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Newswise: New Insights into OCD: Understanding the Role of Insight in Treatment and Neuroimaging
Released: 9-Jan-2024 7:05 AM EST
New Insights into OCD: Understanding the Role of Insight in Treatment and Neuroimaging
Chinese Academy of Sciences

Obsessive-compulsive disorder (OCD),affecting 2-3% of the global population, manifests through distressing obsessions and compulsions.

Newswise: Love scrambles the brain and scientists can now tell us why
Released: 8-Jan-2024 8:05 PM EST
Love scrambles the brain and scientists can now tell us why
University of South Australia

Love is blind, the saying goes, and thanks to a new Australian study we are now a step closer to understanding why.

Released: 8-Jan-2024 4:05 PM EST
Life span increases in mice when specific brain cells are activated
Washington University in St. Louis

A new study from Washington University School of Medicine in St. Louis identifies, in mice, a critical communication pathway connecting the brain and the body’s fat tissue in a feedback loop that appears central to energy production throughout the body. The research suggests that the gradual deterioration of this feedback loop contributes to the increasing health problems that are typical of natural aging.

Newswise: Researchers find possible neuromarker for ‘juvenile-onset’ Batten disease
Released: 8-Jan-2024 3:05 PM EST
Researchers find possible neuromarker for ‘juvenile-onset’ Batten disease
University of Rochester Medical Center

The research suggests an easy-to-measure brain process may be a target or biomarker in measuring treatment outcomes in clinical trials for patients with Batten disease.

Newswise: Out with the old and in with a hopeful new year for patient who played guitar during ‘awake’ brain tumor surgery
Released: 8-Jan-2024 1:05 PM EST
Out with the old and in with a hopeful new year for patient who played guitar during ‘awake’ brain tumor surgery
Sylvester Comprehensive Cancer Center

Christian Nolen usually plays guitar on stage, but the professional guitarist recently underwent an open craniotomy and played notes from Deftones songs while a neurosurgical team worked to remove a tumor (glioma) from his brain. B-roll is available.

   
Released: 8-Jan-2024 11:05 AM EST
Why do we sleep? Researchers propose an answer to this age-old question
Washington University in St. Louis

Sleep is a fundamental need, just like food or water. “You’ll die without it,” said Keith Hengen, an assistant professor of biology at Washington University in St. Louis. But what does sleep actually accomplish? For years, the best researchers could say is that sleep reduces sleepiness — hardly a satisfying explanation for a basic requirement of life.

Released: 5-Jan-2024 4:05 PM EST
Can we fight back against Parkinson’s disease? These research volunteers hope so
Boston University

About three years before he retired, David Campbell noticed something weird happening as he typed.

Released: 5-Jan-2024 3:05 PM EST
Psychoactive drug ibogaine effectively treats traumatic brain injury in special ops military vets
Stanford Medicine

For military veterans, many of the deepest wounds of war are invisible: Traumatic brain injuries resulting from head trauma or blast explosions are a leading cause of post-traumatic stress disorder, anxiety, depression and suicide among veterans.

Newswise: Blood flow changes in the eyes could influence visual symptoms of migraines
Released: 5-Jan-2024 3:05 PM EST
Blood flow changes in the eyes could influence visual symptoms of migraines
University of California, Los Angeles (UCLA), Health Sciences

Differences in blood flow in the retina could explain why some migraine patients experience visual symptoms while others do not, according to UCLA study.

Released: 4-Jan-2024 6:05 PM EST
High folic acid and low B12 can affect fetal brain development in mice
UC Davis Health

High levels of folic acid or vitamin B12 deficiency can affect fetal brain development in mice, according to a new study from researchers at the University of California, Davis.

Released: 4-Jan-2024 5:05 PM EST
Could we have psi abilities if our brains didn't inhibit them?
BIAL Foundation

Research tests a novel neurobiological model of how the brain acts as a psi (e.g. telepathy, clairvoyance, precognition, or mind-matter interactions) inhibitor and concludes that the frontal lobes of the brain act as a filter to inhibit humans' innate psi abilities.

Released: 4-Jan-2024 4:05 PM EST
The (wrong) reason we keep secrets
University of Texas at Austin (UT Austin)

In and out of the workplace, people often keep adverse information about themselves secret because they worry that others will judge them harshly. But those fears are overblown, according to new research from the McCombs School of Business.

