Alzheimer’s disease: the loss of neurons is paradoxically very limited
In the imagination and in fact, Alzheimer's disease is defined by neuronal degeneration. A new study completely refutes the idea ...
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Autism: a genetic abnormality could be a therapeutic target
A well-known genetic defect in autism is believed to be the direct cause of a deficit in connections between nerve ...
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Sense of orientation: discovery of “GPS” neurons
Neurons, located in an area of the brain in principle dedicated to memory, would regulate orientation during well-known paths.Go down ...
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Neural transplant: speed of intervention is crucial
A nerve cell transplant is more likely to be successful if it is performed soon after the injury. Operating in ...
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Parkinson’s disease: the evoked autoimmune track
The destruction of nerve cells, in the case of Parkinson's disease, would not be due to degeneration but to an ...
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Charcot disease: protein clumps involved
The accumulation of a protein in nerve cells is believed to be a key part of the development of Charcot's ...
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Binge drinking: the brain mechanism explained
The brain mechanism that leads to binge-drinking has been explained for the first time. A circuit of neurons connects two ...
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Charcot disease: maple syrup demonstrates beneficial effects
The sugar and polyphenols contained in maple syrup are said to have a protective effect on neurons. A discovery made ...
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Vision: the night sky is not blue but black!
The sky would appear navy blue at night because a neuron is blocking green and red signals. So we see ...
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Pain: only 30 neurons manage the release of oxytocin
INTERVIEW. Alexandre Charlet explains how around thirty small neurons, discovered by his team, regulate the production of oxytocin.100 billion neurons ...
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Pesticides: their link to Parkinson’s disease explained
Some pesticides are neurotoxic. They disrupt key functions in the brain, which promotes the development of Parkinson's disease.The link between ...
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Parkinson’s: repairing neurons with skin cells
A success in the laboratory. American researchers have succeeded in transforming skin cells into dopaminergic neurons, which fail in Parkinson's ...
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Parkinson’s: a decisive step in understanding the causes
A Franco-Belgian study shows that a single protein is at the origin of Parkinson's disease and another rare degenerative pathology. ...
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Screen for dementia by testing the retina
By analyzing the thickness of the retina, it would be possible to detect a familial form of frontotemporal dementia. The ...
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The brain is less compact than we thought
The techniques for measuring brain volume would induce a bias, which distorts the understanding of its anatomy and its functioning. ...
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Brain: Alfred Hitchcock’s films play with our neurons
The time of a few scenes, the master of cinema Alfred Hitchcock manages to disrupt the neuronal activity of the ...
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Optogenetics: healing by “turning on” neurons
Combining light with genetics, this feat is called optogenetics, a recent science that opens wide the fields of the possible, ...
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Brain: researchers explain how memories are formed
Tracing the formation of a memory is possible, according to researchers. They have just discovered how memories are formed in ...
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Excess salt is bad for the kidneys and brain
Too much salt is bad for your health. The statement does not only concern hypertensive people but the general population. ...
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A neuron transplant to repair the cortex
Researchers have successfully repaired damaged brains in mice by transplanting neurons into them. A feat that could inspire research against ...
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International Day: Epilepsy Is More Than Seizures
Little known, epilepsy nevertheless affects 0.7% of French people. An International Day is dedicated to this neurological disease. Pourquoidocteur invites ...
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Alzheimer’s: a way to repair memory loss
Memory loss caused by Alzheimer's disease could be fixed in the early stages of the disease, according to a theory ...
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Parkinson’s: hope thanks to stem cells
This discovery could make it possible to set up the first clinical trial for transplantation of stem cells into the ...
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A neuron guilty of our chocolate cravings
© iStockYou "self-flagellate" yourself after succumbing to an urge to chocolate ? Do not feel guilty any more, this impulse ...
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At 24, a Chinese woman learns that she has no cerebellum
A 24-year-old Chinese girl went to the hospital for an exam after feeling sick and dizzy. The doctors' diagnosis is ...
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Researchers have created living brain tissue in 3D
The development of a living brain tissue in 3 dimensions, which mimics our brain, could allow great advances in the ...
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Memory: researchers have succeeded in erasing and reactivating memories
Thanks to stimuli of different frequencies, researchers have managed to erase a memory and make it reappear. This work could ...
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Memory: why memories of early childhood do not remain engraved
For everyone, memories of early childhood are often scarce. For the first time, a Canadian study seems to be able ...
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Researchers succeed in controlling brain cell activity
Activate or deactivate certain cells, it is possible. Researchers have succeeded in stimulating proteins in the brain using light pulses. ...
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A neuron to protect against alcoholism?
There is a neuron that would protect fromalcoholism, according to the results of a study published in the medical journal ...
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