Neuroscience

Probing the pathology of impaired cognition

Neurofilament light (NFL) is a support protein within large axons in the brain's white matter that supports nerve signal transmission. When axons are injured, increased NFL concentrations are found in the cerebrospinal fluid ...

Diseases, Conditions, Syndromes

Treatment hope for Duchenne muscular dystrophy

An international team led by the University of Melbourne Australia, has found that increasing a specific protein in muscles could help treat Duchenne muscular dystrophy (DMD), a severe and progressive muscle wasting disease ...