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Dr. Sillitoe shared his approach of ‘mixing the sciences’ to unravel the causes of brain diseases and something few people know about him.

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Hispanic Heritage Spotlight: Interview with Dr. Elizabeth Zúňiga-Sánchez

November 4, 2020November 8, 2020Hispanic Heritage, Mexico, Neurodegeneration, Research, retina

Dr. Zúňiga-Sánchez shared what inspired her to become a neuroscientist, her passion for discovery and something few people know about her.

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A closer look at unwanted effects of insecticides

October 22, 2020October 22, 2020bees, fruitfly, imidacloprid, insecticides, Neurodegeneration, Research

Very low doses of imidacloprid, the world’s most used insecticide, disrupt body-wide functions in the laboratory fruit fly.

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Image of the Month: Oligodendrocytes

October 1, 2020October 1, 2020cerebral palsy, Daam2, Multiple Sclerosis, Neurodegeneration, oligodendrocytes, Research

Oligodendrocytes produce and assemble myelin sheaths around nerves in the body to maintain rapid and precise neural communication.

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Solving the puzzle of Mitchell disease

April 7, 2020April 7, 2020ACOX1, glia, lipids, Mitchell disease, Neurodegeneration, rare disease, Research

When a patient with puzzling neurological symptoms enrolled in the Undiagnosed Diseases Network, researchers led by Dr. Hugo J. Bellen were set on solving the

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There are new key players in Parkinson’s disease

August 30, 2018August 30, 2018alpha-synuclein, ceramide, fruit fly, Neurodegeneration, Parkinson's Disease, phospholipase PLA2G6, Research, retromer

The roadmap that may lead to Parkinson’s disease has a number of ‘landmarks,’ gene variants and cellular defects known to be associated with the disease.

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Thinking outside the box to fight back neurodegeneration

August 28, 2018August 30, 2018autophagy, lysosome disease, MPS IIIB, mucopolysaccharidoses IIIB, Neurodegeneration, Research, TFEB, trehalose

Neurodegeneration in a disease called mucopolysaccharidoses IIIB (MPS IIIB) results from the abnormal accumulation of essential molecules called mucopolysaccharides. In his lab at Baylor College

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Connecting Tau aggregates, transposable elements and neurodegeneration in Alzheimer’s disease

August 2, 2018August 10, 2018Alzheimer's Disease, genomic instability, neurlogic diseases, Neurodegeneration, Research, tau, transposable elements

Although it’s been known for years that the accumulation of Tau protein within brain cells in combination with progressive cell death is one of the

Neurodegeneration

Black History Month Spotlight: Interview with Dr. Roy Sillitoe

Hispanic Heritage Spotlight: Interview with Dr. Elizabeth Zúňiga-Sánchez

A closer look at unwanted effects of insecticides

The road to uncovering a novel mechanism for disposing of misfolded proteins

Image of the Month: Oligodendrocytes

Solving the puzzle of Mitchell disease

The 2019 Michael E. DeBakey M.D. Awards for Excellence in Research

There are new key players in Parkinson’s disease

Thinking outside the box to fight back neurodegeneration

Connecting Tau aggregates, transposable elements and neurodegeneration in Alzheimer’s disease