A new NIH award to Wayne State University aims to understand the early events around critical cell death that cause motor deficits, and ultimately, provide understanding for the development of much-needed therapies for prevention of motor deficits from congenital BH4 deficiency and CP.
Newborn boys are significantly more likely than girls to have a brain injury called hypoxic-ischemic encephalopathy (HIE), researchers at UT Southwestern Medical Center report. The findings, published in JAMA Network Open, could lead to more effective HIE interventions for both boys and girls.
La epilepsia descontrolada de Lisa Lindahl la obligó a ser creativa a la hora de trabajar. En 1977 inventó el sujetador deportivo, que cambió la vida de miles de millones de mujeres y niñas en todo el mundo, y ahora es un mercado global de 40.000 millones de dólares.
Alzheimer’s disease slowly erases memories and cognitive abilities, upending families ― and it’s incurable. But there are steps you can take to slow and prevent it, says a Penn State Health expert.
The University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center’s Research Highlights showcases the latest breakthroughs in cancer care, research and prevention.
Researchers performed complementary experiments showing that inhibiting a specific enzyme in a mouse model protects the dopamine-producing neurons that are normally lost as Parkinson's disease progresses, effectively halting the progression of the disease. The findings open the door to the development of novel therapeutics targeting the enzyme that may slow or prevent the progression of Parkinson's disease in people—a major unmet need.
Sitting in his cardiologist’s office at Cedars-Sinai one Friday afternoon in 2022, Cornelius Albert suddenly was unable to move or speak. “I had an attack,” said Albert, 76, who runs a court filing service and lives in View Park.
New research appearing today in the journal Nature shows that a cocktail of drugs already approved to treat high blood pressure quickly reduces brain swelling and improves outcomes in animal models of brain injury.
Press release regarding MS Center Designations as Centers for Comprehensive Multiple Sclerosis Care
The academic medical center joins Hackensack University Medical Center as one of few hospitals in the country to provide MRI-guided focused ultrasound to treat essential tremors, Parkinson’s disease related tremor and Parkinson’s disease that has not responded to medications
A first-of-its-kind study has identified overactive inflammation and loss of critical protection mechanisms in the brain as potential contributors to suicide risk.
November is National Epilepsy Awareness Month, a time to raise awareness about this common disorder of the nervous system, its challenges, symptoms and treatment options.
A study of newly created databases of medulloblastoma has found that patients with tumors containing circular extrachromosomal DNA—loops of DNA found outside of regular chromosomes—are twice as likely to relapse and three times as likely to die within five years of diagnosis.
For the first time, a research team in Korea has discovered there is a significant relationship between depression and the taurine concentration in the hippocampus.
Researchers at Gladstone Institutes have discovered that a rare genetic variant known as the “Christchurch mutation” can block detrimental effects of apolipoprotein E4, the best-established risk factor for the most common form of Alzheimer’s disease.
In a paper published today in Nature Climate Change, an international team of academics explore the ways in which research has shown that a changing environment affects how our brains work, and how climate change could impact our brain function in the future.
A new AI technique could guide real-time GBM treatment. Researchers are using MRI-guided radiation therapy that pairs daily MRIs with radiation treatment -- automatically tracing tumors in large MRI datasets.
The first prospective study comparing outcomes in patients with pituitary apoplexy—sudden bleeding or death of a pituitary tumor—found that individuals managed medically fared as well as those treated surgically in the majority of cases.
Before surgery, people with epilepsy undergo evaluation, extensive testing, and lots of time with medical teams. But some professionals and advocates argue that after surgery, people are unfairly left to manage treatment and care without much help or guidance.
Today an international research team, including scientists from the University of Vienna’s Environment and Climate Hub, introduces a unique approach in fighting the climate crisis.
Chulalongkorn University and the International Peace Foundation will co-host the JAPAN-ASEAN BRIDGES event series, which is open and free to the public. BRIDGES will bring the brightest minds of the world – Nobel Laureates in Physics, Economics, Medicine and Finance – to both Japan and Thailand from November 2023 to March 2024 to stimulate exchange and enhance further development through education.
The projects will pursue novel investigations into how nervous systems may enable organisms, such as crustaceans, cephalopods, and zebrafish, to adapt to environmental challenges.
Parents often miss the signs that their child has epilepsy, according to Deborah Holder, MD, a neurologist at Cedars-Sinai Guerin Children’s and a pediatric epilepsy expert.
