Fixed mindsets — potentially triggered by suboptimal education curricula — lead to difficulties finding the simple solution to statistical problems, a new study indicates. Ignoring simple solutions to statistical problems, […]
There is no cure for amyotrophic lateral sclerosis (ALS), a disease that gradually kills off the motor neurons that control muscles and is diagnosed in nearly 6,000 people per year […]
The structured nature of cognitive behavioural therapy (CBT) and its clearly defined principles (based on the links between thoughts, feelings and behaviours) make it relatively easy to train practitioners, ensure […]
Biologists have grown human retina tissue from scratch to learn how the cells that let us see in color are made. The work may lay the groundwork for therapies for […]
Specific RNA splicing events associated with Alzheimer’s disease progression have been identified in a large-scale analysis of RNA from postmortem human brain tissue. Researchers at the Icahn School of Medicine […]
A new study takes lessons from a spinal osteoarthritic condition to identify a neural population that can be used to restore breathing after spinal cord injury. One of the most […]
An innate immune signaling pathway protects synapses from inappropriate removal, a new study from Boston Children’s Hospital researchers shows. The developing brain is constantly forming new connections, or synapses, between […]
STIM1 protein expression decreases with the progression of neurodegeneration in Alzheimer’s disease, new research indicates. Conducted at the Institute of Molecular Pathology Biomarkers, University of Extremadura, in Badajoz, Spain, the […]
