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2004-598 Statins as Treatment for Cognitive Dysfunction Associated with RASopathies

Summary Professor Alcino Silva and colleagues at the UCLA department of Neurobiology have repurposed HMG-CoA reductase inhibitors (statins) to reverse cognitive dysfunction associated with RASopathies, such as neurofibromatosis type 1 and Noonan syndrome. Background RASopathies comprise a group of developmental syndromes arising from germline mutations...

Published: 7/19/2023 | Inventor(s): Alcino Silva, Steven Kushner, Weidong Li, Yijun Cui

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Category(s): Therapeutics > CNS and Neurology

2017-708 Modular Miniature Microscopy System

Modular Miniature Microscopy SystemSUMMARYUCLA researchers have developed a modular miniature microscopy system for brain imaging in behaving animals.BACKGROUNDThe light microscope is traditionally an instrument of substantial size and expense. Its miniaturized integration would enable many new applications based on mass-producible, tiny microscopes....

Published: 7/19/2023 | Inventor(s): Peyman Golshani, Alcino Silva, Baljit Khakh, Tristan Shuman, Daniel Aharoni, Denise Cai

Keywords(s): Animal Imaging, Life Science Research Tools, Medical Devices and Materials, Microscopy And Imaging, Monitoring And Recording Systems

Category(s): Life Science Research Tools > Animal Imaging, Life Science Research Tools, Life Science Research Tools > Microscopy And Imaging, Medical Devices, Medical Devices > Monitoring And Recording Systems