Mosquito neurons for tasting blood ‘break the rules’
A unique group of neurons lights up in female mosquitoes only when they're eating the combined ingredients of blood, researchers report.
Oct. 14, 2020 • ~6 min
Tags: neurons blood taste science-and-technology mosquitoes
2 brain networks team up for long-term memory
A new study in mice reveals more information about how long-term memory works. Researchers also found how they can manipulate the process.
Oct. 8, 2020 • ~5 min
Tags: alzheimers-disease memory neurons brains hippocampus science-and-technology
Lab-made brains shed light on Angelman syndrome
"Organoids" let researchers watch brain development to find new info about the earliest stages of Angelman syndrome, a complex genetic disorder.
Sept. 17, 2020 • ~5 min
Tags: neurons brains health-and-medicine genetic-diseases
Tweaked enzyme may treat spine injury and stroke damage
An enzyme called chondroitinase ABC that regrows damaged nerve tissue in animals has been too unstable for human use. New work could change things.
Sept. 8, 2020 • ~6 min
Tags: stroke neurons enzymes health-and-medicine traumatic-injury spinal-cord
Fat-burning neurons in mice grow with leptin
Evidence that fat-burning neurons can grow in response to leptin suggests a potential way to promote weight loss, say researchers.
July 23, 2020 • ~6 min
Tags: neurons hormones health-and-medicine body-fat body-weight
Sodium affects biological clocks in mice
There could be ways to speed up biological clocks, researchers say. That could be help people adapt to the time change associated with long distance travel.
July 13, 2020 • ~4 min
Tags: neurons health-and-medicine circadian-rhythms salt sodium
AI tracks seizures in real time
By treating the brain as a network, researchers say they can use artificial intelligence and EEG data to ID and locate seizures in real time.
July 6, 2020 • ~7 min
Tags: artificial-intelligence neurons epilepsy health-and-medicine seizures eeg
COVID-19 affects human neurons, mini-brains show
Does COVID-19 affect the brain? A new study shows that the coronavirus can infect the human brain cells and multiply.
July 2, 2020 • ~4 min
Tags: covid-19 neurons brains featured health-and-medicine artificial-organs
‘Barcode’ IDs special glial cells in the brain
"...this discovery could be of immense consequence for treating a myriad of brain conditions..."
June 25, 2020 • ~5 min
Tags: alzheimers-disease neurons als aging brains muscles health-and-medicine glial-cells neurodegenerative-diseases
Pink cast reveals brain’s amazing ‘disuse pulses’
To see how mobility loss affects the brain, a neuroscientist wore a pink cast and spent lots of time in an MRI machine. Here are the findings.
June 19, 2020 • ~8 min
Tags: neurons brains disabilities featured health-and-medicine mobility imaging-science
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