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The image shows a brain section of the mouse amygdala. Using fluorescent markers, the expression of synapses is shown in purple, while neurons are shown as red dots and the microRNA miR-483-5p is shown as green dots.

Mariella Bodemeier Loayza Careaga, PhD | Aug 1, 2023 | 2 min read

Upregulation of a specific microRNA in the brain lessened anxiety and reduced the expression of stress-related genes in mice.

Infographic: Noncoding RNA in the Brain

Christie Wilcox, PhD | Sep 12, 2022 | 4 min read

Neurologically important noncoding RNAs come in many shapes and sizes.

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Simple Spit Test Could Diagnose Concussions

Asher Jones | Mar 24, 2021 | 2 min read

A noninvasive saliva test accurately identified concussions in a study of hundreds of rugby players.

Amyloid plaques (stained for amyloid-? peptide) detected in a post-mortem brain sample of a patient with Alzheimer's disease. Purple purple dots in the background are the nuclei of neurons and glia.

Herpes Viruses Implicated in Alzheimer’s Disease

Anna Azvolinsky | Jun 21, 2018 | 5 min read

A new study shows that the brains of Alzheimer’s disease patients have a greater viral load, while another study in mice shows infection leads to amyloid-β build up.

Three Retractions for Highly Cited Author

Kerry Grens | Mar 19, 2015 | 2 min read

Robert Weinberg’s team at MIT is pulling three papers, noting some figure panels were composites of different experiments.

Bouncing Back

Ashley P. Taylor | Feb 1, 2015 | 2 min read

In mice, a transcriptional regulator, β-catenin, activates a microRNA-processing pathway in the nucleus accumbens to promote resilience to social stress.