Psychology & Psychiatry
Can people really be addicted to sex?
Is sex addiction real? That is, is it really a disorder, involving diminished control over behaviour?
Aug 14, 2013
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News tagged with neurological changes
Neuroscience
Finding unseen damage of traumatic brain injury
The soldier on the fringes of an explosion. The survivor of a car wreck. The football player who took yet another skull-rattling hit. Too often, only time can tell when a traumatic brain injury will leave lasting harm - there's ...
Mar 2, 2012
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Neuroscience
Adenosine therapy reduces seizures and progression of epilepsy
Epilepsy is characterized by recurrent seizures that present in many different ways. In some cases epileptic patients exhibit a progressive increase in both frequency and severity of seizures. Epigenetic changes such as DNA ...
Jul 25, 2013
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Diseases, Conditions, Syndromes
Small study reveals how immune response triggered by COVID-19 may damage the brain
A study from the National Institutes of Health describes the immune response triggered by COVID-19 infection that damages the brain's blood vessels and may lead to short- and long-term neurological symptoms. In a study published ...
Jul 5, 2022
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Diseases, Conditions, Syndromes
Review: Are climate change and air pollution making neurologic diseases worse?
People with neurologic diseases like headache, dementia, multiple sclerosis (MS) and Parkinson's disease may experience worsening symptoms due to climate change, according to a scoping review of research published in the ...
Nov 16, 2022
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Neuroscience
Could a treatment for Parkinson's disease help the social impairment of diseases like autism?
A stressful pregnancy might be the last thing a future mother needs, but it is to her unborn baby that this stress spells real trouble. All because stress hormones (called glucocorticoids or GCs) can change foetal brain development, ...
Sep 2, 2013
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Alzheimer's disease & dementia
More diseases responsible for dementia than previously thought, research finds
A recent study by the Clinical Institute of Neurology at the MedUni Vienna has shown that neurodegenerative diseases other than Alzheimer's disease are more common among older people than previously thought. Researchers believe ...
Sep 19, 2013
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Neuroscience
Optogenetics may be overpromised as potential neurological treatment
A new paper in Oxford Open Neuroscience, published by Oxford University Press, indicates that optogenetics, suggested as a promising treatment for many psychological and neurological conditions, may be further away from effective ...
May 4, 2022
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Alzheimer's disease & dementia
New tools for Alzheimer's may aid early diagnosis and treatment
Curtailing the imminent rise in Alzheimer's disease (AD) will require early, accurate diagnostic tests and treatments, and researchers are closer to achieving these two goals. New findings in medical imaging, molecular analysis ...
Oct 15, 2012
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