Summary: Findings support the current theory that sleep may be involved in the regulation of metabolic waste clearance and highlights the link between sleep and fluid flow in the human brain.
May 5, 2020
Source: Neuroscience News
Summary: Findings support the current theory that sleep may be involved in the regulation of metabolic waste clearance and highlights the link between sleep and fluid flow in the human brain.
May 5, 2020
Source: Neuroscience News
Summary: Multidisciplinary approaches have demonstrated that the brain is potentially modulated by the long-term acquisition and practice of specific skills. Chess playing can be considered a paradigm for shaping brain function, with complex interactions among brain networks possibly enhancing cognitive processing.
27 April 2020
Source: Scientific Reports
Summary: A rare autoimmune disorder popularized by the autobiography and movie “Brain on Fire” is triggered by an attack on NMDA receptors. The disease occurs when antibodies attack NMDA receptors in the brain, leading to memory loss, intellectual changes, seizures, and death.
July 10, 2019
Source: Oregon Health & Science University
Summary: Reduced connectivity between the amygdala and ventrolateral prefrontal cortex has been identified in children on the autism spectrum who exhibit disruptive behaviors, compared to those on the spectrum who do not. Findings suggest this distinct brain network could be independent of core autism symptoms.
Source: Yale
April 19, 2019
https://neurosciencenews.com/behavior-connectivity-autism-12017/
Date:April 13, 2020
Source:NIH/National Institute on Aging
Summary:In the largest study to date of proteins related to Alzheimer’s disease, a team of researchers has identified disease-specific proteins and biological processes that could be developed into both new treatment targets and fluid biomarkers. The findings suggest that sets of proteins that regulate glucose metabolism, together with proteins related to a protective role of astrocytes and microglia — the brain’s support cells — are strongly associated with Alzheimer’s pathology and cognitive impairment.
https://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2020/04/200413120031.htm
Summary:Using magnetic nanoparticles, scientists stimulate the adrenal gland in rodents to control release of hormones linked to stress.
Source:Anne Trafton, MIT News Office
April 10, 2020
http://news.mit.edu./2020/remote-control-hormone-release-nanoparticles-0410
Summary: Researchers have mapped the interaction between SARS-CoV-2 proteins and human cells, showing which proteins are being activated and deactivated by coronavirus. The findings reveal how the virus can spread through the human body.
Source: University of Bologna
https://neurosciencenews.com/coronavirus-active-proteins-16137/
Summary:Neurons that store abstract representations of past experiences are activated when a new, similar event takes place.
Source:Anne Trafton, MIT News Office
April 6, 2020
http://news.mit.edu./2020/neuroscience-memory-cells-interpret-new-0406
Summary:A specialized MRI sensor reveals the neurotransmitter’s influence on neural activity throughout the brain.
Source:Anne Trafton,MIT News Office
April 1, 2020
In many neurodegenerative disorders, the spread of protein aggregates underlies disease progression in the brain. A receptor molecule has now been found that mediates the neuronal uptake of one such harmful protein.
01 APRIL 2020