...
Mar. 13, 2025 Study uncovers new insights into pain pathways associated with temporomandibular joint (TMJ) disorders. Using an innovative in vivo imaging tool to capture functional activity in mouse models of TMJ ...
Mar. 13, 2025 Researchers devised a process to convert a skin cell directly into a neuron, eliminating the need to generate induced pluripotent stem cells. Such neurons could be used to treat spinal cord injuries or diseases such as ...
Mar. 13, 2025 Researchers have found a new way to more precisely detect and monitor brain cell activity during deep brain stimulation, a common treatment for movement disorders such as Parkinson's disease and ...
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Mar. 12, 2025 For college athletes with concussion, brain changes may remain visible in brain scans up to a year after they are cleared to return to play, according to a new ...
Mar. 5, 2025 While a gradual loss in muscle strength is a natural part of aging, for many older adults it's more than just feeling a little weaker. Sarcopenia -- a condition affecting nearly half of adults over ...
Mar. 10, 2025 A study finds that herpes infection through the nose can lead to anxiety, motor impairment and cognitive issues. The research shows that by exploiting a cellular enzyme, the virus can produce ...
Mar. 3, 2025 A research team has developed a three-dimensional neural electrode that deforms smoothly using soft actuation technology. It is expected to be used in various next-generation soft bioelectronic ...
Mar. 6, 2025 Researchers have used a new brain-mapping technique to identify memory-related brain cells vulnerable to protein buildup, a key factor in the development of Alzheimer's disease, an incurable, ...
Mar. 4, 2025 A research team has uncovered the neural mechanisms underlying the processing of pain and itch in the anterior cingulate cortex (ACC). This study provides new insights into how the brain ...
Mar. 4, 2025 A new study has unveiled a precise picture of how an ion channel found in most mammalian cells regulates its own function with a 'ball-and-chain' ...
Mar. 3, 2025 Adolescent substance use is a significant predictor of future addiction and related disorders. Understanding neural mechanisms underlying substance ...
Mar. 3, 2025 Overnight bursts of brain waves seen in normal sleep can help doctors predict which unresponsive patients hospitalized with acute severe brain injuries will awaken and eventually ...
Feb. 27, 2025 Using an animal model of multiple sclerosis (MS), researchers have created a four-dimensional brain map that reveals how lesions similar to those ...
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Mar. 5, 2025 The neurotransmitter glutamate is essential for regulating everything from mood to memory, but it can also encourage a toxic buildup of protein, which can contribute to Alzheimer's and related ...
Feb. 28, 2025 Researchers have identified a specific form of the tau protein that is responsible for mediating the toxicity of harmful protein clumps in human neurons and thus represents a target for future ...
Feb. 27, 2025 A new study suggests a nasal spray developed to target neuroinflammation could one day be an effective treatment for traumatic brain injury (TBI). By studying the effects of the nasal anti-CD3 in a ...
Feb. 27, 2025 Using a novel system, researchers found that a part of the basal ganglia called the striatum is not involved in action selection as previously thought. Instead, the striatum and the motor cortex work ...
Feb. 19, 2025 Scientists report results from a promising new approach to treat the rare neurodegenerative ...
Feb. 19, 2025 Researchers have found that a cancer outside the brain makes electrical connections with the nervous system to fuel cancer growth and aid its ...
Feb. 18, 2025 Meeting the minimum requirement for vitamin B12, needed to make DNA, red blood cells and nerve tissue, may not actually be enough -- particularly if you are older. It may even put you at risk for ...
Feb. 17, 2025 Scientists have developed a geometric deep learning method that can create a coherent picture of neuronal population activity during cognitive and motor tasks across experimental subjects and ...
Feb. 14, 2025 Scientists discovered years ago that the hypothalamus -- which helps to manage body temperature, hunger, sex drive, sleep and more -- includes neurons that express the protein opsin 3 (OPN3). Far ...
Feb. 13, 2025 Researchers found that excessively activated neurons over time, rather than decreased neuronal activity, cause aging-related decline in brain function in ...
Feb. 13, 2025 Who hasn't been there? The big meal is over, you're full, but the craving for sweets remains. Researchers have now discovered that what we call the 'dessert stomach' is rooted in ...
Feb. 13, 2025 A fungal infection has been shown to trigger a fruit fly's own immune system to destroy brain cells leading to signs of neurodegeneration, a new study has ...
