Understanding neonatal brain injury proteinopathy: Implications for adult-onset neurodegenerative disease

Neonatal encephalopathy is damage to the brain caused by the disruption of its blood supply before and during childbirth and other reasons such as prematurity and maternal-foetal infection. It can […]

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From mice to men: Will we soon be able to restore hearing loss?

Globally, hearing impairment is a common disability – especially among elderly adults. Hearing loss caused by damaged sensory receptor cells (hair cells) inside the ear cannot be reversed – and […]

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Using β3 integrin to control reactive astrocytes, and help neurons survive

The long-ignored astrocyte is of more interest than ever in neuroscience. When the central nervous system is damaged, astrocytes undergo astrogliosis, morphing into reactive astrocytes to protect neurons from further […]

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