Perinatal Soup—Early Pathogen or Toxin Exposures Leave Brain Vulnerable
Scientists have little trouble accepting the idea that ontogeny is a process rich in interplay between genetic and environmental factors...
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Scientists have little trouble accepting the idea that ontogeny is a process rich in interplay between genetic and environmental factors...
Researchers at Harvard Medical School report that they have identified a small molecule that interferes with a protein phosphatase in such a way that...
Whenever a genetic cause is found for a disease, an animal model is in the cards, and Parkinson disease (PD) is no exception...
Just how good are animal models of neurodegenerative disorders? After all, those based on genetic lesions...
Are inclusion bodies the fault of the proteasome? Two groups come up with different answers...
By amplifying small quantities of Aβ oligomer in cerebrospinal fluid, a methodology referred to as the "bio-barcode" could serve as a diagnostic or monitoring test for AD...
Yesterday the National Institutes of Health announced sweeping new rules restricting...
Combining their individual fortés, researchers treat us to the sight of neurons being "healed" before our eyes...
Par-4, the leucine-zipper protein first found in apoptotic prostate cancer cells, can regulate β-secretase (BACE) cleavage of amyloid-β precursor protein (AβPP)...
Summary by <a href="/scientific-advisory-board">Peter Davies</a>, Albert Einstein College of Medicine. July 2004, Philadelphia...
Last Friday, the pharmaceutical company Johnson & Johnson announced that health authorities were reviewing safety data on galantamine hydrobromide...
As the γ-secretase complex has given up some of its secrets, it has created new puzzles to solve, such as...
Using two-photon microscopy, researchers at Harvard Medical School have peered into the brains of rats and cats to see real-time images...
In last October’s Neuron, researchers revealed that the gene LRRK2, encoding a protein kinase dubbed “dardarin,” is one and the same with...
Light and gravity ensure that tree trunks grow straight up while their roots burrow deep underground. What about neurons?...