The laboratory of Ege Kavalali, professor and chair of the Department of Pharmacology, published a paper in Nature ...

A recent study from Northwestern University has uncovered a genetic factor that may play a key role in autism. Researchers found that a specific gene affects how brain cells form connections during ...

Erythropoietin-producing hepatocellular (Eph) receptors, including EphA4, are expressed on the cell surface and involved in brain development, which involves extensive pruning of synapses. A variant ...

Thanks to Olson, Manor and his team obtained cochlear samples from adult mice that had normal hearing and were either exposed ...

Over the course of their lives, humans and other animals typically learn to avoid situations and stimuli that are dangerous or are perceived as threatening. Past neuroscience studies have gathered ...

The study introduces new tools for measuring the intracellular calcium concentration close to transmitter release sites, which may be relevant for synaptic vesicle fusion and replenishment. This ...

Although chimeric antigen receptor T-cell therapy has raised hopes for long-term remission in autoimmune disease, it has ...

Scientists in California have developed a new chemical compound derived from rosemary and sage plants, which has already shown encouraging results in mice with Alzheimer's. The compound, carnosic acid ...

A groundbreaking peer-reviewed Thought Leaders Invited Review article in Brain Medicine (Genomic Press, New York ...