Feb. 13, 2025 Researchers have mapped and catalogued more than 70,000 synaptic connections from about 2,000 rat neurons, using a silicon chip capable of recording small yet telltale synaptic signals from a large ...
Feb. 12, 2025 Researchers have discovered a new type of neuron that plays a fundamental role in recognition memory -- how the brain registers the difference between new and familiar objects and forms long-term ...
Feb. 12, 2025 A study reveals that traumatic brain injury alters the small vessels in the brain, resulting in an accumulation of amyloid beta -- a hallmark of Alzheimer's disease. The findings suggest that ...
Feb. 11, 2025 A complementary drug to combat Alzheimer's disease could target a specific part of the nerve cell protein tau. This is the finding of new research which also offers a better way to measure the ...
Feb. 10, 2025 A study sheds light on how networks in the brain detect new information, offering insight into disorders like ...
Feb. 7, 2025 New research shows that a network of subcellular structures similar to those responsible for propagating molecular signals that make muscles contract are also responsible for transmitting signals in ...
Feb. 6, 2025 Researchers have unveiled the precise brain mechanisms that enable animals to overcome instinctive fears. The study in mice could have implications for developing therapeutics for fear-related ...
Feb. 5, 2025 Boosting communication between the spinal nerves and the muscles using the spinal cord stimulation reverses spinal muscle atrophy (SMA) progression and could be applied to other motoneuron diseases, ...
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- Nasal Spray Shows Preclinical Promise for Treating Traumatic Brain Injury
- Researchers Challenge Textbook Ideas of How the Brain Specifies Movement
Wednesday, February 19, 2025
- Promising Results from First Prenatal Therapy for Spinal Muscular Atrophy
- Nerves Electrify Stomach Cancer, Sparking Growth and Spread
Tuesday, February 18, 2025
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Friday, February 14, 2025
Thursday, February 13, 2025
- Worm Study Shows Hyperactivated Neurons Cause Aging-Related Behavioral Decline
- Dessert Stomach Emerges in the Brain
- Fungus 'hacks' Natural Immune System Causing Neurodegeneration in Fruit Flies
- Mapping Connections in a Neuronal Network
Wednesday, February 12, 2025
- Meet the Newly Discovered Brain Cell That Allows You to Remember Objects
- Cracking the Alzheimer's Code: How Brain Trauma Triggers Disease
Tuesday, February 11, 2025
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Wednesday, February 5, 2025
- Spinal Cord Stimulation Restores Neural Function, Targets Key Feature of Progressive Neurodegenerative Disease
- Researchers Discover the Brain Cells That Tell You to Stop Eating
Tuesday, February 4, 2025
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Thursday, January 30, 2025
Wednesday, January 29, 2025
- Scientists 'mimic Real Biological Processes' Using Synthetic Neurons
- Researchers Uncover Key Insights Into How the Body Protects Against Neuron Damage
Tuesday, January 28, 2025
- Advanced Brain Circuit-Mapping Technique Reveals New Anxiety Drug Target
- Largest Study Ever Done on Cannabis and Brain Function Finds Impact on Working Memory
Monday, January 27, 2025
Friday, January 24, 2025
- New Drug Shows Promise in Restoring Vision for People With Nerve Damage
- Researchers Map the Brain's Self-Healing Abilities After Stroke
Wednesday, January 22, 2025
Tuesday, January 21, 2025
- New Study Uncovers Key Mechanism Behind Learning and Memory
- Biotin May Shield Brain from Manganese-Induced Damage, Study Finds
- 'Unprecedented' Level of Control Allows Person Without Use of Limbs to Operate Virtual Quadcopter
Friday, January 17, 2025
- 'Ding-Dong:' A Study Finds Specific Neurons With an Immune Doorbell
- Brain Changes in Huntington's Disease Decades Before Diagnosis Will Guide Future Prevention Trials
Wednesday, January 15, 2025
- Fatal Neurodegenerative Disease in Kids Also Affects the Bowel
- How One Brain Circuit Encodes Memories of Both Places and Events
Wednesday, January 8, 2025
