Microglia immune cells can join together to form networks when needed, a new study reports. However, certain mutations associated with Parkinson’s disease can impair this process.
Article Correctness Is Author's Responsibility: A Possible Connections Between Oxytocin and Instagram
Researchers discovered people with a specific variant of the oxytocin receptor gene OXTR follow more people on Instagram. However, there no evidence was found to suggest gene-environment interactions influence online sociability.
Article Correctness Is Author's Responsibility: How Scents Take On Meaning
The olfactory system works in combination with the brain’s reward and aversion systems in both learning and memory formation.
Article Correctness Is Author's Responsibility: Converting Glioma Cells Into Neurons May Treat Glioblastoma
Cellular reprogramming of glioma cells into neural cells may be a promising treatment for glioblastoma brain cancer.
Article Correctness Is Author's Responsibility: Time Until Dementia Symptoms Appear Can Be Estimated via Brain Scan
A new algorithm uses neuroimaging data of amyloid levels in the brain and takes into account a person’s age to determine when a person with genetic Alzheimer’s risk factors, and with no signs of cognitive decline, will develop the disease.
Article Correctness Is Author's Responsibility: New Technique Provides Insights Into the Evolution of the Brain
H3 acetylation of basal neural precursor cells may have been an important factor in the evolution of the human neocortex.
Article Correctness Is Author's Responsibility: New Gene Therapy Pathway Could Protect Us From Cancer and Dementia
A newly identified gene therapy pathway has the potential to protect us against dementia and cancer, researchers report.
Article Correctness Is Author's Responsibility: Stem Cells Model Genetic Risk for Developing Alzheimer’s Disease
Stem cell study reveals astrocytes carrying the Alzheimer’s associated APOE4 gene release more cholesterol than those carrying the APOE3 gene. Findings shed light on how different versions of the APOE gene in astrocytes influence amyloid-beta productio…
Article Correctness Is Author's Responsibility: Researchers Shed New Light on Molecular Mechanisms in Brain Diseases
Study reveals the molecular mechanisms implicated in the regulation of toxic proteins in neurodegenerative diseases like Alzheimer’s and Parkinson’s disease.
Article Correctness Is Author's Responsibility: Study Finds Evidence of Possible Link Between Herpes Simplex and Neurogenerative Diseases
Researchers discovered mutations of the OPTN gene resulted in increased herpesvirus 1 growth in the brains of mice, leading to the death of local neurons. This resulted in accelerated neurodegeneration. OPTN deficiency was also associated with impairme…
Article Correctness Is Author's Responsibility: Childhood Gender Nonconformity in Boys Linked to Early Androgens
Male children with isolated GnRH deficiency (IGD), a rare endocrine disorder associated with a lack of sex hormone during the second trimester of development, report more gender non-conformity than males without IGD. The same was not true for females w…
Article Correctness Is Author's Responsibility: Link Between ADHD and Dementia Across Generations
People with ADHD had a 34% higher risk of developing dementia than those without the disorder. The risk of being diagnosed with Alzheimer’s, the most common type of dementia, was 55% higher for those with ADHD.
Article Correctness Is Author's Responsibility: The Evolution of Mammals Reveals 2,000 New Genes Key to Longevity in Humans
Researchers have identified 2,000 genes in humans linked to longevity. The genes are associated with biological mechanisms that drive the prolongation of life in mammals, including DNA repair, coagulation, and immune response.
Article Correctness Is Author's Responsibility: Aging: It’s More Complicated Than We Thought
A new study on aging reveals a surprising discovery about the connection between protein shape and mitochondrial health.
Article Correctness Is Author's Responsibility: The Link Between Autoimmunity and Pain
Pain could be an under-recognized clinical manifestation for patients with specific autoantibodies that target neural proteins.
Article Correctness Is Author's Responsibility: New Open Access Resource Counters Misinformation on Genomics of Human Behavior
A new, open access repository incorporates frequently asked questions and answers by genomics researchers to provide a better general understanding of what their studies do, and do not show.
Article Correctness Is Author's Responsibility: Many of the Fastest-Evolving Human Genes Linked to Evolutionary Changes in Brain Development
Almost half of the identified human accelerated regions of the genome appear to act as neurodevelopment enhancers, researchers say. The findings shed new light on the genetic basis of human evolution.
Article Correctness Is Author's Responsibility: Male Y Chromosome Causes Sex Differences in Body Size
Despite the Y chromosome containing very few genes, it can dramatically alter male body size and may facilitate the evolution of sex differences.
Article Correctness Is Author's Responsibility: New Brain Model Provides Patient-Specific Alzheimer’s Insights and Predictions of Cognitive Decline
A newly developed brain model from cultivated stem cells allowed researchers to analyze molecular pathways of neurons in a dish. Researchers identified specific forms of amyloid beta and tau associated with cognitive decline and Alzheimer’s. They also …
Article Correctness Is Author's Responsibility: Do Genetics Control Who Our Friends Are? It Seems So With Mice
A new study reveals there appears to be a neurobiological component that drives instantaneous compatibility, in mice at least. A variation of the PDE11 enzyme found in brain areas governing mood and motivation seems to control whether mice want to soci…
