Neuroscience Novel Drug Prevents Amyloid Plaques, A Hallmark of Alzheimer’s Disease (Neuroscience) 3 Mar 2021 In animal models, the new compound modulated a key enzyme, reducing or eliminating production of problematic protein fragments; human clinical trials needed Amyloid plaques are pathological hallmarks of Alzheimer's disease…
Neuroscience Food for Thought: New Maps Reveal How Brains are Kept Nourished (Neuroscience) 3 Mar 2021 Micro-scale depictions solve century-old puzzle of brain energy use and blood vessel clusters Our brains are non-stop consumers. A labyrinth of blood vessels, stacked end-to-end comparable in length to the…
Neuroscience A New Theory For How Memories Are Stored in the Brain (Neuroscience) 1 Mar 20211 Mar 2021 Research from the University of Kent has led to the development of the MeshCODE theory, a revolutionary new theory for understanding brain and memory function. This discovery may be the…
Neuroscience New Signaling Pathway in Neurons (Neuroscience) 28 Feb 2021 A new signaling pathway has been identified that can prevent the overproduction of certain RNA-protein complexes in neurons. These complexes play an important role in neurodegenerative diseases. Neurodegenerative diseases, such…
Neuroscience Two Proteins Contribute to Onset of Parkinson’s (Neuroscience) 28 Feb 2021 Two proteins play a key role in triggering Parkinson’s disease. Prof. Dr. Friederike Zunke and PD Dr. Philipp Arnold from FAU are investigating these proteins in more detail, focussing on…
Neuroscience Two New Genes Linked to Alzheimer’s Disease Discovered (Neuroscience) 26 Feb 2021 Study of gene expression in the hippocampus also identified hippocampus-related disease pathways A research team led by Chunshui Yu and Mulin Jun Li of Tianjin Medical University has discovered two…
Neuroscience Artificial ‘Brain’ Reveals Why We Can’t Always Believe Our Eyes (Neuroscience) 25 Feb 2021 A computer network closely modelled on part of the human brain is enabling new insights into the way our brains process moving images - and explains some perplexing optical illusions.…
