All Neuroscience articles
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OpinionEmmeline Edwards: ‘I connect the dots’
The Haitian-American neurochemist on her journey from Haiti to the US as a teenager, and her journey from chemistry to brain science
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OpinionUnderstanding our brains is complicated, beware of simple ideas
Stepping up from chemistry to complexity
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FeatureBrain chemistry basics
Andy Extance looks into the latest in Alzheimer’s disease, pain and memory
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FeatureBypassing the blood–brain barrier
Researchers are on a quest to outsmart and overcome the sophisticated security system of the brain. Julia Robinson reports on some of the approaches being studied
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FeatureWhy don’t we know how antidepressants work yet?
Selective serotonin reuptake inhibitors are at the centre of a collision between social and biochemical outlooks on depression, finds Andy Extance
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ResearchNew mechanism identified that is potentially linked to very early stages of Alzheimer’s
Understanding role of fragments of amyloid protein could lead to novel therapies for the disease
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ResearchCertain household chemicals could pose a threat to brain health, research suggests
Cell and animal tests suggest two classes of common chemicals might play a role in neurological disease
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FeatureHow microbes influence our brain health
Our gut microbiome has been linked to conditions such as Parkinson’s and Alzheimer’s. Anthony King reports on the connections
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OpinionFrom one sinking ship to another?
Biogen abandoning Alzheimer’s antibody aducanumab is unusual, but hardly surprising, says Derek Lowe
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ResearchRare medical transmission of Alzheimer’s disease from donor to patient discovered
Human growth hormone extracted from cadavers passed disease protein to at least five people
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BusinessPharmaceuticals roundup 2023
Regulatory and pricing reforms have topped industry agendas in 2023, while weight loss drugs surged and Covid-19 therapies waned
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WebinarOverloaded with author Ginny Smith
Hear from author Ginny Smith about her book Overloaded: how every aspect of your life is influenced by your brain chemicals
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OpinionMoving beyond protein structure
Efforts to understand how intrinsically disordered regions interact have produced a variety of answers
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OpinionLetters: September 2023
Readers estimate the contribution of lithium mining on power consumption, consider Alzheimer’s antibody therapies and more
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BusinessAntibodies face Alzheimer’s reality
Companies are convincing regulators, but will doctors use them, and will providers pay for them?
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BusinessBiogen to cut 1000 more jobs by 2025
Biotech giant has also agreed to buy Reata Pharmaceuticals for $7.3 billion
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ResearchTell-tale protein fragment discovered in Alzheimer’s patients could be basis for blood test
Tau protein fragment could track progress of the disease
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OpinionRegulators must follow their heads, not their hearts
The 2019 US approval of antibiotic Recarbrio seems not to have met the normally expected standards
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ResearchFluidic chemical systems can mimic the way the brain stores memories
Imitating the way that neurons communicate could lead to low-power neuromorphic computing
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OpinionProtein filaments allow ‘diary’ of cell events to be read
Expression recording islands show when and where cells responded