   
Newswise: The Wistar Institute Recruits Dr. Filippo Veglia to the Ellen and Ronald Caplan Cancer Center
Released: 4-Jan-2024 10:05 AM EST
The Wistar Institute Recruits Dr. Filippo Veglia to the Ellen and Ronald Caplan Cancer Center
Wistar Institute

The Wistar Institute is pleased to announce the recruitment of Filippo Veglia, Ph.D., to the Ellen and Ronald Caplan Cancer Center, where he joins Wistar’s Immunology, Microenvironment and Metastasis Program as an Assistant Professor.

Newswise: Beta blocker used to treat heart problems and other medical concerns could be new treatment for sickle cell cardiomyopathy
Released: 4-Jan-2024 7:05 AM EST
Beta blocker used to treat heart problems and other medical concerns could be new treatment for sickle cell cardiomyopathy
Indiana University

A beta blocker typically used to treat heart problems, hemangioma, migraines and anxiety could be a new therapeutic for patients with sickle cell disease.

Released: 4-Jan-2024 5:05 AM EST
Foundation laid for improved diagnostic imaging of brain tumors
Ludwig-Maximilians-Universität München (Munich)

Diffuse gliomas are malignant brain tumors that cannot be optimally examined by means of conventional MRI imaging. So-called amino acid PET scans are better able to image the activity and spread of gliomas.

Released: 4-Jan-2024 5:05 AM EST
Surprise! – How the brain learns to deal with the unexpected
University of Basel

For children, the world is full of surprises. Adults, on the other hand, are much more difficult to surprise.

   
2-Jan-2024 10:05 AM EST
Even in Midlife, Disrupted Sleep Tied to Memory, Thinking Problems Later On
American Academy of Neurology (AAN)

People who have more disrupted sleep in their 30s and 40s may be more likely to have memory and thinking problems a decade later, according to new research published in the January 3, 2024, online issue of Neurology®, the medical journal of the American Academy of Neurology. The study does not prove that sleep quality causes cognitive decline. It only shows an association.

2-Jan-2024 10:05 AM EST
Is Radon Linked to Health Condition Other than Lung Cancer?
American Academy of Neurology (AAN)

Radon, a naturally occurring radioactive gas produced when metals like uranium or radium break down in rocks and soil, is a known cause of lung cancer. Now new research has found exposure to high levels of this indoor air pollutant is associated with an increased risk of another condition in middle age to older female participants with ischemic stroke.

Released: 3-Jan-2024 1:30 PM EST
Pain is a major problem for individuals with traumatic brain injury
Wolters Kluwer Health: Lippincott

Chronic pain affects approximately 60% of people living with traumatic brain injury (TBI), even up to 30 years after injury, according to new research published in The Journal of Head Trauma Rehabilitation (JHTR), the official journal of the Brain Injury Association of America. The journal is published in the Lippincott portfolio by Wolters Kluwer.

Newswise: Study reveals clues to how Eastern equine encephalitis virus invades brain cells
2-Jan-2024 5:05 PM EST
Study reveals clues to how Eastern equine encephalitis virus invades brain cells
Washington University in St. Louis

Researchers at Washington University School of Medicine in St. Louis have determined how Eastern equine encephalitis virus attaches to a receptor it uses to enter and infect cells. The findings laid the groundwork for a receptor decoy molecule that protects mice from encephalitis caused by the virus.

Newswise: Mount Sinai Study Shows That Human Beliefs About Drugs Could Have Dose-Dependent Effects on the Brain
Released: 3-Jan-2024 10:45 AM EST
Mount Sinai Study Shows That Human Beliefs About Drugs Could Have Dose-Dependent Effects on the Brain
Mount Sinai Health System

Mount Sinai researchers have shown for the first time that a person’s beliefs related to drugs can influence their own brain activity and behavioral responses in a way comparable to the dose-dependent effects of pharmacology.

Newswise: Researchers identify path to prevent cognitive decline after radiation
Released: 3-Jan-2024 10:05 AM EST
Researchers identify path to prevent cognitive decline after radiation
University of Rochester Medical Center

Researchers at the Del Monte Institute for Neuroscience at the University of Rochester find that microglia—the brain’s immune cells—can trigger cognitive deficits after radiation exposure and may be a key target for preventing these symptoms.

