Report co-author Dr Helen Leonard, who heads the Australian Rett Syndrome Study at the Telethon Institute for Child Health Research, says the finding means that testing for the genetic disorder should be considered in some baby boys who de...

The same chemical in the body that is targeted by the drug Viagra also helps our brains "boot up" in the morning so we can process sights, sound, touch and other sensory information. The discovery could lead to a better understanding of ma...

Glutamate receptors don't seem like your everyday target for anti-cancer drugs. However, biology can be stranger than fiction. In this week's Journal, Iacovelli et al. examined the expression of the group III metabotropic glutamate rec...

This week, Shlens et al. try to simplify the study of neuronal networks, a potential boon for the mathematically challenged neuroscientist. The authors examined the network of ON and OFF parasol retinal ganglion cells (RGCs) in the macaque...

Calcium often serves as a link connecting neural activity to gene transcription. Kashani et al. used a transactivator trap screen to identify mediators of calcium-dependent gene transcription, a method that previously led them to identify...

This week, Waters and Helmchen examined the ups and downs of neuronal activity, using in vivo whole-cell recording from L2/3 neocortical pyramidal neurons in anesthetized rats. Spontaneous activity in these cells drove 10-20 mV membrane ex...

A brain protein that sustains nerve cells also regulates anxiety and alcohol consumption in rats, researchers from the University of Illinois at Chicago report in a study in the August issue of the Journal of Neuroscience. In previous stud...

BrainCells Inc. (BCI) todayannounced it has in-licensed a clinical-stage compound from MitsubishiPharma Corp. (MPC) that BCI will reposition and develop for the treatmentof central nervous system (CNS) diseases, including mood disorders. M...

If you have had a stroke your chances of having another one are significantly reduced if you take a statin, according to a trial called the Stroke Prevention by Aggressive Reduction in Cholesterol Levels (SPARCL) study. The trial, the...

By applying electrical currents across the heads of people while they walk, researchers have improved our understanding of how our vestibular system helps us maintain upright posture; at the same time, the researchers found that the stimul...