Credit: CC0 Public Domain A diet containing compounds found in green tea and carrots reversed Alzheimer’s-like symptoms in mice genetically programmed to develop the disease, USC researchers say. Researchers emphasize that the study, recently published in the Journal of Biological Chemistry, was in mice, and many mouse discoveries never translate into human treatments. Nevertheless, the findings lend credence to...
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Scientists rejuvenate stem cells in the aging brain of mice
Luxembourg, 28 February 2019 – Scientists from the Luxembourg Centre for Systems Biomedicine (LCSB) of the University of Luxembourg and from the German Cancer Research Center (DKFZ) have been able to rejuvenate stem cells in the brain of aging mice. The revitalised stem cells improve the regeneration of injured or diseased areas in the brain...
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Mice chow down on a high-fat diet without becoming fat
After eight weeks on a high-fat diet, mice that had been engineered with genes to activate the Hedgehog signaling pathway didn’t gain weight (left), but control animals whose Hedgehog pathways were not activated became obese (right) Not getting fat or developing diabetes while still enjoying a high-fat diet is the dream of many a fast-food...
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Scientists Restore Youthful Plasticity to the Brains of Adult Mice
Like much of the rest of the body, the brain loses flexibility with age, impacting the ability to learn, remember, and adapt. Now, scientists at University of Utah Health report they can rejuvenate the plasticity of the mouse brain, specifically in the visual cortex, increasing its ability to change in response to experience. Manipulating a...
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Scientists regenerate retinal cells in mice
Scientists have successfully regenerated cells in the retina of adult mice at the University of Washington School of Medicine in Seattle. Their results raise the hope that someday it may be possible to repair retinas damaged by trauma, glaucoma and other eye diseases. Their efforts are part of the UW Medicine Institute for Stem Cell...
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Tourette-like tics vanish in mice treated with histamine
The activity of neurons in the striatum are regulated by neurotransmitter histamine and is associated with Tourette-like grooming behavior in mice. Yale scientists produced increased grooming behavior in mice that may model tics in Tourette syndrome and discovered these behaviors vanish when histamine—a neurotransmitter most commonly associated with allergies—is introduced into their brains. The...