Brain cells News

A recent study reveals that Covid survivors with depression seem to show signs of brain inflammation, such as changes in mood, energy levels, and concentration. Let's find out more here.

Doing simple breathing exercises may help reduce the risk of developing Alzheimer`s disease, claimed a study. Read below to know more.  

A recent study revealed that gut microorganisms stimulate specialised cells to cut out excess connections in brain circuits that drive social behaviour. Find out more.

The researchers looked at a brain region that is unique to primates and essential for higher-order cognition The human-specific microglia type exists throughout development and adulthood

At days 21 and 35, the cells from typical and autistic people differed significantly in a number of ways It suggested that the makeup of neurons in the cortex differs in the autistic and typically developing brain The emergence of differences associated with autism in these nerve cells shows that these differences arise very early in life, John Krystal

The main challenge in testing Alzheimer`s drugs in clinical trials is that participants need to have symptoms. But once people have symptoms, it is usually too late for treatments to have a significant effect, as many brain cells have already died.

A recent study has highlighted the importance and activities of the so-called microglial cells in brain aging. 

People as old as 79 may still generate new brain cells, US researchers said Thursday, stoking fresh debate among scientists over what happens to our brains when we age.

A new study has revealed that a compound found in beetroot that gives its distinctive red colour ould help in treating Alzheimer's disease.

Researchers found that that within a month after experimental brain injury, the number of new brain cells declined dramatically, below the numbers of new neurons that would have been detected if an injury had not occurred in rats.

Adolescence and young adulthood are periods of continued biological and psychosocial maturation.

 The study conducted on mice showed that sleep deprivation can cause parts of the brain's synapses to be 'eaten' by other brain cells.

The study, led by researchers at University of California, Irvine (UCI) in the US, used a genetic process to reprogramme these cells into a pluripotent state capable of developing into any type of cell or tissue of the body.

Multiple sclerosis is an auto-immune disease where the body attacks the protective coating, known as myelin, around brain cells.

Around the world, stroke kills more people each year than do HIV/AIDS, malaria, and tuberculosis combined. 

Neuroscientists at MIT found that activating these brain cells stimulates overeating, and that when the cells are suppressed, appetite is also suppressed.

Strokes can strike poeple of any age, including children, but adults over 65 years of age are most at risk.

Previous studies by the same team suggest this gene, called PGC1 - alpha, may prevent the formation of a protein called amyloid-beta peptide in cells in the lab.

 In people with alcohol dependence, the production of a key enzyme shuts down in brain cells and the deficiency leads to continued use of alcohol despite adverse consequences, say researchers.

Researchers have contributed significant new evidence to support the idea that high doses of cocaine kill brain cells by triggering overactive autophagy (normal physiological process in the body that deals with destruction of cells), while working with mice.