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In a study published in Nature Communications, scientists tested whether the gene responsible for the production of a protein known as Protrudin could stimulate the regeneration of nerve cells and protect them from cell death after an injury.

Scientists have now found that a brain structure called the anterior cingulate cortex (ACC) is involved in using mental models to learn.

Researchers have found that mice fed a moderate-fat, high-sugar chow (simulating a Western diet) showed a faster decline in their ability to learn and remember new odors.

Despite extensive support for relationships between the gut microbiome and the brain ( in humans and rodents, little is known about these relationships in other animals. New research has studied the relationship between cognition and the gut microbiome of captive zebra finches.

Researchers have found a way to prevent immune cells from attacking myelin and halt disease progression, while leaving the rest of the immune system intact, in mouse models of the autoimmune disorder multiple sclerosis.

New York University researchers have created a “developmental atlas” of gene expression in neurons, using gene sequencing and machine learning to categorize more than 250,000 neurons in the brains of fruit flies.

A new study suggests that it is possible to design drugs that can target a type of shape-shifting protein involved in Alzheimer's disease, which was previously thought to be undruggable.

Researchers have studied the multiscale spatial organization of the brain and observed that, in a geometric network model, the layers at different resolutions are self-similar.

Researchers at the National Institutes of Health and Cambridge University have shown that some immune cells are trained to fight deadly infections by first spending time in the gut.

In a small study of adults diagnosed with major depression, researchers report that two doses of psilocybin, administered with supportive psychotherapy, produced rapid and large reductions in depressive symptoms.