Tokyo, (JCN) - Tohoku University's Biomedical Engineering Research Organization (TUBERO), in collaboration with the University of Cambridge and Cardiff University, has verified that neural cell species can be derived from mouse embryonic s...

The irreversible neurological degeneration associated with Parkinson's and Alzheimer's diseases may be the consequence of oxidative stress--the imbalance of antioxidants and pro-oxidants in cells. This imbalance results in an excess of rea...

The European starling - long known as a virtuoso songbird and as an expert mimic too - may also soon gain a reputation as something of a "grammar-marm." This three-ounce bird, research shows, can learn syntactic patterns formerly thoug...

Researchers have created a mouse model that closely mimics human medulloblastoma, the most common type of childhood brain tumor. The model, which was created by knocking out a key component of the DNA repair machinery, will aid in expl...

Dr. Lynnette P. McCluskey, a Medical College of Georgia neuroscientist using taste buds as a model for studying nerve regeneration, is the 2006 recipient of the country's top honor for young taste researchers. Dr. McCluskey received the Aj...

A technique that causes brain tumours to fluoresce results in more complete removal of the tumour and in improved progression-free survival, report German researchers in the May issue of The Lancet Oncology. "This technique is an advan...

Researchers have identified a protein that reins in the rogue activity of the molecules that make the amyloid-beta protein--which may prevent normal brain function in people with Alzheimer's disease. Their findings reveal a potentially pow...

The brain, that exquisite network of billions of communicating cells, starts to take form with the genesis of nerve cells. Most born nerve cells, also called neurons, must travel from their birthplace to the position they will occupy in...

A high dietary intake of polyunsaturated fat and vitamin E seems to halve the risk of developing motor neurone disease, suggests research published ahead of print in the Journal of Neurology Neurosurgery and Psychiatry. Polyunsaturated fat...

Variations in a gene seem to be linked to brain (cerebral) aneurysms, suggests research published ahead of print in the Journal of Neurology Neurosurgery and Psychiatry . Brain aneurysms occur when a section of an artery bulges, often at a...