Newswise: Memory, brain function, and behavior: exploring the intricate connection through fear memories
Released: 3-Jan-2024 8:05 AM EST
Memory, brain function, and behavior: exploring the intricate connection through fear memories
Boston University

In a world grappling with the complexities of mental health conditions like anxiety, depression, and PTSD, new research from Boston University neuroscientist Dr. Steve Ramirez and collaborators offers a unique perspective.

Released: 2-Jan-2024 4:05 PM EST
دراسة تظهر أن الجزيئات المناعية قد يكون لها دورًا رئيسيًا في تطور مرض التصلُّب الجانبي الضموري (ALS)
Mayo Clinic

حدد الباحثون والمتعاونون في مايو كلينك بروتينًا تفرزه الخلايا المناعية والذي قد يقوم بدورٍ رئيسيٍ في ظهور مرضالتصلُّب الجانبي الضموري، المعروف أيضًا باسم مرض لو غيريغ. ووجد الفريق أيضًا أن العلاج التعديلي المناعي الذي يقوم بعملية إِحْصار للبروتين يمكنه استعادة الوظيفة الحركية في النماذج قبل السريرية. وتشير النتائج إلى أن البروتين، المعروف باسم أ5 إنتغرين (الذي يُنطق ألفا 5 إنتغرين)، هو مستهدف علاجي محتمل لعلاج مرض التصلُّب الجانبي الضموري.

Released: 2-Jan-2024 3:05 PM EST
Un estudio muestra que una molécula del sistema inmunitario puede desempeñar un rol clave en la evolución de la ELA
Mayo Clinic

Los investigadores y colaboradores de Mayo Clinic han identificado una proteína expresada en células inmunitarias que podría desempeñar un rol clave en el desarrollo de la esclerosis lateral amiotrófica (ELA), también conocida como enfermedad de Lou Gehrig. El equipo también descubrió que un tratamiento inmunomodulatorio que bloquea la proteína era capaz de restaurar la función motriz en modelos preclínicos. Los hallazgos indican que la proteína, conocida como integrina α5 (pronunciado integrina alfa 5), es un posible blanco terapéutico para la ELA.

Released: 2-Jan-2024 3:05 PM EST
Estudo mostra que molécula imunológica pode desempenhar uma função fundamental na progressão da ELA
Mayo Clinic

Pesquisadores e colaboradores da Mayo Clinic identificaram uma proteína que é expressa por células imunológicas que pode desempenhar uma função importante no desenvolvimento daesclerose lateral amiotrófica (ELA), também conhecida como doença de Lou Gehrig. A equipe também descobriu que um tratamento imunomodulador que bloqueia a proteína conseguiu restaurar a função motora em modelos pré-clínicos. As descobertas sugerem que a proteína, conhecida como integrina α5 (pronunciada como integrina alfa 5), é um possível alvo terapêutico para ELA.

Released: 2-Jan-2024 2:05 PM EST
Researchers identify new coding mechanism that transfers information from perception to memory
Dartmouth College

Our memories are rich in detail: we can vividly recall the color of our home, the layout of our kitchen, or the front of our favorite café. How the brain encodes this information has long puzzled neuroscientists.

Newswise: Automated liquid biopsy detects brain tumor cells in children
Released: 2-Jan-2024 2:05 PM EST
Automated liquid biopsy detects brain tumor cells in children
National Institute of Biomedical Imaging and Bioengineering

An automated tool captures circulating tumor cells in children with central nervous system cancers. The tool could make it easier to identify tumors that don't respond to treatment.

   
Newswise: Elusive cytonemes guide neural development, provide signaling ‘express route’
Released: 2-Jan-2024 11:05 AM EST
Elusive cytonemes guide neural development, provide signaling ‘express route’
St. Jude Children's Research Hospital

Discover the first images of cytonemes during mammalian neural development, serving as express routes to establish morphogen gradients and tissue patterning.

Newswise: Demystifying a Key Receptor in Substance Use and Neuropsychiatric Disorders
Released: 2-Jan-2024 11:05 AM EST
Demystifying a Key Receptor in Substance Use and Neuropsychiatric Disorders
Mount Sinai Health System

Researchers at the Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai have uncovered insights into the potential mechanism of action of the antipsychotic medication asenapine, a possible therapeutic target for substance use and neuropsychiatric disorders. This discovery may pave the way for the development of improved medications targeting the same pathway. Their findings, detailed in the January 2 online issue of Nature Communications https://doi.org/10.1038/s41467-023-44601-4, show that a brain protein known as the TAAR1 receptor, a drug target known to regulate dopamine signaling in key reward pathways in the brain, differs significantly in humans compared to the preclinical rodent models on which drugs are typically tested. The study suggests considering species-specific differences in drug-receptor interactions and further investigation into ways asenapine affects the body, as steps toward potential therapeutic improvements.

