Weekly pick of Neuroscience news from around the world

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Researchers based in Scotland have revealed details of their work towards a blood test that could be helpful in detecting brain tumours. Details of their study were published in the journal Nature Communications . The research team used infrared light to create a ‘bio-signature’ of people’s blood samples and […]

Global Neuroscience Market 2019-2025: GE Healthcare, Doric Lenses Inc, Mightex Systems, Prizmatix, Med Associates Inc, NeuroNexus, Noldus Information Technology

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Neuroscience is the study of the nervous system, which includes the brain and the spinal cord. It’s a broad term encompassing numerous, more specific disciplines, including cognitive, clinical, and developmental neuroscience. The Global Neuroscience Market is expected to exhibit a CAGR of more than +3% between 2017 and 2025. […]

Cognition Therapeutics to Present Findings from the Elayta Clinical Development Program at Society for Neuroscience Annual Meeting

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Pittsburgh, Oct. 10, 2019 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) — Cognition Therapeutics, Inc. , a clinical stage neuroscience company focused on the protection and restoration of synaptic function in Alzheimer’s disease and other neurodegenerative disorders, today announced that the Company would be presenting three posters on Elayta™ (CT1812), Cognition’s lead experimental medicine, […]

New Zealand Study Connects Walking Speed with Brain Health in 45-Year-Olds

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DURHAM, N.C. — The walking speed of 45-year-olds, particularly their fastest walking speed without running, can be used as a marker of their aging brains and bodies. Slower walkers were shown to have “accelerated aging” on a 19-measure scale devised by researchers, and their lungs, teeth and immune systems […]

Cutting edge company teaching cars to read body language

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CAMBRIDGE, Mass. — In Boston, pedestrians have a unique way of crossing the street. A nod here, a gesture there, and cars know to stop. But how can companies developing self-driving cars teach their machines to read those signals? Sam Anthony is Co-founder of Perceptive Automata, which has developed […]

ISG neuroscience centre gets green light

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Hawkins Brown’s consented plans for the UCL neuroscience centre on Gray’s Inn Road – entrance with the listed building (right) and Alexandra Wing facade (left) Hawkins Brown’s consented plans for the UCL neuroscience centre on Gray’s Inn Road – walkway Hawkins Brown’s consented plans for the UCL neuroscience centre […]

Secrets of the molecular makeup of cannabis

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IMAGE: Cannabidiol Counteracts the Psychotropic Side-Effects of Δ-9-Tetrahydrocannabinol in the Ventral Hippocampus Through Bi-Directional Control of ERK1-2 Phosphorylation view more Credit: Hudson et al., JNeurosci (2019) High levels of cannabidiol (CBD) in cannabis can offset the neuropsychiatric effects of delta-9-tetrahydrocannabinol (THC) by preventing activation of an emotional processing pathway, […]

Weekly pick of Neuroscience news from around the world

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The essential problem with Chemotherapy is that it attacks all the rapidly dividing cells that it locates within the body, whether they’re ultimately harmful or beneficial and these include hair follicles and cells that line the gastrointestinal tract. This attack on healthy cells causes serious side effects, which include […]

Uncovering the presynaptic distribution and profile of mitochondria

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The ability to hear relies on neurons to constantly transmit information at very rapid timescales. This rapid rate of information transmission results in intense energetic demands. Within our cells, microscopic power plants called mitochondria provide the main source of energy keeping our bodies moving. While mitochondria serve an essential […]

New addiction treatments hold promise for stemming the opioid crisis

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Concerns over the opioid epidemic have sparked a strong scientific interest in why some people become addicted while others don’t. Now, researchers are proposing novel treatment strategies that could help prevent abuse of opioids and other substances. In a report for Psychological Science in the Public Interest , a […]