New Tool For Brain Mapping Should Boost Depression, Dementia Research
“Researchers at Florida Institute of Technology have developed the fastest method to date for creating a key molecule used by neuroscientists at Columbia University in mapping brain activity. They also discovered ways to create two new versions of that molecule – a neurotransmitter called glutamate – that can further advance this critical field of study.
This work, funded by the National Institutes of Health, was published in the American Chemical Society journal, ACS Chemical Neuroscience 2018.
“Our molecules to the neuroscientists are as valuable as cameras are to Google Maps,” said Nasri Nesnas, a professor of chemistry at Florida Tech who is the principal investigator and corresponding author of the paper. “We now have the fastest method to make the best cameras.”…”
https://www.mdtmag.com/news/2018/07/new-tool-brain-mapping-should-boost-depression-dementia-research
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