A trip through the transcriptome
Early on, researchers had learned that the hippocampus was the structure in the brain where long-term memories were created and stored, but it was not known whether the different cell types within this structure might be more or less susceptible to t
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The initiating cause of Alzheimer’s disease is still unknown. However, from our studies it’s clear that many types of neuronal damage—from traumatic brain injury, to epilepsy, infection, or genetic predisposition—can activate brain immune cells—
A blood protein involved in allergy contributes to the decline in brain function and memory in aging mice.
A year and a half after soldiers have returned from war, impairments in the regulatory circuitry of the amygdala remain.