A multi-institution international team led by researchers at Baylor College of Medicine has developed a new strategy to overcome one
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Great minds may think alike, but all minds look alike
The brain is a complex network containing many billions of neurons. Each neuron is connected to thousands of others via
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Additional inhibitor can help anti-VEGF therapy overcome resistance in deadly brain cancer: Study identifies target, shows proof-of-concept in mice
Adding another inhibitor to therapies that cut off a tumor’s access to blood vessels could be the key to helping
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How axons change chemical cues to mechanical force
While today’s technology is growing increasingly wireless, nature’s greatest technology, the human brain, still depends on neurons being directly connected
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Integrated sensor could monitor brain aneurysm treatment
Implantation of a stent-like flow diverter can offer one option for less invasive treatment of brain aneurysms — bulges in
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Maternal dengue immunity protects against fetal damage in mice following Zika infection: Cytotoxic T-cells mobilized by dengue infection may combat catastrophic effects of Zika infection
Dengue and Zika viruses are closely related and carried by mosquitos. In infested subtropical and tropical areas, dengue transmission often
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How dying neurons control eating behaviors of the brain microglia: Aberrant clearance activity of microglia in particular brain regions leads to changes associated with neurodegenerative diseases
A new Mount Sinai study, published July 23 in the journal Nature Neuroscience, provides important insight into how microglia, cells
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New regulator of neuron formation identified
The protein NEK7 regulates neuron formation, as it is required for dendrite growth and branching, as well as the formation
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Consciousness is partly preserved during general anesthesia
When people are administered an anaesthetic, they seem to lose consciousness — or at least they stop reacting to their
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Freedom from fear: Dopamine’s role in unlearning fearful associations
Researchers at the RIKEN Center for Brain Science have discovered a circuit in the brain that is necessary for unlearning
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