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  1. Potential mechanisms behind inherited brain disorders

    Electrophysiology reveals how two mutations associated with inherited neurological disorders affect a channel protein found in nerve cells in different ways.

  2. How the brain learns from its mistakes

    Tracking the eye movements of monkeys reveals how the brain learns from its mistakes.

  3. Guarding the genome

    A newly identified protein helps to silence harmful genetic information in the sex cells of roundworms.

  4. New model for a rare brain disease

    Mice with mutations in a microtubule component display similar symptoms to humans with H-ABC disease.

  5. What lies beneath

    Interrogation of well-known gene variants associated with four human diseases helps shed light on the underlying causes of disease.

  6. Shape shifting

    New results shed light on how transporters in the CLC family change their shape to transport ions across membranes.

  7. How dangerous blood clots form in deep veins

    Proteins on the surface of platelets and neutrophils allows these two cells to interact with each other and develop dangerous blood clots in our deep veins.

  8. Immune cells in the brain could trigger wasting disorder

    Mouse study suggests that a malfunctioning immune response in the brain could cause the weight loss and fatigue seen in patients with advanced cancer.
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