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Brain Imaging in Zebrafish

An adult human brain contains approximately 86 billion neurons, along with about 85 billion non-neuronal cells. All those cells work together to manage motor control, sensory perception, heart rate, breathing, and more. While the human brain is extremely complex, with the ability to process language, it is not totally unique. Most vertebrate brains are quite similar; they all need similar ...

Multiple stimulation parameters influence efficacy of deep brain stimulation in parkinsonian mice

Deep brain stimulation (DBS) is used to treat multiple neuropsychiatric disorders, including Parkinson’s disease (PD). Despite widespread clinical use, its therapeutic mechanisms are unknown. ...

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Good News for Cancer and Heart Disease Patients

Metafora and collaborators publishes a paper in Annals of Neurology

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Metaglut1, A New Diagnostic Test for the Glut1 Deficiency Syndrome

Laboratoire Cerba and METAFORA biosystems are proud to announce the availability of the innovative test METAglut1 in routine biology to help diagnose the GLUT1 deficiency syndrome (GLUT1-DS) Laboratoire Cerba will perform the METAglut1 diagnostics ...

World leading medical researchers shortlisted for £350,000 engineering research prize

People with Parkinson’s Disease may have double the risk for Melanoma, a dangerous skin cancer

GE Researches dedicated MRI Brain Scanner Technology

People with Parkinson’s disease may have double the risk for melanoma, a dangerous skin cancer

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Lysosomal Storage Disorder

Niemann-Pick C disease (NPC) is a lysosomal storage disorder which affects the brain and multiple other organs.