Doctors and researchers at the University of Pittsburgh and UPMC have developed a new treatment for epilepsy patients who don't respond to medication and aren't candidates for surgery. Their approach, published in Nature ...
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Hypothermia can preserve neuron health following brain injury, but complications from external cooling make it less promising therapeutically. Recent evidence suggests that activating a specific neuron population triggers ...
Oct 13, 2025
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Cancer is a challenging enough diagnosis, but many patients are dealt a second blow, even as they heal: "chemo brain."
Oct 13, 2025
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Concussions and traumatic brain injuries (TBI) have been considered a potential cause of ALS, also known as Lou Gehrig's disease.
Oct 8, 2025
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Advanced Chemistry of Catalonia (IQAC) of the Spanish National Research Council (CSIC), an institution under the Ministry of Science, Innovation and Universities, has discovered that a small compound—a peptide made up of ...
Oct 7, 2025
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For decades, researchers have worked to unravel the mysteries of post-traumatic epilepsy (PTE), a form of epilepsy that emerges after a traumatic brain injury (TBI). Now, a new study led by Texas A&M University neuroscientist ...
Oct 6, 2025
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A new study in mice reports that concussions sustained early in life can cause subtle brain changes that re-emerge later in life. The findings, published in Experimental Neurology, may have significant implications for understanding ...
Sep 25, 2025
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A new study from the University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign shows, for the first time, that severe flu infection in pregnant mice leads to a breakdown in placental and brain barriers, leading to the accumulation of potentially ...
Sep 24, 2025
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Healing from any injury involves a delicate balance between scarring and inflammation—two processes that can wreak havoc as well as make repairs.
Sep 24, 2025
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Ricky Hatton's death has reignited an all-too-familiar conversation about mental health in sport. Hatton had spoken openly about his long battle with depression, as well as the drug and alcohol addiction that began after ...
Sep 21, 2025
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