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Category: Neuroscience

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Digital Spatial Profiling Neuroscience

Q&A with Dr. Stefan Prokop – Alzheimer’s: From the Amyloid Hypothesis to the Cellular Phase and Beyond

Stefan Prokop, MD, is a Neuropathologist and Research Fellow at the University of Pennsylvania School of Medicine. His work is focused on Alzheimer’s Disease (AD) with a specific interest in…

NanoString / October 2, 2018
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Neuroscience

Researcher Profiles: How NanoString® Neuroscience Grant Program Winners are Utilizing nCounter® Technology

Earlier this year, five neuro grant program applicants were awarded nCounter® Neuropathology or Neuroinflammation Panels to profile 24 samples. Applications spanned a wide range of disease specific applications with the…

NanoString / July 18, 2018
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Neuroscience

Rediscovering Microglia: Dr. Oleg Butovsky Discusses the Untapped Potential of Microglia in Neurodegenerative Diseases

Oleg Butovsky, Ph.D., is an Assistant Professor of Neurology at Harvard Medical School. His laboratory at the Center of Neurologic Diseases in Brigham & Women’s Hospital focuses on the basic…

NanoString / April 19, 2018
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Neuroscience

Advancing Neuroscience Gene Expression Research

The Neuropathology and Neuroinflammation panels are the newest addition to NanoString’s curated gene expression content poised to accelerate the pace of discovery in Alzheimer’s Disease (AD), Parkinson’s Disease, Huntington’s Disease…

NanoString / April 5, 2018
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Neuroscience

Design of a 770-plex Gene List for the Comprehensive Study of Neurodegeneration: The NanoString® Process

Interested in performing comprehensive multiplex gene expression analysis covering six fundamental themes of neurodegeneration: neurotransmission, neuron-glia interaction, neuroplasticity, cell structure integrity, neuroinflammation and metabolism? Wondering how you can narrow down these complex…

Erin Piazza / March 21, 2018