Researchers have achieved total chemical synthesis of the psychoactive compound ibogaine and its analogs from pyridine. The discovery will make it easier to explore the therapeutic possibilities of ...

Repeated brain injury resulted in SOD1-ALS mice showing greater weight loss, an earlier tremor in the hind limbs, and ...

In the United States, nearly three million adults 18 years and older reported having active epilepsy during 2021 and 2022.

Infectious or chronic diseases such as long COVID, Alzheimer’s disease and traumatic brain injury can cause inflammation in ...

A new international study has unveiled critical insights in understanding post-traumatic epilepsy (PTE), a condition that can ...

A study identifies the P2X7 receptor as a driver of post-traumatic epilepsy (PTE) following brain injuries. Blocking the receptor reduced brain hyperexcitability and damage in models.

A new international study has unveiled critical insights in understanding post-traumatic epilepsy (PTE), a condition that can develop following traumatic brain injury.

The Senescence Accelerated Mouse-Prone 8 (SAMP8) is a naturally occuring mouse line that displays a phenotype of accelerated aging. While maintaining an inbred AKR/J line in the early 1970's, ...

When populations peak and food runs short, mice are more likely to become a nuisance in the garden. Shrews, unlike mice, are predators which destroy many insects and slugs and so are helpful to ...

Mariella joined The Scientist in 2023. Before that, she was a postdoctoral researcher at the Uniformed Services University of the Health Sciences studying sex differences on the effects of chronic ...