This important study examines the role of pericytes in patterning the zebrafish blood-brain barrier (BBB) and controlling its permeability. Using pdgfrb mutant zebrafish models lacking brain pericytes ...
Cambridge researchers are developing implants to help repair brain pathways damaged by Parkinson’s disease. As part of a £69 ...
Scientists have identified NOVA1, a unique human language gene that may have played a key role in the evolution of spoken ...
A new contender for a human 'language gene' can change the way that mice squeak when it is incorporated into their DNA.
The origins of human language remain mysterious. Are we the only animals truly capable of complex speech? Are Homo sapiens ...
Max Planck Institute for Biological Intelligence researchers have identified over 60 transcriptomic neuron types in the ...
The US Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has granted Regenerative Medicine Advanced Therapy (RMAT) designation to AskBio’s investigational Parkinson’s disease (PD) gene therapy. The FDA grants RMAT ...
New research shows that early life stress disrupts dopamine signaling, altering social motivation and behavior.
Genes play a role in whether someone gets Alzheimer's, but new research from Northeastern University psychology and ...
A study has found that brain chemicals such as dopamine and serotonin work together in controlling hunger and food intake, a ...