Komal Bavaskar, D Y Patil University Alzheimer’s disease affects around 5.8 million Americans aged 65 and over. 80% of those surveyed are 75 or older. In India, more than 4 million people are affected by this disease. Alzheimer’s disease is thought to affect between 60% and 70% of the approximately 50 million individuals globally who […]
Sribas Chowdhury, Adamas University, Kolkata Neurodegenerative diseases like Alzheimer’s are some of the most complicated diseases existing amongst modern humankind. These diseases are often complicated to understand. And since their causative agents are unknown in 80% of cases, their treatment is even more challenging. Primarily, the reasons associated with AD were mainly centered around the […]
Sayak Banerjee, Amity University Kolkata Migraine and its chronification: Migraine is a significant primary headache disorder as it ranks the sixth most prevailing disease and the second cause of disability worldwide. This widespread neurological disease is distinguished by headaches which might take place with or without aura. An aura is a kind of sensory disturbance […]
Sarah Khatkhatay, SK Somaiya, Vidhyadhar Tau proteins are proteins that exhibit the function of stabilizing microtubules. These are present abundantly in the nerve cells. They have isolated as a microtubule-associated protein and promote the assembly and stability of the microtubules. Microtubules play a fundamental role in the division of the cell and neuronal activity. A […]
Sayak Banerjee, Amity University Kolkata Many people have a wrong conception that since DNA damage can occur any time at any genomic site of a neuron, DNA repairs take place throughout the genome arbitrarily. Salk scientists have proved this view to be invalid saying that genomic sites are benefitted. Genomic sites are also known as […]
Sayak Banerjee, Amity University Kolkata Neuroscientists at UCL Wolfson Institute for Biomedical Research initiated a new perception of the unknown functions of memory. Thereby, raising questions like “how the inner GPS of the brain is supported by memories”. They used laser beams to activate the neurons and recorded the activity of the ‘place cells’ in […]
