Research led by investigators at The Ohio State University Wexner Medical Center provides new hope for recovery from degenerative neurological diseases—such as ALS and multiple sclerosis—as well as from damage caused ...
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There is currently no cure for spinal cord injury or treatment to help nerve regeneration so therapies offering intervention are limited. People with severe spinal cord injuries can remain paralysed for life and this is often ...
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Treatments for Parkinson's disease have most recently focused on increasing dopamine, a chemical messenger in the brain that affects reward-based behaviors and motivation, as well as movement. A new study by Yale researchers ...
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Michigan State University scientists now have early proof that an antidepressant drug that's been around for more than 50 years could slow the progression of Parkinson's.
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Intriguing new research has pinpointed a special population of T cells—tissue-resident memory T cells—as key players in the development of chronic autoimmune disorders that affect the central nervous system, opening a ...
Astrocytes are the most abundant type of cells within the central nervous system (CNS), but they remain poorly characterized. Researchers have long assumed that astrocytes' primary function is to provide nutrients and support ...
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Lewy body dementia, also known as dementia with Lewy bodies, is the second most common type of progressive dementia after Alzheimer's disease dementia. Protein deposits, called Lewy bodies, develop in nerve cells in the brain ...
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In the early 20th century scientists began to record brain activity using electrodes attached to the scalp. To their surprise, they saw that brain activity is characterized by slow and rapid ascending and descending signals ...
May 25, 2022
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Every day, 17 million HIV-infected people around the world swallow pills that keep the virus inside them at bay.
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A team of researchers from the Brigham and Women's Hospital, Harvard Medical School and the Dana-Farber Cancer Institute in the U.S., and Shanghai Medical College of Fudan University in China, has found epigenetic markers ...
