11-11-07 Can the nerve signaling inhibitor tomosyn help retain long-term memory? A new study by two University of Illinois at Chicago biologists points to the link. Findings by Janet Richmond and David Featherstone, both professors of biological sciences at...

11-09-29 Oxaliplatin, a platinum-based anticancer drug that's made enormous headway（前进，进步） in recent years against colorectal（结肠直肠的） cancer, appears to cause nerve damage that may be permanent and worsens even months after treatment ends. The c...

11-07-10 Oh, the challenges of being a neuron, responsible for essential things like muscle contraction, gland secretion（分泌物） and sensitivity to touch, sound and light, yet constantly bombarded with signals from here, there and everywhere. How on earth...

11-03-08 All our daily activities, from driving to work to solving a crossword puzzle, depend on signals carried along the body's vast network of neurons. Propagation（传播，繁殖） of these signals is, in turn, dependent on myriad（无数的） small molecules w...

10-12-21 Researchers at Vanderbilt University have engineered a mouse that can run on a treadmill twice as long as a normal mouse by increasing its supply of acetylcholine（乙酰胆碱） , the neurotransmitter（神经传导素） essential for muscle contraction. The...

10-06-10 Once damaged, nerves in the spinal cord（脊髓） normally cannot grow back and the only drug approved for treating these injuries does not enable nerve regrowth. Publishing online this week in the Early Edition of the Proceedings of the National Acad...

10-05-27 Researchers at Northwestern University Feinberg School of Medicine have identified in mice a previously unknown protective mechanism by which the smallest blood vessels（血管） remove blood clots（血凝块，血栓） and other blockages from the brain. T...

10-05-16 With their French colleagues, researchers at the University of Helsinki have found a mechanism in the memory centre of newborn that adjusts（校准，调整） the maturation（成熟） of the brain for the information processing required later in life. The...

09-12-06 A new study published this week in the Journal of Neurosurgery神经外科杂志 : Pediatrics小儿科 finds that operative plans for removing Juvenile Pilocytic纤维状细胞的 Astrocytoma星状细胞瘤 , or JPA, tumors in the thalamus神经床 of the brain can be aug...

09-08-07 US scientists have pinpointed a type of nerve cell in mice which appears to generate the itch sensation. 美国科学家在老鼠身上精确的找到一种可以产生痒痒感觉的神经细胞。 Chronic itch can be a debilitating condition The finding suggests itching（瘙痒，...