إن تقديم مزيد من الخيارات الجراحية طفيفة التوغل والروبوتية للمرضى هو مجال يساهم في ريادته محمد بيضون، دكتور في الطب، جراح الأعصاب في مايو كلينك. فقد أجرى أول جراحة دمج الفقرات بالتنظير لمايو كلينك، والتي تجمع بين استخدام الروبوتات والتنظير لإجراء عمليات جراحية أكثر أمانًا وكفاءة، بالإضافة إلى كونها طفيفة التوغل مما يسمح بالتعافي بوتيرة أسرع.
Childhood physical fitness boosts adolescent cerebellum size, study finds.
A disponibilização de mais opções de cirurgia minimamente invasiva e robótica aos pacientes é algo que o Dr. Mohamad Bydon, neurocirurgião da Mayo Clinic, está ajudando a liderar. Recentemente, ele realizou a primeira cirurgia endoscópica de fusão espinhal da Mayo Clinic que combina o uso de robótica e um endoscópio para disponibilizar cirurgias mais seguras, eficazes e minimamente invasivas. As cirurgias viabilizam períodos de recuperação mais rápidos.
Ofrecer más opciones de cirugía robótica y de invasión mínima a los pacientes es algo que el Dr. Mohamad Bydon, neurocirujano de Mayo Clinic, está ayudando a impulsar. Recientemente, realizó la primera cirugía endoscópica de fusión espinal de Mayo Clinic, que combina el uso de la robótica y un endoscopio para realizar cirugías más seguras y eficaces que son de invasión mínima y brindan tiempos de recuperación más rápidos.
Research and treatment of psychiatric disorders are stymied by a lack of biomarkers – objective biological or physiological markers that can help diagnose, track, predict, and treat diseases.
Texas A&M Sensory Science Evaluation Laboratory analyzes how people taste food and how that determines purchases
Introducing the Allen Discovery Center for Neuroimmune Interactions at the Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai, Co-Led by Weill Cornell Medicine
Making decisions is hard. Even when we know what we want, our choice often leaves something else on the table. For a hungry mouse, every morsel counts. But what if the decision is more consequential than choosing between crumbs and cheese?
The cognitive symptoms referred to as “brain fog” occur in up to 10-30% of people who have been infected with the virus that causes COVID-19. Researchers at University of Utah Health are testing whether a non-invasive “brain training” tool that resembles a video game can alleviate these symptoms.
Neuroscientists have discovered a fascinating connection between the retention of early life memories and brain developmental trajectories associated with autism [Wednesday 8th November 2023].
People with low education and income levels may have a 10% increased risk of death or being dependent on others to complete daily tasks three months after a stroke compared to people with high education and income levels, according to new research published in the November 8, 2023, online issue of Neurology®, the medical journal of the American Academy of Neurology.
For people with epilepsy, doing yoga may help reduce feelings of stigma about the disease along with reducing seizure frequency and anxiety, according to new research published in the November 8, 2023, online issue of Neurology®, the medical journal of the American Academy of Neurology.
Cutting-edge dual-laser technology delivers power and precision in one device
Interactions among microorganisms within the human gut may be associated with increased anxiety levels in people with depression, according to research led by UT Southwestern Medical Center.
Transient inflammatory pain causes long-lasting mitochondrial changes in sensory neurons, contributing to chronic pain.
New hope for other nervous system disorders like ALS
Newly developed labeling method allows for visualization of intraregional synaptic connections between inhibitory interneurons and excitatory engram cells
The TBI Action Alliance (TBIAA) today announced the first-ever large-scale coordinated effort to accelerate the development of accurate diagnostics and treatments to improve the lives of the more than 5.3 million people living with TBI-related symptoms.
Children’s Hospital Los Angeles has launched a new clinical trial to investigate a potential treatment for Dup15q syndrome, a rare genetic condition that causes developmental delays, autism spectrum disorder and epilepsy.
Researchers with the Translational Research in Neuroimaging and Data Science (TReNDs) Center at Georgia State have identified important new methods for accurately identifying possible biomarkers in adolescent brains that can reliably predict cognitive developments and psychiatric issues.
New research in the November 2023 issue of JNCCN—Journal of the National Comprehensive Cancer Network suggests that breast cancer patients who have insufficient levels of vitamin D before starting paclitaxel treatment are more likely to experience peripheral neuropathy.
Macarena de la Fuente, MD, chief of neuro-oncology at Sylvester Comprehensive Cancer Center, has been elected to the Society of Neuro-Oncology (SNO)’s board of directors. She becomes the first Hispanic elected to the multidisciplinary board.
Researchers led by Mroj Alassaf at the Fred Hutchinson Cancer Research Center in the United States have discovered a link between obesity and neurodegenerative disorders like Alzheimer’s disease.
UNC Health is the only academic healthcare system in North Carolina and the South participating in the randomized trial, which aims to assess the safety and efficacy of a combination immunotherapy for newly diagnosed glioblastoma patients.
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