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Advancing our clocks in the spring affects sleep patterns and health

If you're feeling tired this coming week, don't be surprised. Moving our clocks ahead one hour to shift into daylight saving time (which occurs at 2 a.m. Sunday) disrupts the body's biological clock, affecting sleep patterns and how we function, according to a UT Southwestern Medical Center neuroscientist who researches circadian rhythms.

10 Mar 2023

Scientists unearth a potential new target for treating age-related neurological diseases

Scientists from the Trinity Biomedical Sciences Institute (TBSI) have shed new light on aging processes in the brain.

8 Mar 2023

$Male geriatric patients at greater risk of skull fractures from falls than females$

Male geriatric patients at greater risk of skull fractures from falls than females

Each year, more than 3 million people ages 65 and older are treated in emergency departments for fall injuries. Head trauma is the leading cause of serious injury with skull fractures being reported as a serious outcome.

8 Mar 2023

Dementia the strongest risk factor for infection with COVID-19 in older people

In 2020, the first year of the COVID-19 pandemic, dementia was the dominant risk factor for the disease among residents of Swedish nursing homes.

8 Mar 2023

New research pinpoints key culprit behind brain cancer metastasis in children

New research pinpoints a key cause of metastasis from an aggressive form of brain cancer in children and provides a potential new therapy for treating these tumors in the future.

6 Mar 2023

Researchers show how CBD can reduce seizures in treatment-resistant forms of childhood epilepsy

Researchers at Aston University have contributed to the discovery of a previously unknown way in which cannabidiol (CBD), a non-psychoactive component of cannabis, can reduce seizures in many treatment-resistant forms of childhood epilepsy.

6 Mar 2023

Analysis provides new insights into complex effects of Alzheimer’s disease on the retina

Cedars-Sinai investigators have produced the most extensive analysis to date of changes in the retina - a layer of tissue at the back of the eye where visual information originates - and how those retinal changes correspond to brain and cognitive changes in Alzheimer's disease patients.

3 Mar 2023

Brain development in autistic Individuals differs from people with typical neurodevelopment, study confirms

A new study led by UC Davis MIND Institute researchers confirms that brain development in people with autism differs from those with typical neurodevelopment.

3 Mar 2023

Researchers develop a potential treatment for autoimmune encephalitis

In autoimmune encephalitis, a rare but serious and sometimes life-threatening inflammation of the central nervous system, the body's own defenses are directed against the central nervous system.

3 Mar 2023

Innovative method to spot bacteria in blood, wastewater, and more

Shine a laser on a drop of blood, mucus, or wastewater, and the light reflecting back can be used to positively identify bacteria in the sample.

3 Mar 2023

UK HealthCare neurologist helps to compile an essential list of MS medications

Together with Multiple Sclerosis (MS) experts, biostatisticians and clinicians from across the globe, a UK HealthCare neurologist has helped compile an essential list of MS medications for patients in resource-poor settings.

3 Mar 2023

Neural underpinnings of atypical visual sensory behaviors in some children with autism

There is this picture – you may have seen it. It is black and white and has two silhouettes facing one another. Or maybe you see the black vase with a white background. But now, you likely see both.

2 Mar 2023

New research could greatly improve the quality of life for patients with temporal lobe epilepsy

Seizures can be predicted more than 30 minutes before onset in patients with temporal lobe epilepsy, opening the door to a therapy using electrodes that could be activated to prevent seizures from happening, according to new research from UTHealth Houston.

2 Mar 2023

Researchers receive $15 million to study the brain processes involved in speech, epilepsy, and reading

Three grants totaling $15 million, which aim to enhance knowledge of the brain processes that play a key role in speech, epilepsy, and reading, have been awarded to researchers at UTHealth Houston by the National Institutes of Health Brain Research Through Advancing Neurotechnologies (BRAIN) Initiative.

1 Mar 2023

Neuroscience News and Research

Advancing our clocks in the spring affects sleep patterns and health

Scientists unearth a potential new target for treating age-related neurological diseases

Male geriatric patients at greater risk of skull fractures from falls than females

Dementia the strongest risk factor for infection with COVID-19 in older people

New research pinpoints key culprit behind brain cancer metastasis in children

Researchers show how CBD can reduce seizures in treatment-resistant forms of childhood epilepsy

Analysis provides new insights into complex effects of Alzheimer’s disease on the retina

Brain development in autistic Individuals differs from people with typical neurodevelopment, study confirms

Researchers develop a potential treatment for autoimmune encephalitis

Innovative method to spot bacteria in blood, wastewater, and more

UK HealthCare neurologist helps to compile an essential list of MS medications

Neural underpinnings of atypical visual sensory behaviors in some children with autism

New research could greatly improve the quality of life for patients with temporal lobe epilepsy

Researchers receive $15 million to study the brain processes involved in speech, epilepsy, and reading

Brain over-activation could be causing seizures and social deficits in genetic subtype of autism

Microglia may be the culprit behind concentration and memory problems after chemotherapy

Tiny worm enables scientists to explore the theory that Parkinson's disease starts in the gut

Determining the role of the epigenetic enzyme, HDAC5, in an animal model

New AI tool tool could be used for rapid, automated anti-epileptic drug testing

Skipping meals can trigger a negative effect on immune cells

Event guide: 8th Neuroimmunology Drug Development Summit 2026 eBook

Evaluating new approaches for rare disease genomics

Expanding access to NMR with the Fourier 80 Duo

Advancing Intracellular Delivery with LumiPore®

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