High-fat diets and obesity reshape astrocytes—star-shaped brain cells in the striatum that help regulate pleasure from eating ...

In 1894, the neuron doctrine was established. Researchers Santiago Ramón y Cajal and Camillo Golgi (who based their research ...

GBA1 mutations impair ciliary Hedgehog signaling in Parkinson's disease, reducing neuroprotective factors and highlighting a ...

A study has identified a key disruption in cholesterol transport to the brain in patients with Alzheimer's disease. The findings suggest that the lipoproteins in the cerebrospinal fluid of patients ...

An experimental drug reverses PTSD-like symptoms in mice. The corresponding study was published in Signal Transduction and ...

A truck driver thought he had the flu or Covid, before he ended up being diagnosed with a brain tumor and given one year to ...

This study reports important negative results by showing that genetic removal of the RNA-binding protein PTBP1 in astrocytes is not sufficient to induce their conversion into neurons, challenging ...

The new drug has already passed Phase 1 safety trials in humans, making it a "strong candidate" for future PTSD treatments.

Ischemic stroke is a leading cause of death and disability worldwide, with many patients experiencing poor outcomes despite ...

Researchers discovered that PTSD may be driven by excess GABA from astrocytes, not neurons. This chemical imbalance disrupts ...

Observational and philosophical analysis continued to examine the brain, as well as the impact that thinking, exercises, and ...

A new study reveals that astrocyte-derived GABA, not neuronal activity, plays a central role in PTSD by impairing the brain’s ability to extinguish traumatic memories.