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The third eye chakra ( Ajna ) is the sixth chakra. Located on the forehead, between the eyebrows, it is the center of intuition and foresight. The function of the third eye chakra is driven by the principle of openness and imagination.

COLOR: PURPLE

Vision

Intuition

Perception of subtle dimensions and movements of energy

Psychic abilities related to clairvoyance and clairaudience especially

Access to mystical states, illumination

Connection to wisdom, insight

Motivates inspiration and creativity

ALS-linked gene found switched on in new bits of the brain

ALS, also known as Motor Neuron Disease, is a fatal neurodegenerative condition for which we don’t have a cure and don’t fully understand.

We do know that a gene called C9orf72 is often involved, and many patients have abnormal repeated sequences within the gene causing neurons in the brain to die. The gene is also implicated in a type of dementia called Frontotemporal Dementia (FTD).

Now scientists studying it in mouse brains have found it is switched on in two regions that we didn’t know about before. 

They discovered that C9orf72 is strongly expressed in the hippocampus -  containing adult stem cells and which is important for memory - and the olfactory bulb - which is involved in the sense of smell. 

Loss of smell is sometimes a symptom in FTD.

The University of Bath team hope the findings will help researchers gain a better understanding of  C9orf72 ′s role in both diseases and help map where it is switched on and off as the brain develops. 

This could help us figure out new ways to slow down, treat or even cure the symptoms and explain why people born with abnormalities in  C9orf72 don’t develop symptoms until decades after birth. 

Read the paper

Images:  Andrew L Bashford and Vasanta Subramanian

The top and bottom images show mouse cerebellum stained to reveal the Purkinje neurons (green).