This important study examines the role of pericytes in patterning the zebrafish blood-brain barrier (BBB) and controlling its permeability. Using pdgfrb mutant zebrafish models lacking brain pericytes ...

Addiction hijacks the brain’s neural pathways. Scientists are challenging the view that it’s a moral ... images such as the one of cocaine on the left screen to patients for 33 milliseconds ...

Oxytocin receptor (Oxtr) signaling influences complex social behaviors in diverse species, including social monogamy in prairie voles. How Oxtr regulates specific components of social attachment ...

Efficient optical clearance is fundamental for whole brain imaging ... Based on top view photos, the size of the samples was examined with reference to the grid (5 × 5 mm) in the same picture. The ...

Here we present a brief review of the proximal (M1) segment of the middle cerebral artery anatomy and provide practical methods ... These branches are best appreciated on the lateral view. Most often ...

It is thus tempting to speculate that IHI may be a marker of atypical brain development. The anatomical pattern ... goes from the medial part of the Dentate Gyrus (DG) to the lateral part of the ...

8 The progressive accumulation of CSF changes the shape of the lateral ventricles from a slit to a balloon. The expanding ventricles distort the developing brain and pressure eventually ... PHVD drug ...

Debunked investigates the world's biggest myths and misconceptions. Each deep dive is an educational and entertaining journey ...

Scientists have developed a lipid nanoparticle system capable of delivering messenger RNA (mRNA) to the brain via intravenous injection, a challenge that has long been limited by the protective nature ...

About 10 out of 100 people are left-handed. Understanding the reason why has intrigued scientists for many years. However, despite more than 100 years of scientific research on left-handedness, it ...

A man has been left permanently brain damaged after a headache turned out to be a “one in a million” condition which almost killed him. Martin Griffiths, a 25-year-old from Boston ...