Here’s some comfort in case you skip your daily workout every once in a while. A new mouse-model study from UT Southwestern Medical Center shows that neurons that influence metabolism are active for up to two days after a single workout. The research offers new insight into the brain’s potential role in fitness and –… Continue reading Your Brain And Your Metabolism
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Scientists Seek to Better Protect The Eye from Glaucoma
Enhancing the protection of neurons in the eye may help in the battle against glaucoma, according to new research. Current glaucoma therapies work to reduce pressure in the eye by increasing outflow and/or reducing fluid production. Dr. Kathryn Bollinger, ophthalmologist, glaucoma specialist and retinal cell biologist, has come up with evidence that a good additional… Continue reading Scientists Seek to Better Protect The Eye from Glaucoma
How Neurons in the Brain Fuel Learning and Memory
Researchers from King’s College London have discovered a molecular mechanism that enables neuronal connections to change through experience, thus fuelling learning and memory formation. The findings were published in July 2017 in the journal Neuron and have the potential to reveal new therapeutic strategies for neurological and psychiatric disorders. A release from King’s College explains… Continue reading How Neurons in the Brain Fuel Learning and Memory
Encouraging News about Parkinson’s
Researchers have discovered an interaction in neurons that contributes to Parkinson’s, and new drugs under development may block the process. The researchers, from the University of Alabama at Birmingham, has shown that the most common genetic cause of Parkinson’s disease — a mutant LRRK2 kinase enzyme — contributes to the formation of inclusions in neurons,… Continue reading Encouraging News about Parkinson’s
The Surprising Elasticity of The Human Brain
Although most neurons are generated during the birth of an embryo, some regions of the brain, such as the olfactory bulb in rodents and the hippocampus in humans, are capable of constantly regenerating their neurons even into adulthood. Scientists first conclusively discovered these new adult neurons around 15 years ago, but their function remained a… Continue reading The Surprising Elasticity of The Human Brain
Researchers: Our Memory Capacity Is Extraordinary
The capacity of your memory is much higher than previously believed, researchers say. Salk Institute researchers and collaborators have achieved critical insight into the size of neural connections, putting the memory capacity of the brain far higher than common estimates. “This is a real bombshell in the field of neuroscience,” says Terry Sejnowski, Salk professor… Continue reading Researchers: Our Memory Capacity Is Extraordinary
En Route to Better Treatment of Parkinson’s
Researchers now know why long-term use of L-DOPA (levodopa), an effective treatment for Parkinison’s disease, causes a problem known as dyskinesia, or excessive movement. Using a new method for manipulating neurons in a mouse model of Parkinson’s, a Columbia University Medical Center (CUMC) research team found that dyskinesia arises when striatonigral neurons become less responsive… Continue reading En Route to Better Treatment of Parkinson’s
Meditation May Help Fight Brain Aging
Researchers from UCLA have founded that meditation seems to help preserve the brain’s “gray matter” – i.e. tissue that contains neurons. The scientists looked specifically at the association between age and gray matter, according to a news release from the university, comparing 50 people who had meditated for an average of 20 years and 50… Continue reading Meditation May Help Fight Brain Aging
The “Mini-Brain” That Helps Us Function
Researchers from the Salk Institute have discovered that we unconsciously maintain our balance via a cluster of neurons that acts as a “mini-brain.” In their study, published in the journal Cell, the scientists “map the neural circuitry of the spinal cord,” according to a news release from the institute. The investigators said that the “circuitry”… Continue reading The “Mini-Brain” That Helps Us Function