Scientists have identified mutations in the CPD gene as a key cause of a rare congenital hearing loss, revealing how ...

Researchers have understood for decades that some forms of deafness are inherited, yet until now, few of those genetic clues ...

Dominika Pilat, PhD, and Ana Griciuc, PhD, of the Department of Neurology at Massachusetts General Hospital are the lead and senior authors of a paper published in Neuron, "The Gain-of-Function ...

In a study published in Neuron, a research team at the Department of Neurology at Massachusetts General Hospital, aimed to understand how immune cells of the brain, called microglia, contribute to ...

A new study has identified a mutation in the TREM2 gene that disrupts the brain’s ability to clear toxic amyloid plaques, ...

Researchers have identified a new genetic cause of hereditary optic atrophy—a condition that leads to gradual vision loss—by discovering a previously unknown mutation in the PPIB gene. T ...

Dominika Pilat, PhD , and Ana Griciuc, PhD , of the Department of Neurology at Massachusetts General Hospital are the lead and senior authors of a ...

Deciphering how the GR forms oligomers—through the binding of several subunits—opens a crucial avenue for developing more ...

Village Caregiving reports that frontotemporal dementia is a progressive brain disease affecting behavior, speech, and memory ...

A research team from the Medical University of Vienna and the Medical University of Graz has discovered a previously unknown genetic cause of ...