Researchers at Case Western Reserve University School of Medicine have discovered why a gene, when mutated, is a common cause of two debilitating brain diseases: Amyotrophic lateral sclerosis (ALS) and frontotemporal dementia ...
Feb 6, 2024
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Patients often experience functional decline after an ischemic stroke, especially due to the brain's resistance to regenerate after damage. Yet, there is still potential for recovery as surviving neurons can activate repair ...
Aug 10, 2023
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People with depression have fewer active microglial cells, according to a new study by the Netherlands Institute for Neuroscience. What does that mean?
May 22, 2023
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The reason your three-pound brain doesn't feel heavy is because it floats in a reservoir of cerebrospinal fluid (CSF), which flows in and around your brain and spinal cord. This liquid barrier between your brain and skull ...
Dec 13, 2022
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Last week, the CDC released an advisory regarding severe cases of parechovirus in young infants. Parechovirus is a common virus: most children have had it by the time they are five years old. Children with the virus often ...
Aug 1, 2022
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The largest multi-institutional international study to date on brain complications of COVID-19 has found that approximately one in 100 patients hospitalized with COVID-19 will likely develop complications of the central nervous ...
Nov 29, 2021
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An infant's odd case of rare encephalitis not typically found in children led researchers to discover never before seen genetic mutations and a more accurate technique to examine the IRAK4 gene responsible for innate immunity.
Dec 21, 2020
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Linda J. Van Eldik, director of the Sanders-Brown Center on Aging at the University of Kentucky, co-authored a paper reporting the first human clinical study of a drug candidate that suppresses injury and disease-induced ...
Apr 9, 2020
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Individuals with Down syndrome are at a much greater risk of developing Alzheimer's disease, with inflammation of the brain starting early in life and the risk of Alzheimer's reaching nearly 80% by the age of 60.
Mar 13, 2020
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Scientists have determined that La Crosse virus (LACV), which can cause inflammation of the brain, or encephalitis, in children, affects brain cells differently depending on their developmental stage. Neurons—the primary ...
Nov 26, 2019
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