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Neurons spoke to Dr. Joe Z. Tsien when he was a sophomore college student searching for some meaningful extracurricular activity. He had stopped by the lab of a brain researcher at Shanghai's East China Normal University. The room was dark except for a light shining on the brain. "You could hear this pop, pop, pop, pop," says Dr. Tsien, brain scientist who recently came to the Medical College of Georgia from Boston University. "At that moment, I got interested in the brain."

Long known for its role in preventing anemia in expectant mothers and spinal birth defects in newborns, the B vitamin folate, found in leafy green vegetables, beans and nuts has now been shown to blunt the damaging effects of heart attack when given in short-term, high doses to test animals.

Researchers have found post-traumatic stress disorder is associated with more hospitalizations, longer hospitalizations and greater mental healthcare utilization in urban primary care patients.

Researchers have discovered a new type of retinal cell that plays an exclusive and unusual role in mice: detecting upward motion. The cells reflect their function in the physical arrangement of their dendrites, branch-like structures on neuronal cells that form a communicative network with other dendrites and neurons in the brain.

The Cystic Fibrosis Foundation announced that VX-770, an oral drug in development that targets a basic defect in CF, showed promising results in an ongoing Phase 2a clinical trial for patients who carry the G551D mutation of CF.

Maybe when we were their age, we walked five miles to school, rain or shine. So why don't most children today walk or bike to school?

Scientists have developed and patented a virtual telemicroscope. The software permits off-site pathologists to diagnose cancer or other diseases in patients living in remote locations around the world.

A new study shows, for the first time in humans, that ventilators combined with diaphragm disuse contributes to muscle atrophy in the diaphragm in as little as eighteen hours. Muscle atrophy in the diaphragm is a major contributor of why patients who have undergone prolonged mechanical ventilation often have difficulty breathing after being removed from the ventilator.

A groundbreaking discovery about how molecules work sheds new light on a Nobel-Prize winning theory from a decade ago. New work imparts the need for caution in current clinical trials using the technology, as it may have potentially harmful effects on subjects.

Researchers have identified a key player in the killing of brain cells after a stroke or a seizure. The protein asparagine endopeptidase unleashes enzymes that break down brain cells' DNA, scientists have found.