Circadian clock plays unexpected role in neurodegenerative diseases

Wednesday, April 3, 2019 - 09:00 in Biology & Nature

While your body might bemoan the many uncomfortable effects of jet lag, your brain may be thanking you for that cross-time zone travel. In a new study, Northwestern University researchers induced jet lag in a fruit fly model of Huntington’s disease and found that jet lag protected the flies’ neurons. The team then identified and […]

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