3 Brain, investigated why subtypes of FTD target specific brain regions ... patterns of 20,734 genes in 273 regions across the left and right hemispheres of normal brains as documented in the Allen ...

Researchers know that a protein in the brain called TDP43 becomes corrupted in both ALS and FTD. “Then they can’t produce a normal protein, and therefore your cell lacks all these essential ...

What’s the difference between FTD and Alzheimer’s? The primary difference is the affected brain region which causes ... how to be social and what’s normal.” Symptoms of damage to the ...

Neuroscientists have discovered brain cells that form multiple coordinate systems to tell us 'where we are' in a sequence of behaviors. These cells can play out different sequences of actions, just ...

The National Alzheimer’s Coordinating Center unites the collections of the neuropathology cores at 27 NIA-funded AD Research Centers into a single database. It contains records on 13,000 brains, 3,000 ...

Increasingly, MRI studies of the brain are aimed at the collection of functional information. The purpose of these studies is to develop a general understanding of normal brain function and to ...

A seizure occurs when there is sudden abnormal electrical activity that temporarily interrupts normal brain function. Large groups of neurons fire at the same time like an electrical storm inside ...

asserted that touch and motion were the most important senses for normal brain development. He was the first to identify that touch and motion were critical for normal neurointegration of the ...

When brain cells are transplanted from a normal mouse into the brain of a PrP knockout mouse, the normal brain cells can be infected, make prions and become diseased, but the neighboring cells ...

What Is a Brain Tumor? A brain tumor (also called an ... the abnormal cells multiply and grow faster than your normal cells, which forms the tumor. Usually, environmental exposure adds to the ...

“It is a form of dementia that occurs when the brain does not receive enough blood supply, meaning it cannot carry out its normal functions ... dementia (FTD) is an umbrella term for a ...

(WNDU) - ALS, or Lou Gehrig’s disease, and FTD, frontotemporal dementia, impacts thousands of people each year. They may seem like two totally different diseases. However, one impacts the brain ...