- Signaling Circuit Interplay Pushes Newborn Neurons out of the Neuronal Nest
- Overcoming Spasticity to Help Paraplegics Walk Again
Tuesday, January 7, 2025
Friday, January 3, 2025
Thursday, January 2, 2025
- 'Smooth Brain' Disorders May Share a Common Cause -- and Potential Treatment
- Study Reveals That Sleep Prevents Unwanted Memories from Intruding
- Gene Expression in the Human Brain: Cell Types Become More Specialized, Not Just More Numerous
- Newborn Brain Circuit Stabilizes Gaze
Wednesday, January 1, 2025
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Monday, December 23, 2024
- New Research Identifies Key Cellular Mechanism Driving Alzheimer's Disease
- Brain Map Clarifies Neuronal Connectivity Behind Motor Function
Thursday, December 19, 2024
- Brain Inflammation Alters Behavior According to Sex, Mouse Study Finds
- Antibody That Neutralizes Inhibitory Factors Involved in Nerve Regeneration Leads to Enhanced Motor Function After Acute Spinal Cord Injury
Wednesday, December 18, 2024
Tuesday, December 17, 2024
- Study Sheds Light on What Causes Long-Term Disability After a Stroke and Offers New Path Toward Possible Treatment
- Neural Stem Cell Transplantation Shows Promise for Treating Chronic Spinal Cord Injury
Monday, December 16, 2024
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Tuesday, December 3, 2024
- Research on Neurodegeneration in Spider Brain Leads Neuroscientists to Groundbreaking New Discovery in Alzheimer's-Affected Human Brains
- Study in Neurosurgery Patients Reveals Numerical Concepts Are Processed Deep in Ancient Part of Brain
- Brain Scan Predicts Effectiveness of Spinal Cord Surgery
- Scientists Identify Brain Cell Type as Master Controller of Urination
- Brain Mapping Advances Understanding of Human Speech and Hallucinations in Schizophrenia
Wednesday, November 27, 2024
- Soccer Heading Damages Brain Regions Affected in CTE, Study Finds
- Understanding the Brain's Resilience: Unravelling the Mysteries of Neuronal Degeneration
- Concussions Slow Brain Activity of High School Football Players
Monday, November 25, 2024
Friday, November 22, 2024
- New Insights Into Sleep Uncover Key Mechanisms Related to Cognitive Function
- New Model of Neuronal Circuit Provides Insight on Eye Movement
Thursday, November 21, 2024
- Empowering Neuroscience: Large Open Brain Models Released
- Study Reveals How Cell Types Shape Human Brain Networks
Tuesday, November 19, 2024
- How Human Brain Functional Networks Emerge and Develop During the Birth Transition
- Neuroscientists Discover How the Brain Slows Anxious Breathing
- When Muscles Work Out, They Help Neurons to Grow
Monday, November 18, 2024
- A New Discovery About Pain Signaling May Contribute to Better Treatment of Chronic Pain
- When Hepatitis E Viruses Attack Nerve Cells
Friday, November 15, 2024
Thursday, November 14, 2024
- New Insights Into How We Navigate Space and Store Memories
- Anti-Anxiety and Hallucination-Like Effects of Psychedelics Mediated by Distinct Neural Circuits
- Scientists Discover 'entirely Unanticipated' Role of Protein Netrin1 in Spinal Cord Development
Wednesday, November 13, 2024
- Researchers Develop Minimally Invasive Neural Interface in Revolutionary Study
- Huntington's Disease Gene Also Enhances Early Brain Development and Intelligence, Study Finds
Tuesday, November 12, 2024
Friday, November 8, 2024
Thursday, November 7, 2024
- Memories Are Not Only in the Brain, New Research Finds
- Study Links Liver-Brain Communication to Daily Eating Patterns
Thursday, October 31, 2024
- A Common Steroid Therapy May Influence Brain Development in Preterm Infants
- Human Proteins Identified That Explain Inter-Individual Differences in Functional Brain Connectivity
- Meta-Learning of Motor Skills in the Dorsal Premotor Cortex of the Brain
Wednesday, October 30, 2024
Friday, October 25, 2024
Thursday, October 24, 2024
- Could a New Medical Approach Fix Faulty Genes Before Birth?
- New Formation of Neurons from Stem Cell Niche Disrupted After Stroke
Wednesday, October 23, 2024
- 'Human Mini-Brains' Reveal Autism Biology and Potential Treatments
- Cannabis Use in Adolescence: Visible Effects on Brain Structure
- The Decision to Eat May Come Down to These Three Neurons