Neuroscience - Laboratory News

New collaborative research using microneurography suggests COVID-19 may alter the fight-or-flight response in young adults, potentially distrupting many bodily processes and providing insight into 'long-COVID' symptoms. Pain response, lung function,...

Biology, Covid-19, Developmental Biology, Genetics, Health, Health/Diagnostics, Immunology, Medical Diagnostics, Medical/Health, Neuroscience, Physiology, Virology

Fruit compound may have potential to prevent and treat Parkinson’s disease

August 2, 2021

Researchers have added to evidence that the compound farnesol, found naturally in herbs, and berries and other fruits, prevents and reverses brain damage linked to Parkinson's disease in mouse studies....

Biological Sciences, Biology, Developmental Biology, Drug Discovery, Drugs & Pharmaceuticals, Health, Medical/Health, Neuroscience, Pharma, Pharmaceutical, Pharmacology, Proteomics & Genomics

Gene variant discovery could help treat Alzheimer’s and other degenerative brain disorders

July 29, 2021

New research suggests early changes in brain metabolism may explain the neurodegeneration suffered by Alzheimer's patients. Discovery of a special gene variant, that causes astrocytes of the brain and exhausts...

Biological Sciences, Biology, Developmental Biology, Genetics, Health, Health/Diagnostics, Medical Diagnostics, Medical/Health, Neuroscience, Proteomics & Genomics

Researchers reduce severity of sleep apnoea by at least 30 per cent

July 5, 2021

Imagine waking up a hundred times every night not being able to breathe! Believe it or not, data suggests this actually happens to around one and a half million adults...

Biological Sciences, Biology, Drug Discovery, Drugs & Pharmaceuticals, Health, Health/Diagnostics, Life Sciences, Medical Diagnostics, Medical/Health, Neuroscience, Pharma, Pharmaceutical, Physiology

Will remote clinical trials help or hinder?

May 28, 2021

Feature

With the current world focus on remote solutions, some contract services appear to benefit from place-independence. But Ellie Robertson discusses why, when looked at in greater depth, remote trials aren't...

UKRI funding to bring the public into the heart of five research projects

May 27, 2021

Chemistry, Earth & Environmental, Life Sciences, Materials, Physics & Engineering

UK Research and Innovation is encouraging people from across the UK to actively contribute to five groundbreaking research projects. By pledging support for citizen science and citizen led research and...

How moths find their flame – genetics of mate attraction discovered

May 14, 2021

Biologists have discovered the gene controlling the mating preference of male European corn borer moths for the female sex pheromone. Results will provide a better understanding of why mating signals...

Biological Sciences, Biology, Botany, Developmental Biology, Life Sciences, Neuroscience, Zoology

Learning on the fly: Computer model links insect and mammalian learning

May 7, 2021

Earth & Environmental, Life Sciences

Even the humble fruit fly craves a dose of the happy hormone, according to a new study from the University of Sussex which shows how they may use dopamine to...

Bioinformatics, Biological Sciences, Biology, Botany, Developmental Biology, Earth & Environmental, Genetics, Life Sciences, Neuroscience, Pathology, Zoology

Trust-based not-for-profit biobank platform will offer left-over biosamples to biotech and Pharma researchers

April 28, 2021

Left-over clinical material like blood samples and excised tissue may be medical waste, but it can also be research treasure. This material is needed by researchers for the development of...

Ultra-high definition predictive brain tool to guide surgery in drug-resistant epilepsy patients

February 25, 2021

A third of epilepsy cases are drug resistant and removal of the area of the brain where seizures emerge is the only treatment option. Now, a new tool offering high...