A new study from scientists at the Buck Institute for Research on Aging has revealed a surprising player in the battle against Alzheimer’s disease and other forms of dementia: brain sugar ...

Among the billions of neurons in the brain, fewer than 500 are responsible for suppressing binge drinking, according to new research by Gilles E. Martin, Ph.D., associate professor of neurobiology.

More than 80 percent of activated medium spiny neurons in the nucleus accumbens expressed reelin mRNA, with average expression about 10 times greater compared to neurons that were not activated by ...

The team discovered that in comparison with young neurons, old neurons displayed hallmarks of molecular stress, such as halting growth and storing untranslated RNA and proteins in compartments called ...

A neuron extends an axon to make contact with other neurons. A team of more than 100 scientists recorded the cellular activity and mapped the structure in a cubic millimeter of a mouse’s brain.

Neurons gather together for vision As in larger brains, mouse visual cortex neurons with the same function cluster in columns Date: February 27, 2025 Source: Max-Planck-Gesellschaft Summary: As in ...

Here we show that neurons utilize the NLRP1 inflammasome, an innate immune sensor of pathogens, specifically for axon pruning. Strikingly, NLRP1b-deficient neurons were unable to prune axons both in ...

Saving energy is 'in', even neurons are joining in Date: February 7, 2025 Source: Universitatsklinikum Bonn Summary: Nerve cells have amazing strategies to save energy and still perform the most ...

Tohoku University researchers have used microfluidic devices to grow lab neurons that mimic natural brain networks, showing learning-like plasticity. This innovation could revolutionize neuroscience ...

Understanding how new neurons affect brain function throughout adulthood can offer new approaches to treating epilepsy and dementia.

This study focuses on developing a Python program and algorithm for regression analysis to screen plantderived extracts with geroprotective properties. The Python 3.9 program generates dependencies of ...

At the cellular level, a key pathologic hallmark of NCL is the build-up of autofluorescent storage materials (AFSM) in lysosomes of both neurons and non-neuronal cells. Molecular dissection of the ...