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Diseases, Conditions, Syndromes

Q&A: Persistent pain in your funny bone? It could be ulnar neuropathy

Everyone knows hitting your funny bone isn't actually funny. But what happens when that feeling continues to persist?

Dec 14, 2023

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Neuroscience

New insights into how sensory cells and neurons code for sound in our ears

Sensory cells and neurons in the ear communicate by secreting neurotransmitters in response to sound stimuli. Scientists of the University Medical Center Göttingen, the Cluster of Excellence Multiscale Bioimaging, and the ...

Dec 14, 2023

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Neuroscience

Research reveals novel ways of cultivating brain cells to treat and study

Scientists from Duke-NUS Medical School and their collaborators have come up with new methods to cultivate brain cells from stem cells to treat and study neurodegenerative diseases. This novel technology forms the basis of ...

Dec 14, 2023

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Health

Noisy holiday toys are no gift to a child's hearing

Parents moaning over the noise from a new Christmas toy is a time-honored holiday tradition.

Dec 12, 2023

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Genetics

Bone transcription factor controls nervous system gene expression, finds study

An established transcription factor known for bone formation also supports specialized cells in the central nervous system to promote brain tissue stiffness, findings that could inform new therapeutics for neuronal regeneration, ...

Dec 12, 2023

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Parkinson's & Movement disorders

New evidence suggests link between gut health and Parkinson's disease

While previous studies suggest Parkinson's disease begins in the gut and spreads to the brain, how the process occurs has been elusive. Now, a pre-clinical study led by Duke Health researchers provides new evidence that bolsters ...

Dec 12, 2023

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Neuroscience

New therapeutic target for rare type of childhood epilepsy identified

Researchers at the Francis Crick Institute, UCL and MSD have identified a potential treatment target for a genetic type of epilepsy.

Dec 11, 2023

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Medical research

Study links back pain to a subtype of cells in spinal 'shock absorbers'

A new Cedars-Sinai study might have cracked the mystery surrounding the cause of a specific type of back pain. Almost 40% of the adult population experiences low back pain due to degenerating disks in the spine, but medical ...

Dec 7, 2023

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Neuroscience

New therapeutic strategies for spinal muscular atrophy

Modulating the activity of a kinase in motor neurons may help mitigate mitochondrial defects and other symptoms of spinal muscular atrophy, offering a new therapeutic avenue for the devastating disease, according to a Northwestern ...

Dec 5, 2023

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