Alzheimer's disease & dementia
Drugs that quell brain inflammation reverse dementia
Drugs that tamp down inflammation in the brain could slow or even reverse the cognitive decline that comes with age.
Dec 4, 2019
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Medical research
By reprogramming skin cells into brain cells, scientists gain new insights into mental disorders
For many poorly understood mental disorders, such as schizophrenia or autism, scientists have wished they could uncover what goes wrong inside the brain before damage ensues.
Oct 12, 2011
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Medical research
Researchers aim to use light—not electric jolts—to restore healthy heartbeats
When a beating heart slips into an irregular, life-threatening rhythm, the treatment is well known: deliver a burst of electric current from a pacemaker or defibrillator. But because the electricity itself can cause pain, ...
Aug 28, 2013
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Neuroscience
Do spinal cord injuries cause subsequent brain damage?
Most research on spinal cord injuries has focused on effects due to spinal cord damage and scientists have neglected the effects on brain function. University of Maryland School of Medicine (UM SOM) researchers have found ...
Nov 14, 2014
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Oncology & Cancer
Blocking inflammatory pathway key to preventing brain metastasis from melanoma
Brain metastases are among the deadliest tumor metastases, with a median survival period of less than one year, and the incidence of brain metastasis is rising.
Aug 19, 2019
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Alzheimer's disease & dementia
New leads on treating dementia and Alzheimer's
A new study by scientists in Australia and the US provides an explanation for why clinical trials of drugs targeting proteins in the brain that were thought to cause dementia and Alzheimer's have failed. The study has opened ...
May 2, 2018
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Neuroscience
Microscopic blood vessel disease in the brain's white matter associated with worse cognition in Alzheimer's
Disease of the microscopic blood vessels that feed the white matter of our brain is associated with worse cognitive function and memory deficits in individuals with Alzheimer's, scientists report.
Aug 2, 2022
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Neuroscience
New MRI technique might help spot MS sooner
Researchers in Austria say a new MRI technique may lead to faster diagnosis and treatment for people with multiple sclerosis.
Jan 7, 2022
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Diseases, Conditions, Syndromes
Iron buildup in brain linked to higher risk for movement disorders
A disorder called hereditary hemochromatosis, caused by a gene mutation, results in the body absorbing too much iron, leading to tissue damage and conditions like liver disease, heart problems and diabetes. Scant and conflicting ...
Aug 1, 2022
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Neuroscience
'STING' protein's efforts to clean up brain cell damage may speed Parkinson's disease progress
In studies with mouse and human tissue, as well as live mice, Johns Hopkins Medicine researchers report that a snag in the normal process of cleaning up broken DNA in brain cells may hasten the progression of Parkinson's ...
May 19, 2022
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