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Freedom of Information Request Reveals Benefits of Blocked MS Drug
NewsA drug that is blocked by the EU regulatory system has now been found to improve the quality of life of people with multiple sclerosis (MS), according to a study by Queen Mary University of London (QMUL).
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Spatial Context Represented in Retrosplenial Cortex
NewsResearchers implicate neurons in the retrosplenial cortex as being important for navigation.
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Complete Connectome of a Learning and Memory Center Mapped
NewsThe complete connectome of the Drosophila melanogaster larvae mushroom body has been mapped.
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Pathological Hallmarks of Alzheimer's Disease in Old Chimpanzee Brains
NewsKent State researchers provide evidence of Alzheimer's Disease pathology in aged Ape brains.
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Test Successfully Identifies Which Research Results in Mice Will Help Humans With MS
News Aug 18, 2017In determining which genes are conserved across species, the researchers also discovered a new gene that improves myelin repair.
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Brain Circuit Dedicated to Retrieving Memories Discovered at MIT
News Aug 18, 2017MIT neuroscientists have now shown, for the first time, that recalling a memory requires a “detour” circuit that branches off from the original memory circuit.
Researchers Make Surprising Discovery About How Neurons Talk to Each Other
News Aug 18, 2017The new findings, made in fruit flies and mice, challenge the existing dogma about how neurons that release the chemical signal dopamine communicate, and may have important implications for many dopamine-related diseases.
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Circular RNA Linked to Brain Function
News Aug 15, 2017When a RNA molecule called Cdr1as was deleted from the genome of mice, the animals had problems filtering out unnecessary information – like patients suffering from neuropsychiatric disorders.
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New Version of CRISPR Corrects RNA Defects Linked to Huntington’s, ALS
News Aug 15, 2017Researchers have used CRISPR to correct the molecular mistakes that lead to microsatellite repeat expansion diseases, which include myotonic dystrophy types 1 and 2, the most common form of hereditary ALS, and Huntington's disease.
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Specific Gene Combinations Linked to Glioblastoma
News Aug 15, 2017A Yale-led team of researchers has identified specific gene combinations that can cause the deadly brain cancer glioblastoma, using new technology that can also pinpoint triggers of other types cancers.
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Brain-in-a-Dish Models Neuroinflammation
News Aug 11, 2017A human stem cell-based model of a rare, but devastating, inherited neurological autoimmune condition called Aicardi-Goutieres Syndrome has been created.
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siRNA Treatment for Brain Cancer Stops Tumor Growth in Mouse Model
News Aug 10, 2017Early phase Northwestern Medicine research published in PNAS has demonstrated a potential new therapeutic strategy for treating deadly glioblastoma brain tumors.
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Human Gut Microbe May Herald New Treatment for Multiple Sclerosis
News Aug 09, 2017Of three bacterial strains, researchers discovered that one microbe, Prevotella histicola, effectively suppressed immune disease in the preclinical model of MS.
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Genetic Basis of Radiation-induced Brain Cancer Identified
News Aug 09, 2017Neuroscientists have uncovered the genetic basis for why many long-term survivors of childhood cancer develop meningiomas, the most common adult brain tumour, decades after their treatment with cranial radiation.
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