Researchers have uncovered a key protein process that controls the activation of dormant brain stem cells, essential for ...

Common variations in genes associated with microcephaly may explain differences in brain size in healthy individuals as well as in patients with neurological and psychiatric disorders, a group of ...

An international team of neuroscientists, led by Duke-NUS Medical School, have uncovered a mechanism that controls the ...

Mini-brains were first produced in 2013, to study microcephaly, a genetic disorder where the brain is too small, and have since been used for research into brain development. But this is the first ...

Neuroscientists have uncovered a mechanism that controls the reactivation of neural stem cells, which are crucial for repairing and regenerating brain cells. The research offers exciting potential for ...

Oct. 17, 2024 — Researchers have developed a novel training protocol for brain-computer interfaces in a study with rhesus monkeys. The method enables precise control of prosthetic hands using ...

New insights into the role of SUMOylation in the brain could lead to new targeted therapies for neurodegenerative conditions.

Modifying a protein that controls cell growth can reactivate dormant neural stem cells in fruit flies which could help ...

The human brain is constantly picking up patterns in everyday experiences — and can do so without conscious thought , finds a study 1 of neuronal activity in people who had electrodes implanted ...

An international team of neuroscientists showed for the first time that modifying a protein that controls cell growth can ...

Learn how following the WHO growth curves may misdiagnose Inuit children's head sizes, leading to health disparities.

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