Diseases, Conditions, Syndromes
First signs of MS may often go undiagnosed
Early symptoms of multiple sclerosis may commonly be missed for years before the right diagnosis is made, a new study suggests.
Jun 28, 2021
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News tagged with neurological diseases
Neuroscience
Differences in human, mouse brain cells have important implications for disease research
A UCLA-led study comparing brain cells known as astrocytes in humans and mice found that mouse astrocytes are more resilient to oxidative stress, a damaging imbalance that is a mechanism behind many neurological disorders. ...
Jun 25, 2021
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Medical research
Critical cell process shown to be missing in humans
Patients with a unique cellular disorder are helping researchers understand a series of health complications better.
Jun 23, 2021
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Diseases, Conditions, Syndromes
Autopsy study shows how COVID harms the brain
The brains of people who died from COVID-19 were remarkably similar to the brains of people who die from neurodegenerative diseases such as Alzheimer's and Parkinson's, showing inflammation and disrupted circuitry, researchers ...
Jun 22, 2021
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Medications
Trial results of new drug for generalized myasthenia gravis
Argenx, a Belgium pharmaceutical company, recently announced that The Lancet Neurology has published pivotal trial results from the Phase 3 ADAPT trial of efgartigimod, an FcRn antagonist, for the treatment of adults living ...
Jun 18, 2021
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Medications
Tiny cannabis capsules could help treat neurological diseases
A team of researchers led by Curtin University has discovered a new way to improve the absorption rate of medicinal cannabis when taken orally, which could potentially be used to treat neurological disorders such as Alzheimer's ...
Jun 18, 2021
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Medical research
Motor neurons derived from patients point to new possible drug target for ALS
Amyotrophic lateral sclerosis (ALS) is a severe, fatal neurodegenerative disorder causing loss of motor neurons and voluntary muscle action. While mouse studies have identified potential treatments, these drugs have typically ...
Jun 8, 2021
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Neuroscience
Researchers discover fundamental roles of glucosamine in brain
Using novel imaging methods for studying brain metabolism, University of Kentucky researchers have identified the reservoir for a necessary sugar in the brain. Glycogen serves as a storage depot for the sugar glucose. The ...
May 26, 2021
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Diseases, Conditions, Syndromes
Guidelines developed for diagnosing, treating botulism
(HealthDay)—In new evidence-based clinical guidelines published in the May 7 issue of the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention Morbidity and Mortality Weekly Report, recommendations are presented for diagnosing, ...
May 19, 2021
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Neuroscience
New method identifies tau aggregates occurring in healthy body structures
It turns out that not all build-ups of tau protein are bad, and a team of researchers from the Perelman School of Medicine at the University of Pennsylvania developed a method to show that. Using mammalian cell models, the ...
May 6, 2021
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