Medical research
How does the brain process heat as pain?
The world has changed since 1664, when French philosopher and scientist Rene Descartes first claimed the brain was responsible for feeling the sensation of pain.
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Neuroscience
Does treatment and its timing affect the costs associated with a genetic neuromuscular disease?
New research published in Developmental Medicine & Child Neurology indicates that early identification and treatment of patients with spinal muscular atrophy (SMA)—a genetic disorder characterized by weakness and wasting ...
Jun 8, 2022
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Neuroscience
Rapamycin increases Alzheimer's-associated plaques in mice, study finds
Researchers from The University of Texas Health Science Center at San Antonio (UT Health San Antonio) have found that oral administration of rapamycin to an Alzheimer's disease mouse model causes an increase in beta (β)-amyloid ...
Jun 7, 2022
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Neuroscience
Study finds that neurotransmitter phenotype switching by excitatory interneurons regulates recovery after spinal lesions
When adult humans and animals severely injure their spinal cord, they become irreversibly paralyzed and are no longer able to move body parts controlled by the section of the spinal cord below their lesion. To counteract ...
Neuroscience
Brain cell activity plays critical role in central nervous system disorder outcomes
Investigators at Cedars-Sinai have comprehensively mapped molecular activity in the brain and spinal cord that is responsible for regulating the body's response to central nervous system (CNS) disorders such as Alzheimer's, Huntington's ...
Jun 2, 2022
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Neuroscience
Studies indicate that pain and anxiety should be dealt with soon after MS diagnosis
Two recently published studies by UW Medicine researchers indicate that clinicians should offer non-pharmaceutical help for pain, fatigue, depression, or anxiety at the time of diagnosis for patients with multiple sclerosis, ...
May 30, 2022
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Diseases, Conditions, Syndromes
Autopsy helps confirm cause of mysterious paralyzing illness in kids
Researchers may finally have definitive proof of what's caused recent outbreaks of a rare polio-like illness in U.S. children: a respiratory virus that is usually harmless.
May 26, 2022
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Medications
Data published elucidating a mechanism for the neuroprotective potential of pridopidine
Prilenia Therapeutics B.V., a clinical stage biotechnology company focused on the urgent mission to develop novel therapeutics to slow the progression of neurodegenerative and neurodevelopmental disorders, today announced ...
May 25, 2022
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Medications
Gabapentin may boost functional recovery after a stroke
The drug gabapentin, currently prescribed to control seizures and reduce nerve pain, may enhance recovery of movement after a stroke by helping neurons on the undamaged side of the brain take up the signaling work of lost ...
May 23, 2022
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Health
Research brings hope for spinal cord injury treatment
Scientists from the University of Birmingham have shown an existing drug may reduce damage after spinal cord injury, by blocking the inflammatory response in the spinal cord.
May 20, 2022
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