Ligands targeting folate receptor α (FRα), a protein predominantly expressed in neural cells, have the potential to reprogram (rejuvenate) brain cells and enhance cognitive function in aged mice. In t...

Lithium has an essential role in the brain and is deficient early in Alzheimer’s disease, which can be recapitulated in mice and treated with a novel lithium salt that restores the physiological level.

MRI scans suggest runners’ brains might use the fatty substance myelin as fuel. The finding could lead to treatments for neurological diseases.

Partial reprogramming induced by the controlled and cyclical overexpression of Yamanaka factors in the nervous system has so far succeeded in reversin…

The molecular mechanisms of how small changes in the degree of inclusion of a neuron-specific microexon in CPEB4 lead to dominant-negative effects in the expression of genes associated with autism spe...

Long thought to be sterile, our brains are now believed to harbour all sorts of micro-organisms, from bacteria to fungi. How big a part do they play in Alzheimer’s and similar diseases?

¿Qué relación puede tener el gato Garfield con la genética de la pigmentación? El gato Garfield, creado por el dibujante de comics Jim Davis en 1978, es de color naranja. […]

El doctor en medicina por la Universidad de Harvard se muestra confiado en tratamientos como la metformina o los inhibidores de PARP1. Hasta que estos se aprueben, practica el ayuno intermitente

Un nuevo estudio ha hallado cambios transcripcionales en las células que se mantienen después de una pérdida de peso, lo que podría aumentar las probabilidades de volver a engordar tras perder peso