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Researchers learn how to steer the heart — with light – Optogenetics
Salk scientists use sound waves to control brain cells
UNC Smart Cells Teach Neurons Damaged by Parkinson’s to Heal Themselves
Artifical neuron mimicks function of human cells
Neuron responsible for alcohol consumption found
Human skin cells reprogrammed directly into brain cells
Salk Scientists Uncover New Clues to Repairing an Injured Spinal Cord
via ACS
Toward an oral therapy for treating Alzheimer’s disease — using a cancer drug
Transplantation of healthy new brain cells reverses learning and memory loss in Alzheimer’s disease model
Transplantation of healthy new brain cells reverses learning and memory loss in Alzheimer’s disease model
English: This image shows a PiB-PET scan of a patient with Alzheimer's disease on the left and an elderly person with normal memory on the right. Areas of red and yellow show high concentrations of PiB in the brain and suggest high amounts of amyloid deposits in these areas. (Photo credit: Wikipedia)
Breakthrough in Alzheimer’s research, Georgetown seeks volunteers
This is the distinct neuronal-like appearance of a mouse-derived dental pulp stem cell following the induction process. Credit: Dr. Kylie Ellis, University of Adelaide.
Stem cells from teeth can make brain-like cells
via UCL
Light-activated neurons from stem cells restore function to paralysed muscles
Subject: Quinn, a boy with autism, and the line of toys he made before falling asleep See more about Quinn at: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=G7kHSOgauhg Date: Circa 2003 Place: Walnut Creek, California Photographer: Andwhatsnext Original digital photograph (cropped and resized) Credit: Copyright (c) 2003 by Nancy J Price (aka Mom) (Photo credit: Wikipedia)
Low doses of antianxiety drugs rebalance the autistic brain
via LMU
Optoswitches turn pain off and sight on
via Yale University
Within tarantula venom, new hope for safe and novel painkillers found