Multiple Brain Regions Moderate and Link Depressive Mood and Pain
Ragweed Compounds Could Protect Nerve Cells From Alzheimer’s
New Treatment for Stroke in Mice Reduces Brain Damage, Promotes Motor Recovery
Stem Cells Provide Information About Neuron Resilience in ALS
Huntington Drug Successfully Lowers Levels of Disease-causing Protein
Brain Injury From Low Oxygen Affects Specific Cells
Do ‘Microglia’ Hold the Key to Stop Alzheimer’s Disease?
Study Paves Way for Innovative Treatment of Epilepsy
Protein Manipulation Could Be Key to Treating ALS, Frontotemporal Dementia
Researchers Reveal Novel Therapeutic Strategy for ALS
When Neurons are Out of Shape, Antidepressants May Not Work
Experiments with Roundworms Suggest Alternatives for the Treatment of Schizophrenia
Scientists Hunt Down the Brain Circuit Responsible for Alcohol Cravings
Alzheimer’s Treatment Holds Promise for Primary Progressive Aphasia Patients
Neurodegenerative Diseases Identified Using Artificial Intelligence
Insomnia-associated Gene Regions Suggest Underlying Mechanisms, Treatment Targets
ADHD Drug Ritalin Has No Effect on Primate Prefrontal Cortex
In contrast to studies of mice and rats, new research published in eNeuro investigating the effect of methylphenidate (Ritalin) on neuronal activity in monkeys has found no effect of the drug on the prefrontal cortex. The study leaves open the question of how and why Ritalin improves attention in humans. Julio Martinez-Trujillo and colleagues refute their hypothesis…
Native California Medicinal Plant May Hold Promise for Treating Alzheimer’s
The medicinal powers of aspirin, digitalis, and the anti-malarial artemisinin all come from plants. A Salk Institute discovery of a potent neuroprotective and anti-inflammatory chemical in a native California shrub may lead to a treatment for Alzheimer’s disease based on a compound found in nature. The research appears in the February 2019 issue of the…
Possible Pathway to New Therapy for Alzheimer’s Disease
Newly Isolated Human Gut Bacterium Reveals Possible Connection to Depression
Exercise Could Help Boost Hormone Key to Fighting Alzheimer’s
Researchers Closer to New Alzheimer’s Therapy With Brain Blood Flow Discovery
By discovering the culprit behind decreased blood flow in the brain of people with Alzheimer’s, biomedical engineers at Cornell University have made possible promising new therapies for the disease. You know that dizzy feeling you get when, after lying down for an extended period, you stand up a little too quickly? That feeling is caused…
RNAs Play Key Role in Protein Aggregation and in Neurodegenerative Disease
New research reveals RNAs, which are crucial for cells to produce proteins, are also involved in protein aggregation, where proteins do not fold properly and ‘clump’ together into aggregates. If cells cannot clear these away, they become toxic and prevent cells working properly. This discovery, led by scientists at the Centre for Genomic Regulation (CRG)…
