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Mouse Model Demonstrates Potential of New Autism Drug
Scientists have performed a successful test of a possible new drug in a mouse model of an autism disorder. The candidate drug, largely corrected electrical, behavioral and brain abnormalities in the mice.
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Parkinson’s Disease: A Looming Pandemic
In a new report, experts argue that the medical community must be mobilized to respond to this impending public health threat.
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Nitric oxide: Experimental Analysis of its Role in Brain Tissue in Simulated Ischemia
Scientists used electron paramagnetic resonance spectroscopy to record nitric oxide content in hippocampal tissue of intact rats and the ones after simulation of ischemic and hemorrhagic stroke to better understand its role in the brain.
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Attacking Telomeres Offers First Effective Glioblastoma Therapy
Blocking TRF1 – a telomere protector – interrupts tumour growth and increases survival in various mouse models of glioblastoma.
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New Modulator of Stem Cell Identity Found
A team of researchers at the Cluster of Excellence CECAD has now found an efficient way to produce neurons from pluripotent stem cells.
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Next-generation Optogenetic Molecules Used to Control Single Neurons
The focused laser beam could help scientists map connections among neurons that underlie behavior.
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Frequent Alcohol Drinking Kills New Brain Cells in Adults
Researchers from The University of Texas Medical Branch at Galveston recently discovered that alcohol killed the stem cells residing in adult mouse brains.
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Discovery of Reversible "Master Switch" Sheds Light on Regulation of Developmental Genes
The bivalent master switch model provides a conceptually simple explanation for how each developmental step is made along the path to different cell types, dependent on cell type-specific proteins, but acting through this common module.
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Discovering a Protein’s Role in Gene Expression
Beyond providing new insights into the regulation of gene expression, the findings have important implications for metastatic melanoma, and several neuro-developmental syndromes.
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Innovative Genetic and Cellular Techniques Help Identify Multiple Disease Targets
CRISPR-Cas9 and iPSC advances hold treatment promise for schizophrenia, addiction, Zika infection and other diseases. The studies were presented at Neuroscience 2017, the annual meeting of the Society for Neuroscience
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