Dr. Calhoun’s Mousery By Lee Alan Dugatkin -- Review
A compelling biography about a groundbreaking scientist and his controversial work, using rodent cities to examine the ...
Manipulating astrocytes affects long-term memory, researchers discover
One of the most powerful assets of the brain is that it can store information as memories, allowing us to learn from our ...
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Keto diet modifies gut bacteria in mice, protecting against MS
Findings suggest that molecules made by gut bacteria are key for the beneficial effects of the ketogenic diet in MS models.
Why do wet dogs shake? Biologists discover the neural mechanism behind this hairy mammalian tactic
A team of neurobiologists at Harvard Medical School's Howard Hughes Medical Institute has uncovered the neural mechanism ...
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Astrocytes Play Role in Deciding the Fate of Memories
Researchers have uncovered a surprising role for astrocytes—cells surrounding neurons—in deciding which memories are kept or ...
Mouse tails reveal new insights into balance and neurodegenerative disease research
Why do mice have tails? The answer to this is not as simple as you might think. New research from the Okinawa Institute of ...
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Endophilin A1 facilitates organization of the GABAergic postsynaptic machinery to maintain excitation-inhibition balance
This study presents a valuable finding on the molecular mechanisms that govern GABAergic inhibitory synapse function. The authors propose that Endophilin A1 serves as a novel regulator of GABAergic ...
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Targeting IRE1α improves insulin sensitivity and thermogenesis and suppresses metabolically active adipose tissue macrophages in obesity
Department of Physiology, Harold Hamm Diabetes Center, The University of Oklahoma Health Science Center, Oklahoma City, United States ...
First-Ever Polymer Treatment Reverses Huntington’s Symptoms in Mice – Human Trials Next?
Engineered polymers interfere with protein interactions to protect cell health in a mouse study. Researchers at Northwestern University and Case Western Reserve University have developed the first ...