The genetic mutation that enables yaks to live in environments with much less oxygen, and may hold the key to repairing nerve damage ...

A two-drug combination frequently used in anti-aging research causes brain damage in mice, report University of Connecticut ...

A newly discovered mechanism that protects nerve cells could have important implications for understanding and treating mental illness.

Scientists showed that a mutation in animals that live at high altitude promotes myelin regeneration, informing potential new ...

Scientists have identified a genetic mutation that helps protect the brain function of animals that live in high-altitude, low-oxygen environments... | Genetics And Genomics ...

In a lab study, a combo of anti-aging drugs appeared to cause a profound loss of the protective coating myelin, which is a ...

Researchers have pinpointed a gene mutation associated with survival at high altitudes that could restore myelin to damaged ...

Post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD) is not only characterized by strongly encoded traumatic memories, but also by disrupted coordination across brain networks. New research shows that treatment with ...

Researchers at the Netherlands Institute for Neuroscience have discovered that the energy management of inhibitory brain cells is different compared to excitatory cells in our brain. Why is that the ...

A study of marathon runners, carried out by the University of the Basque Country (UPV/EHU), CIC biomaGUNE and IIS Biobizkaia, reveals the unexpected behavior of myelin Exercise for a long period of ...

According to the World Health Organization, suicide is the fourth leading cause of death of 15- to 29-year-olds. About 1.9 million people between the ages of three and 17 are diagnosed with depression ...