Ophthalmology
Pain reliever may help relieve the vision damage of glaucoma
The tip of our optic nerve is typically the first place injured by glaucoma.
May 1, 2017
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Neuroscience
Brain cells potentiate harmful electrical discharges during stroke
In the aftermath of stroke, brain damage is exacerbated by electrical discharges. Researchers at the German Center for Neurodegenerative Diseases (DZNE) have investigated the mechanisms of these "spreading depolarizations" ...
Dec 20, 2016
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Neuroscience
How brain tissue recovers after injury
A research team led by Associate Professor Mitsuharu ENDO and Professor Yasuhiro MINAMI (both from the Department of Physiology and Cell Biology, Graduate School of Medicine, Kobe University) has pinpointed the mechanism ...
Dec 15, 2016
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Psychology & Psychiatry
Study implicates glial cells in fragile X syndrome
Research on fragile X syndrome, the most common inherited cause of mental retardation, has focused mostly on how the genetic defect alters the functioning of neurons in the brain. A new study focusing on a different type ...
Oct 4, 2016
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Alzheimer's disease & dementia
Geometric study of brain cells could change strategies on Alzheimer's
Applying mathematical models used for studying the galaxies or interactions between elementary particles, researchers at the Institute of Neuroscience of the Universitat Autònoma de Barcelona, in collaboration with Massachusetts ...
Dec 9, 2015
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HIV & AIDS
New model to study HIV latency in brain cells
Over 35 million people worldwide are currently infected by HIV. Antiviral therapies can keep the virus from multiplying. However, no drug can cure infection so far, because various cell types continue to carry the virus in ...
Jun 18, 2015
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Psychology & Psychiatry
New study on cerebral astrocytes in depression and suicide
A new study published by the team of Naguib Mechawar, Ph.D., a researcher with the McGill Group for Suicide Studies (MGSS) of the Douglas Institute (CIUSSS de l"Ouest-de-l"Ile de Montreal) and associate professor in the Department ...
Jun 2, 2015
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Neuroscience
Enzyme that converts testosterone to estrogen has big role in the healthy, injured brain
An enzyme that converts testosterone to estrogen appears to have significant impact in a healthy and injured brain, scientists report.
May 4, 2015
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Neuroscience
Fatal uncoupling in the epileptic brain
Epilepsy is a very prevalent neurological disorder. Approximately one-third of patients are resistant to currently available therapies. A team of researchers under the guidance of the Institute of Cellular Neurosciences at ...
Mar 18, 2015
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Neuroscience
Engineer builds device to show how blood flows when we think
A UWM engineer is building a device that could help answer a particularly puzzling biological question – how blood is directed to the brain to power thinking.
Mar 10, 2015
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