Newswise: Enlarged Spaces in Infant Brains Linked to Higher Risk of Autism, Sleep Problems
Released: 2-Jan-2024 9:30 AM EST
Enlarged Spaces in Infant Brains Linked to Higher Risk of Autism, Sleep Problems
University of North Carolina School of Medicine

Researchers in the UNC School of Medicine’s Department of Psychiatry have found that enlarged perivascular spaces in the brains of babies, caused by an accumulation of excess cerebrospinal fluid, have a 2.2 times greater chance of developing autism later in life.

Newswise: January 2024 Issue of Neurosurgical Focus: Video: “Use of the Exoscope in Neurosurgery”
28-Dec-2023 11:05 AM EST
January 2024 Issue of Neurosurgical Focus: Video: “Use of the Exoscope in Neurosurgery”
Journal of Neurosurgery

Announcement of contents of the January 2024 issue of Neurosurgical Focus: Video

Released: 29-Dec-2023 2:05 PM EST
Abstract Submission Opening Soon for 2024 AANEM Annual Meeting
American Association of Neuromuscular and Electrodiagnostic Medicine (AANEM)

The American Association of Neuromuscular & Electrodiagnostic Medicine (AANEM), is excited to share that the Abstract Submission Application opens January 1, 2024, for the upcoming AANEM Annual Meeting.

   
Newswise: Study Identifies 'Visual System' Protein for Circadian Rhythm Stability
Released: 27-Dec-2023 11:00 AM EST
Study Identifies 'Visual System' Protein for Circadian Rhythm Stability
Johns Hopkins Medicine

Scientists at the Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine and the National Institutes of Health have identified a protein in the visual system of mice that appears to be key for stabilizing the body’s circadian rhythms by buffering the brain’s response to light.

Newswise: Artificial intelligence lowers the barrier to ultrasound brain disease treatment
Released: 27-Dec-2023 12:00 AM EST
Artificial intelligence lowers the barrier to ultrasound brain disease treatment
National Research Council of Science and Technology

A research team led by Dr. Kim, Hyungmin of the Bionics Research Center at the Korea Institute of Science and Technology (KIST) has developed a real-time acoustic simulation technology based on generative AI to predict and correct the distortion of the ultrasound focus position caused by the skull in real-time during focused ultrasound therapy.

Newswise: In quest to prevent debilitating TBIs, new foam material rises to the top
Released: 26-Dec-2023 10:05 AM EST
In quest to prevent debilitating TBIs, new foam material rises to the top
University of Wisconsin–Madison

Developed by University of Wisconsin–Madison engineers, the new material — a vertically aligned carbon nanotube foam—can dissipate an enormous amount of rotational kinetic energy from an impact.

   
Newswise: Neuromuscular Match Hosted by AANEM Again in 2024
Released: 22-Dec-2023 11:05 AM EST
Neuromuscular Match Hosted by AANEM Again in 2024
American Association of Neuromuscular and Electrodiagnostic Medicine (AANEM)

Rochester, Minn. (Dec. 22, 2023)- The American Association of Neuromuscular & Electrodiagnostic Medicine (AANEM) is excited to host the neuromuscular (NM) fellowship match again in 2024.

   
Newswise: Meet the 2024 AANEM & ANF President
Released: 22-Dec-2023 11:05 AM EST
Meet the 2024 AANEM & ANF President
American Association of Neuromuscular and Electrodiagnostic Medicine (AANEM)

Rochester, Minn. (Dec. 22, 2023) - The American Association of Neuromuscular & Electrodiagnostic Medicine (AANEM) and American Neuromuscular Foundation (ANF) are excited to announce Dianna Quan, MD, as the 2024 association and foundation president.

