Neuroscientist finds cluster of dopamine neurons drives eating behaviors

by Kendall Cooper,Florida State UniversityZI DA axonal terminals in the PVT were activated for food approach but inhibited during food consumption.(A) AAV-hSynapsin1-FLEx-axon-GCaMP6s was inject

Updated on: January 10,2024

Neuroscientist finds cluster of dopamine neurons drives eating behaviors

by Kendall Cooper,Florida State UniversityZI DA axonal terminals in the PVT were activated for food approach but inhibited during food consumption.(A) AAV-hSynapsin1-FLEx-axon-GCaMP6s was inject

Updated on:January 10,2024

Holographic Sound Lens Precisely Targets Parkinson's Disease

Updated on: June 29,2024

Holographic Sound Lens Precisely Targets Parkinson's Disease

Updated on:June 29,2024

'Dancing' laboratory rats show how the brain learns, perfects, then unconsciously performs a skillful movement

byUniversity of Maryland School of MedicineCredit: CC0 Public DomainLearning a complex skilled movement like tying your shoes or playing an instrument takes practice. After repeating the same mo

Updated on: January 21,2024

'Dancing' laboratory rats show how the brain learns, perfects, then unconsciously performs a skillful movement

byUniversity of Maryland School of MedicineCredit: CC0 Public DomainLearning a complex skilled movement like tying your shoes or playing an instrument takes practice. After repeating the same mo

Updated on:January 21,2024

Wearable sensors provide early detection of progression in Parkinson's disease

byUniversity of OxfordCredit: AI-generated imageA team of researchers from the University of Oxford has shown for the first time that it is possible to track the progression of Parkinson's d

Updated on: January 05,2024

Wearable sensors provide early detection of progression in Parkinson's disease

byUniversity of OxfordCredit: AI-generated imageA team of researchers from the University of Oxford has shown for the first time that it is possible to track the progression of Parkinson's d

Updated on:January 05,2024

From pills to pulses: Electrifying medicine using the peripheral nervous system

byIMECBio-electronic medicine is a new form of therapy that uses electrical pulses to modulate nerve activity. The small implant delivering the pulses sits in the body, a wearable device deliver

Updated on: April 09,2024

From pills to pulses: Electrifying medicine using the peripheral nervous system

byIMECBio-electronic medicine is a new form of therapy that uses electrical pulses to modulate nerve activity. The small implant delivering the pulses sits in the body, a wearable device deliver

Updated on:April 09,2024

Making early signs of multiple sclerosis 'VISIBL'

by University of ConnecticutCredit:Multiple Sclerosis Journal(2024). DOI: 10.1177/13524585241228739Awareness about a disease in at risk-population improve outcomes. That's the sim

Updated on: March 20,2024

Making early signs of multiple sclerosis 'VISIBL'

by University of ConnecticutCredit:Multiple Sclerosis Journal(2024). DOI: 10.1177/13524585241228739Awareness about a disease in at risk-population improve outcomes. That's the sim

Updated on:March 20,2024

Elucidating the link between Guillain–Barré syndrome and Takotsubo cardiomyopathy

by Kindai UniversityGBS, an immune-mediated peripheral neuropathy, causes transient autonomic dysfunctions, including heart, bladder, and bowel problems. Interestingly, however, GBS can also cause TCM

Updated on: April 30,2024

Elucidating the link between Guillain–Barré syndrome and Takotsubo cardiomyopathy

by Kindai UniversityGBS, an immune-mediated peripheral neuropathy, causes transient autonomic dysfunctions, including heart, bladder, and bowel problems. Interestingly, however, GBS can also cause TCM

Updated on:April 30,2024

Newly discovered beneficial mutation in mitochondrial DNA seems to help Alzheimer's gene carriers live longer

byUniversity of Southern CaliforniaThe humanin variant P3S is enriched inAPOE4centenarians. (a) Mitochondrial genomic location of the humanin smORF and the P3S mutation. The frequenc

Updated on: March 27,2024

Newly discovered beneficial mutation in mitochondrial DNA seems to help Alzheimer's gene carriers live longer

byUniversity of Southern CaliforniaThe humanin variant P3S is enriched inAPOE4centenarians. (a) Mitochondrial genomic location of the humanin smORF and the P3S mutation. The frequenc

Updated on:March 27,2024

Brain implant may enable communication from thoughts alone

byDuke UniversityA device no bigger than a postage stamp (dotted portion within white band) packs 128 microscopic sensors that can translate brain cell activity into what someone intends to say.

Updated on: January 04,2024

Brain implant may enable communication from thoughts alone

byDuke UniversityA device no bigger than a postage stamp (dotted portion within white band) packs 128 microscopic sensors that can translate brain cell activity into what someone intends to say.

Updated on:January 04,2024

Behind the wheel: Navigating driving with epilepsy

by Joy Mazur, International League Against EpilepsyCredit: Unsplash/CC0 Public DomainJessica Veach didn't wait long enough at the stop sign."You got too excited," the instructor told her

Updated on: March 15,2024

Behind the wheel: Navigating driving with epilepsy

by Joy Mazur, International League Against EpilepsyCredit: Unsplash/CC0 Public DomainJessica Veach didn't wait long enough at the stop sign."You got too excited," the instructor told her

Updated on:March 15,2024

New anti-blood clotting drug may lower risk of recurrent strokes

by Olivia Dimmer,Northwestern UniversityCredit: Wikimedia CommonsAn experimental drug designed to block blood-clotting proteins may lower the risk of recurrent strokes, according to a dose-findi

Updated on: April 24,2024

New anti-blood clotting drug may lower risk of recurrent strokes

by Olivia Dimmer,Northwestern UniversityCredit: Wikimedia CommonsAn experimental drug designed to block blood-clotting proteins may lower the risk of recurrent strokes, according to a dose-findi

Updated on:April 24,2024

A gutsy move: New study challenges conventional wisdom about nerve cell origins of 'the second brain'

by Beth Israel Deaconess Medical CenterHalf of all adult small intestinal myenteric neurons are derived from a non-neural crest lineage. Credit:(2023). DOI: 10.7554/eLife.88051.1"Follo

Updated on: April 02,2024

A gutsy move: New study challenges conventional wisdom about nerve cell origins of 'the second brain'

by Beth Israel Deaconess Medical CenterHalf of all adult small intestinal myenteric neurons are derived from a non-neural crest lineage. Credit:(2023). DOI: 10.7554/eLife.88051.1"Follo

Updated on:April 02,2024