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Researchers have developed the first example of a bioelectronic medicine: an implantable, biodegradable wireless device that speeds nerve regeneration and improves the healing of a damaged nerve.

A new study from the Scripps Research laboratory of Sathyanarayanan Puthanveettil, PhD, peers deep within the nucleus of developing brain cells and finds that long noncoding RNAs play an important role in the healthy functioning and maintenance of synapses, the communication points between nerve cells in the brain.

Compounds metabolized from grapes, dark chocolate, coffee, and blueberries can be used to treat depression.

A patient with Creutzfeldt-Jakob disease (CJD), is set to be given a pioneering treatment, which has been developed by researchers at the Medical Research Council (MRC) Prion Unit at UCL.

A clinical trial is planned to see if a single injection of progenitor cells can help repair spinal cords inflamed by transverse myelitis.

USC scientists have created the most detailed atlas yet of the hippocampus, the brain’s memory bank.

Individual arm movements are represented by neural activity in both the left and right hemispheres of the brain, according to a study of epilepsy patients.

A human neuroimaging study suggests an important role for the hippocampus in segmenting our continuous everyday experience into discrete events for storage in long-term memory.

Researchers have uncovered a brain-signaling pathway that can be altered in genetically engineered mice to reverse an autism-related pathway. Using a drug targeting this pathway, the researchers normalized disrupted physiology and behavior in these mice. The results suggest a possible route to medication development for adults with autism spectrum disorder.

Scientists have developed a implantable, biodegradable device that delivers regular pulses of electricity to damaged peripheral nerves in rats, helping the animals regrow nerves in their legs and recover their nerve function and muscle strength more quickly.