   
Newswise: Hackensack Meridian Jersey Shore University Medical Center ALS Center’s Dr. Mary Sedarous Receives Flame of Hope Award
Released: 22-Dec-2023 10:05 AM EST
Hackensack Meridian Jersey Shore University Medical Center ALS Center’s Dr. Mary Sedarous Receives Flame of Hope Award
Hackensack Meridian Health

Hackensack Meridian Neuroscience Institute at Jersey Shore University Medical Center’s Mary Sedarous, M.D., medical director of the ALS Center, was honored at ALS United Mid-Atlantic’s 2023 Annual Celebration with the organization’s Flame of Hope Award, recognizing research and innovation.

Newswise: Tyler Nelson, PhD, Named One of ANF’s 2023 Development Grant Recipients
Released: 21-Dec-2023 5:05 PM EST
Tyler Nelson, PhD, Named One of ANF’s 2023 Development Grant Recipients
American Association of Neuromuscular and Electrodiagnostic Medicine (AANEM)

Rochester, Minn. (Dec. 21, 2023)- The American Neuromuscular Foundation (ANF), is excited to announce that Tyler Nelson, PhD, has been selected as one of the 2023 Development Grant recipients for his research project, “Analysis of a Novel Primary Periodic Paralysis SCN4A Mutation With Pain as a Major Phenotype.”

   
Newswise: Erika Williams, MD, PhD, Named One of ANF’s 2023 Development Grant Recipients
Released: 21-Dec-2023 5:05 PM EST
Erika Williams, MD, PhD, Named One of ANF’s 2023 Development Grant Recipients
American Association of Neuromuscular and Electrodiagnostic Medicine (AANEM)

Rochester, Minn. (Dec. 21, 2023)- The American Neuromuscular Foundation (ANF), is excited to announce that Erika Williams, MD, PhD, has been selected as one of the 2023 Development Grant recipients for her research project, “Genetically Decoding Human Afferent and Efferent Autonomic Ganglia.”

   
Newswise: Mai Yamakawa, MD, Named One of ANF’s 2023 Development Grant Recipients
Released: 21-Dec-2023 5:05 PM EST
Mai Yamakawa, MD, Named One of ANF’s 2023 Development Grant Recipients
American Association of Neuromuscular and Electrodiagnostic Medicine (AANEM)

Rochester, Minn. (Dec. 21, 2023)- The American Neuromuscular Foundation (ANF), is excited to announce that Mai Yamakawa, MD, has been selected as one of the 2023 Development Grant recipients for her research project, “Causal Genetic Variation and Transcriptomic Signatures of the Peripheral Immune System in the Central Nervous System Pathology of ALS That Are Conserved or Divergent Among ALS Patients and the Animal Models.”

   
Newswise: Structures of Parkinson’s disease-linked proteins offer a framework for understanding how they work together
Released: 21-Dec-2023 3:05 PM EST
Structures of Parkinson’s disease-linked proteins offer a framework for understanding how they work together
St. Jude Children's Research Hospital

Scientists at St. Jude Children’s Research Hospital used cryo-electron microscopy to characterize the interaction of two proteins implicated in Parkinson’s disease.

19-Dec-2023 11:05 AM EST
Researchers map how measles virus spreads in human brain
Mayo Clinic

Mayo Clinic researchers mapped how the measles virus mutated and spread in the brain of a person who succumbed to a rare, lethal brain disease.

15-Dec-2023 12:05 PM EST
Sniffing women’s tears reduces aggressive behavior in men
PLOS

New research, publishing December 21st in the open access journal in PLOS Biology, shows that tears from women contain chemicals that block aggression in men.

     
Newswise: Delivering the bad news right: report says Parkinson’s disease diagnoses must include a message of hope
Released: 21-Dec-2023 11:05 AM EST
Delivering the bad news right: report says Parkinson’s disease diagnoses must include a message of hope
University of California, Los Angeles (UCLA), Health Sciences

A new report by a UCLA neurologist and collaborators draws upon patient voices and lived experiences to identify the common pitfalls of Parkinson’s diagnoses and create a guidebook for how medical providers – from seasoned specialists to rural community physicians – can avoid them.

Newswise: New Insights Revealed On Tissue-Dependent Roles of JAK Signaling in Inflammation
18-Dec-2023 3:05 PM EST
New Insights Revealed On Tissue-Dependent Roles of JAK Signaling in Inflammation
Mount Sinai Health System

Patient-specific mutation-engineered mouse reveals how sensory neurons may trigger some allergy conditions but block others, suggesting more precise design of JAK inhibitors is necessary.



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