Researchers find that altered Homer1 gene signaling quiets brain activity and improves attention in mice, raising new ...

Study demonstrated that the Homer1 gene improves focus by reducing “noise” in the prefrontal cortex, with implications for studying attention disorders.

Transposon sequencing analyses reveal that among genomically diverse clinical Mycobacterium intracellulare strains and the type strain, 131 genes were comprehensively identified as universal essential ...

Attention disorders such as ADHD involve a breakdown in our ability to separate signal from noise. The brain is constantly bombarded with information, and focus depends on its ability to filter out ...

A quantitative trait locus graph showing that the Homer1 gene region is associated with behavioral divergence in attention.

Attention disorders such as ADHD involve a breakdown in our ability to separate signal from noise. The brain is constantly ...

Northwestern Medicine scientists have discovered how molecular "traffic controllers" in cells influence aging and cellular ...

Woodrats weigh less than half a pound but can survive venomous rattlesnake bites that would hospitalize, or even kill, a full ...

Leaf lobes play a critical role in improving gas exchange, canopy architecture, and enabling high-density planting, which benefits Brassica crops in agricultural practices. Despite their importance, ...

A research team at the Leibniz Institute of Plant Genetics and Crop Plant Research (IPK) has developed a new method that improves our understanding of why crosses between homozygous parent plants - ...

Base editors can correct disease-causing genetic variants. After a neonate had received a diagnosis of severe carbamoyl-phosphate synthetase 1 deficiency, a disease with an estimated 50% mortality in ...

The technique used on a 9½-month-old boy with a rare condition has the potential to help people with thousands of other uncommon genetic diseases. KJ Muldoon was born with a rare genetic disorder, ...