Research team finds decrease in concentration of GABA receptors in the cerebellum

Researchers from the CHUQ research center and Université Laval have discovered the likely cause of essential tremor (ET). The team's promising findings were published in a recent edition of the scientific journal Brain. 

Acute lack of sleep may affect food perception, poor sleep habits could affect risk of becoming overweight

New research from Uppsala University, Sweden, shows that a specific brain region that contributes to a person’s appetite sensation is more activated in response to food images after 1 night of sleep loss than after 1 night of normal sleep. Poor sleep habits can therefore affect people’s risk of becoming overweight in the long run. The findings are published in The Journal of Clinical Endocrinology and Metabolism.

Researchers investigating alpha-synuclein correlate the speed at which the protein rearranges with its tendency to clump

Imagine if doctors could spot Parkinson disease at its inception and treat the protein that triggers it before the disease can sicken the patient.

Researchers identify molecular pathway that leads to abnormal blood clotting, turn it off using statins

People with high cholesterol are at risk of heart attack and stroke because atherosclerotic plaques within their arteries can rupture triggering the formation of an occlusive thrombus that cuts off the blood supply to their heart or brain.