News tagged with journal of neurology


Neon exposes hidden ALS cells

A small group of elusive neurons in the brain's cortex play a big role in ALS (amyotrophic lateral sclerosis), a swift and fatal neurodegenerative disease that paralyzes its victims. But the neurons have always been difficult ...

Neuroscience created Apr 30, 2013 | popularity 5 / 5 (1) | comments 0 | with audio podcast

Training gives kids of AIDS patients a leg up

A simple in-home training program for caregivers can give children of AIDS patients a better shot at prosperity by improving their early-childhood development, according to a study led by a Michigan State ...

HIV & AIDS created Apr 10, 2013 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

No good evidence that mouthguards and helmets ward off concussion

Mouthguards and helmets can help ward off other serious head and facial injuries, but there is no good evidence that they can help prevent concussion, and paradoxically, they may even encourage players to take greater risks.

Health created Mar 11, 2013 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

Scientists find way to image brain waste removal process, may lead to Alzheimer's diagnostic

(Medical Xpress)—A novel way to image the entire brain's glymphatic pathway, a dynamic process that clears waste and solutes from the brain that otherwise might build-up and contribute to the development ...

Neuroscience created Feb 25, 2013 | popularity 5 / 5 (1) | comments 0 | with audio podcast

Veterans with mild traumatic brain injury have brain abnormalities

Mild traumatic brain injury (TBI), including concussion, is one of the most common types of neurological disorder, affecting approximately 1.3 million Americans annually. It has received more attention recently because of ...

Psychology & Psychiatry created Feb 07, 2013 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

Exposure to antiepileptic drug in womb linked to autism risk

Children whose mothers take the antiepileptic drug sodium valproate while pregnant are at significantly increased risk of autism and other neurodevelopmental disorders, suggests a small study published online in the Journal of ...

Autism spectrum disorders created Jan 30, 2013 | popularity 1 / 5 (1) | comments 0

Feeling lonely linked to increased risk of dementia in later life

Feeling lonely, as distinct from being/living alone, is linked to an increased risk of developing dementia in later life, indicates research published online in the Journal of Neurology Neurosurgery and Psychiatry.

Psychology & Psychiatry created Dec 10, 2012 | popularity 4.5 / 5 (2) | comments 0 | with audio podcast

Give pregnant women vitamin D supplements to ward off multiple sclerosis, research says

The risk of developing multiple sclerosis (MS) is highest in the month of April, and lowest in October, indicates an analysis of the available evidence, published online in the Journal of Neurology Neurosurgery and Psychiatry.

Neuroscience created Nov 14, 2012 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0 | with audio podcast

Hunting neuron killers in Alzheimer's and traumatic brain injury

Levels of the protein appoptosin in the brain skyrocket in Alzheimer's disease and traumatic brain injury. Appoptosin is known for helping the body make heme, the molecule that carries iron in the blood. In a study published ...

Neuroscience created Nov 09, 2012 | popularity 5 / 5 (1) | comments 1 | with audio podcast

Repeated surgeries appear to extend life of patients with deadliest of brain cancers

People who undergo repeated surgeries to remove glioblastomas—the most aggressive and deadliest type of brain tumors—may survive longer than those who have just a one-time operation, new Johns Hopkins research suggests.

Surgery created Nov 01, 2012 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

Study examines role of microglial cells as both defenders and fighters in the nervous system

(Medical Xpress)—In many pathologies of the nervous system, there is a common event - cells called microglia are activated from surveillant watchmen into fighters.  Microglia are the immune cells of the ...

Neuroscience created Oct 16, 2012 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0 | with audio podcast

Scientists discover gene behind rare disorders

Scientists at the Montreal Neurological Institute and Hospital – The Neuro, McGill University working with a team at Oxford University have uncovered the genetic defect underlying a group of rare genetic disorders.

Genetics created Oct 09, 2012 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0 | with audio podcast

Cannabis extract eases muscle stiffness typical of multiple sclerosis

Cannabis seems to ease the painful muscle stiffness typical of multiple sclerosis, indicate phase III trial results, published in the Journal of Neurology Neurosurgery and Psychiatry.

Neuroscience created Oct 09, 2012 | popularity 5 / 5 (2) | comments 0 | with audio podcast

Toxic protein build-up in blood shines light on Huntington's disease

A new light-based technique for measuring levels of the toxic protein that causes Huntington's disease (HD) has been used to demonstrate that the protein builds up gradually in blood cells. Published today ...

Neuroscience created Sep 17, 2012 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0 | with audio podcast

Smokers more than double their risk of burst aneurysm

Smoking more than 20 cigarettes a day doubles the risk of a potentially fatal brain bleed as a result of a burst aneurysm, finds research published online in the Journal of Neurology Neurosurgery and Psychiatry.

Psychology & Psychiatry created Aug 29, 2012 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0 | with audio podcast