42+ min ago   (75+ words) A transporter sitting in the walls of the brain’s blood vessels has turned out to be one of the most important gatekeepers of brain chemistry during development, according to a new study published in iScience. The protein, known as SLC38A2, shuttles…...

1+ hour, 7+ min ago   (54+ words) Scientists in Sweden have confirmed that a single immune-related protein, measured in the cerebrospinal fluid that bathes the brain and spinal cord, falls steadily as Huntington’s disease advances — and that this decline mirrors how sick patients actually become. The protein,…...

1+ hour, 7+ min ago   (56+ words) Scientists probing why people with Parkinson’s disease so often suffer fragile, fracture-prone bones have uncovered new molecular evidence that the two conditions may be linked by a shared signaling network spanning the brain and the skeleton. A new preclinical study,…...

1+ hour, 46+ min ago   (764+ words) Magnetic resonance imaging has long been the gold standard for peering into the human brain, but it has always demanded one precious commodity that many patients simply cannot spare: time....

1+ hour, 46+ min ago   (626+ words) Central nervous system tumours remain among the most lethal forms of cancer, and a comprehensive new review published in Molecular Cancer argues that the reason lies not in a single failure of chemotherapy or radiotherapy, but in a dense, overlapping…...

1+ hour, 52+ min ago   (631+ words) Deep inside the intervertebral disc — the resilient cushion that sits between the vertebrae of the spine — a small population of cells works quietly for decades to keep the tissue functional....

2+ hour, 17+ min ago   (620+ words) For decades, clinicians and researchers have searched for a signature cognitive profile that could neatly sort autistic children into meaningful subgroups, hoping that patterns of intellectual strengths and weaknesses might unlock more personalized support. A new study upends that assumption....

2+ hour, 24+ min ago   (636+ words) The earliest fingerprints of an aging brain may be visible not in memory lapses or mood changes, but in an unexpected place: the gut....

2+ hour, 38+ min ago   (529+ words) Neuroscientists can now record electrical storms of activity from tens of thousands of neurons at once, but a stubborn bottleneck has long stood between the raw data and discovery: turning enormous three-dimensional calcium imaging videos into clean, trustworthy lists of…...

2+ hour, 38+ min ago   (703+ words) For people living with amyotrophic lateral sclerosis, the slow failure of the muscles that control breathing is the disease’s most feared complication. Non-invasive ventilation, delivered through a snugly fitted mask, has long been the standard of care, offering a documented…...