mitochondria Archives - Knowing Neurons

Tamsin Irwin October 11, 2017April 17, 2023 ALS, Alzheimer's, Brain health, Cell Metabolism, Diet, Epilepsy, genes, Health, high-fat diet, Hippocampus, Ketogenic, Ketogenic diet, mitochondria, Motor neuron disease, Parkinson's, Seizure drugs, Seizures, SUDEP

High Fat Diet May Prevent Sudden Death in Epilepsy

[dropcap]T[/dropcap]he human brain consists of highly complex circuitry which is wired to elicit a synchronous pattern of electrical signals. This allows for communication between differing regions of the brain. When… Read More

Aging Neuro News Neurological and Psychiatric Disorders

Jooyeun Lee January 21, 2013March 5, 2017 Adaptive Downregulation of Mitochondrial Function in Down Syndrome, Alzheimer’s disease, Cell Metabolism, Down syndrome, Jorge Busciglio, mitochondria, Oxidative stress, Pablo Helguera, Reactive oxygen species, Trisomy 21

When Cellular Power Plants Fail

Humans normally have 23 pairs of chromosomes, but sometimes an error during cell division causes there to be an abnormal number of chromosomes. One of the most common chromosome abnormalities… Read More

Aging Brain Basics Did You Know?Neurological and Psychiatric Disorders

JuanVelasquez November 21, 2012March 5, 2017 aggregate, Alzheimer's, amyloid-beta plaques, atrophy, Brain, CT, dementia, mitochondria, neurobiology, neurofibrillary tangles, Neuroscience, pathology, PET

A Close Look into the Alzheimer’s Brain

Your brain is able to store massive amounts of memories throughout your lifetime. There are cases, however, in which this ability progressively degrades and eventually disappears, giving way to problems… Read More