Neuroscience
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A gene therapy targeting excitatory neurons significantly reduced seizures in a mouse model of the most common cause of child epilepsy.
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The benefits of propranolol, which reduces heart rate and blood pressure, might extend to anxiety associated with autism spectrum disorder.
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Spinal cord stimulation generated sensations that felt like they originated from the missing limbs of three patients, improving balance and reducing pain.
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Brain organoids serve as avatars for studying human neurobiology and advancing drug discovery for neurological disorders.
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Chemotherapy patients have reported cognitive impairments known as “chemobrain.” Now, researchers are closer to finding its cause and a potential treatment.
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The pursuit of scientific knowledge relies on analytical thinking, but creativity also plays an essential role.
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Scientists coupled mass spectrometry imaging with spatial transcriptomics in a single tissue, allowing for new discoveries in rare samples.
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Pain research has traditionally relied on animal models. Theodore Price studies human tissues to better understand pain disorders across age and sex.
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Using a gene therapy approach, researchers relieved pain behaviors in mice and tested the approach in human cells.
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The properties of a little-known psychedelic drug may be perfectly tailored to relieve the psychiatric and cognitive symptoms of the disease.
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A new antibody drug should improve treatment of a rare autoimmune encephalitis.
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Activating specific neurons using light helped scientists establish a causal link between improved sleep and diminished signs of Alzheimer’s disease in mice.
