Researchers of the Max Delbrück Center for Molecular Medicine (MDC) Berlin-Buch have now identified and described a molecular mechanism underlying the most common malformation of the brain in humans.

Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America, Vol. 104, No. 11 (Mar. 13, 2007), pp. 4688-4693 (6 pages) Although numerous stress-related molecules have been ...

Peering into laboratory glassware, researchers have watched stem-cell-derived nerve cells arising in a specific region of the human brain migrate into another brain region. This process recapitulates ...

Because we found that communication between the hippocampus and red nucleus occurred primarily during REM sleep, disrupting normal sleep in early infancy could interfere with the strengthening of the ...

Investigators at Washington University School of Medicine in St. Louis have found that a protein that allows nerve cells to communicate may enhance perceptions of chronic and persistent pain. In the ...

This is a preview. Log in through your library . Abstract Mobile animals must learn the spatial distributions of resources. The cost of foraging increases dramatically for temperate-zone animals ...