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 […]
Moumita Ghosh, Amity University Kolkata Introduction Prosopagnosia is an impairment that causes the inability to acknowledge previously known faces and to find out new faces. It is also known as “face-blindness”. It may occur as a developmental variant or after a brain lesion. Humans have acquired the flexibility of recognizing faces effortlessly, rapidly, and accurately […]
Mustafa Vora, DY Patil University Navi Mumbai Scientists have recently discovered two types of novel brain cells that are found to be glial cells. One of them is called a gordita, which is an astrocyte, a type of glial cells. The name ‘gorditas’ comes from the plum-shaped appearance of the squat and round cell bodies. […]
Camelia Bhattacharyya, Amity University Kolkata “Of course, it’s happening inside your head, Harry, but why on earth should that mean it is not real?” that’s what Dumbledore said to Harry right? But at the end of the day, it is considered fiction, the entire Harry Potter. What if such a fictional world is the reality for someone? That’s […]
Priasha Dutta, Amity University Kolkata Imagine visualizing alphabets or numbers in various colors when they are printed in black! Or imagine the shape “circle” bringing the taste of blueberries or the word “textbook” smelling like ground pepper! These may sound absurd but are forms of an extremely unique health condition that exists in less than […]
Devyani Goswami, Amity University Kolkata It has been a decade long pursuit to decipher the neurological functioning of Alzheimer’s disease as well as Parkinson’s disease. Medical biology has developed various procedure to understand the neurological function in these diseases. With the advancement of technology, the medical biologist has come up with a new type of […]
