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Scientists demonstrate the existence of grid-like activity in the human brain

It has long been known that so-called place cells in the human hippocampus are responsible for coding one's position in space.

12 Oct 2018

Findings offer new insight into early changes that occur during AD pathology

Alzheimer's disease (AD) is the most common form of dementia, involving memory loss and a reduction in cognitive abilities.

12 Oct 2018

Study: Brain's neurons are more changeable in adulthood than previously thought

UT Southwestern researchers attempting to transform supporting brain cells into neurons instead reprogrammed mature inhibitory neurons into a different type of neuron that creates the neurotransmitter lost in Parkinson's disease.

12 Oct 2018

Scientists work to speed regeneration and recovery of your sense of taste

When it's a significant injury, not just a hot pizza, that damages your tongue and taste buds, you appear to need a cell type best known for its inflammation-promoting skills to help restore your sense of taste.

12 Oct 2018

Vagus nerve stimulation can reverse brain inflammation after surgery, mice study shows

For adults over age 65, surgical complications can dampen not only their physical health but also their mental sharpness, with more than half of high-risk cases declining into delirium.

12 Oct 2018

Human brain cell transplant opens new avenues to understand neurological conditions

Scientists have created a 'window' into the brain, which enables researchers to watch in incredible detail how human brain cells develop and connect to each other in real time.

12 Oct 2018

Gut microbiota could play greater role in pathogenesis of MS than previously thought

In multiple sclerosis, a defective response of the body’s own immune system leads to brain tissue damage. Gastrointestinal microbiota could play a far greater role in the pathogenesis of the disease than previously assumed, researchers at the University of Zurich have now found.

11 Oct 2018

Scientists succeed in growing functional salivary gland

A research group led by scientists from Showa University and the RIKEN Center for Biosystems Dynamics Research in Japan have, for the first time, succeeded in growing three-dimensional salivary gland tissue that, when implanted into mice, produced saliva like normal glands.

11 Oct 2018

Virginia Tech researcher receives $1.7 million to study herpes simplex virus

The National Institute of Neurological Disorders and Stroke of the National Institutes of Health has awarded Andrea Bertke, an assistant professor of infectious diseases in the Department of Population Health Sciences in the Virginia-Maryland College of Veterinary Medicine at Virginia Tech, $1.7 million to study the neuron-specific regulation of herpes simplex viruses 1 and 2.

11 Oct 2018

Using nanotechnology to fight dementia

In the human brain, nerve cells - so-called neurons - care for the transmission of electrical signals. They form the functional component responsible for sensations, stimuli and memories. In the presence of dementia, there is an adsorption of proteins outside the neurons, which then leads to the death of the neuronal cells. How to prevent the death of neurons is still the subject of scientific research today.

10 Oct 2018

'Molecular baskets' show promise to trap deadly nerve agents and toxic compounds

Researchers have developed designer molecules that may one day be able to seek out and trap deadly nerve agents and other toxic compounds in the environment - and possibly in humans.

10 Oct 2018

New hope for children with aggressive form of cancer

Children with an aggressive form of cancer are being given new hope in a world-first trans-Atlantic clinical trial that will test a new three-part treatment.

10 Oct 2018

New 3D imaging technique helps track satiety hormone

Many overweight people lack the feeling of being full. It was long thought that this was due to the disrupted transport of the satiety hormone leptin to the brain.

9 Oct 2018

Study suggests novel approach to treating adults with autism spectrum disorder

A team of scientists at Florida Atlantic University has uncovered a brain-signaling pathway that can be pharmacologically manipulated in genetically engineered mice to reverse an autism-related pathway.

8 Oct 2018

Scientists develop first example of bioelectronic medicine

Researchers at Northwestern University and Washington University School of Medicine have developed the first example of a bioelectronic medicine: an implantable, biodegradable wireless device that speeds nerve regeneration and improves the healing of a damaged nerve.

8 Oct 2018

Researchers identify neurons essential for normal sleep

Two decades ago, Clifford B. Saper, MD/PhD, Chairman of the Department of Neurology at Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center, and colleagues discovered a set of nerve cells they thought might be the switch that turns the brain off, allowing it to sleep.

8 Oct 2018

Damage to small nerves shown to be cause of chronic pain following knee surgeries

Patients frequently experience severe chronic pain following knee operations. Although the pain is thought to be due to damage to small nerves, it was hitherto impossible to demonstrate this by imaging.

8 Oct 2018

Women with epilepsy have five times greater risk of dying during pregnancy

The risk of dying during pregnancy is negligible for the average Danish woman, but if the woman in question has epilepsy, the probability must be multiplied by five. This is the central result presented in a comprehensive epidemiological study that researchers from Health, Aarhus University, are behind.

3 Oct 2018

Genentech announces clinical data from studies investigating risdiplam in spinal muscular atrophy

Genentech, a member of the Roche Group, announced today interim clinical data from the dose-finding parts of the pivotal FIREFISH and SUNFISH studies investigating risdiplam in spinal muscular atrophy.

3 Oct 2018

Eagle Pharmaceuticals and USAMRICD signs agreement to assess neuroprotective effects of RYANODEX

Eagle Pharmaceuticals, Inc. today announced that it has entered into an agreement with the United States Army Medical Research Institute of Chemical Defense, the nation's leading science and technology laboratory in the area of medical chemical countermeasures research and development, to conduct a study to evaluate the neuroprotective effects of RYANODEX.

3 Oct 2018

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Scientists demonstrate the existence of grid-like activity in the human brain

Findings offer new insight into early changes that occur during AD pathology

Study: Brain's neurons are more changeable in adulthood than previously thought

Scientists work to speed regeneration and recovery of your sense of taste

Vagus nerve stimulation can reverse brain inflammation after surgery, mice study shows

Human brain cell transplant opens new avenues to understand neurological conditions

Gut microbiota could play greater role in pathogenesis of MS than previously thought

Scientists succeed in growing functional salivary gland

Virginia Tech researcher receives $1.7 million to study herpes simplex virus

Using nanotechnology to fight dementia

'Molecular baskets' show promise to trap deadly nerve agents and toxic compounds

New hope for children with aggressive form of cancer

New 3D imaging technique helps track satiety hormone

Study suggests novel approach to treating adults with autism spectrum disorder

Scientists develop first example of bioelectronic medicine

Researchers identify neurons essential for normal sleep

Damage to small nerves shown to be cause of chronic pain following knee surgeries

Women with epilepsy have five times greater risk of dying during pregnancy

Genentech announces clinical data from studies investigating risdiplam in spinal muscular atrophy

Eagle Pharmaceuticals and USAMRICD signs agreement to assess neuroprotective effects of RYANODEX

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