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The human brain is the center of the human nervous system and is a highly complex organ. Enclosed in the cranium, it has the same general structure as the brains of other mammals, but is over three times as large as the brain of a typical mammal with an equivalent body size.

Single-cell analysis provides new details about mitochondrial diseases

Investigators led by a team at Massachusetts General Hospital have made discoveries at the single cell level to uncover new details concerning mitochondrial diseases-- inherited disorders that interfere with energy production in the body and currently have no cure.

13 Aug 2020

Discoveries point to a new potential treatment approach for fatal childhood brain tumor

Progress against DIPG, a fatal childhood brain tumor, is usually a game of inches. Studies that hint at even small gains are cause for celebration.

13 Aug 2020

Study examines feasibility of using Decoded Neurofeedback to control pain

Chronic pain is one of the most important health priorities of the 21st century, with a socioeconomic cost that may far exceed other most other medical problems.

13 Aug 2020

Stone age instinct and daily stress have left disproportionate number of women in agony

We're 100% behind knowledge-based research, but sometimes you really do have to question evolution! Jaw-dropping research? Not really, quite the opposite actually!

13 Aug 2020

Diabetes linked to increased risk of Parkinson’s

New research funded by Parkinson’s UK has identified further evidence that diabetes may increase risk of Parkinson's.

13 Aug 2020

Researchers study about the science behind staying motivated

There is no question that motivation is one of the hardest and yet important factors in life. It's the difference between success and failure, goal-setting and aimlessness, well-being and unhappiness. And yet, why is it so hard to get motivated - or even if we do, to keep it up?

13 Aug 2020

Study: Lower socioeconomic status is associated with reduced size of anterior hippocampus

A new study by a team of researchers from the University of Toronto (U of T) has identified the region of the brain's hippocampus that links low income with decreased memory and language ability in children.

13 Aug 2020

Reelin inhibition may be effective for treating multiple sclerosis

In an animal model of multiple sclerosis (MS), decreasing the amount of a protein made in the liver significantly protected against development of the disease's characteristic symptoms and promoted recovery in symptomatic animals, UTSW scientists report.

12 Aug 2020

Osmotic therapy device reduces swelling in rats with spinal cord injuries

When injured, the spinal cord swells, restricting blood flow, resulting in further, often critical and permanent motor, sensory, and autonomic function damage.

12 Aug 2020

Yoga improves generalized anxiety disorder, study shows

The feelings of fear are normal emotions felt when the brain senses an impending danger or stress. Anxiety is the body's natural response to stress. In some people, however, they experience constant and overwhelming anxiety and fear, impeding their normal activities.

12 Aug 2020

Scientists win grant to study brain's role in tracking odors

Seeking to unravel the mystery of how animals follow scent, a team of scientists from the University of Colorado Anschutz Medical Campus, the University of Colorado Boulder and Columbia University, have won a grant to peer deeply inside the brain as the process takes place.

12 Aug 2020

Bayer supports WHO through donated medicines for treatment of T. solium infection

A recent agreement between the World Health Organization and the German pharmaceutical company Bayer promises hope of expanding access to essential medicines for the treatment of people exposed to or infected by the pork tapeworm Taenia solium.

12 Aug 2020

Adaptive features of single neurons supply memory for language processing

To understand language, we have to remember the words that were uttered and combine them into an interpretation.

12 Aug 2020

Study identifies neural connectivity patterns associated with autism in infants

Autism spectrum disorder (ASD) is rarely diagnosed until symptoms arise, often well into childhood. Evidence however, is mounting that developmental abnormalities likely emerge in the brain long before then: early identification of babies at risk for ASD could allow for interventions that would improve their developmental outcomes.

12 Aug 2020

Researchers develop novel approach for utilizing 4D-printing of arrays to accelerate drug testing

Investigators at Rutgers Cancer Institute of New Jersey have developed a novel approach for utilizing 4-dimensional (4D) printing of arrays that transform from cell-culture inserts into histological cassettes that hold patient tissue samples for rapid programmable drug testing.

12 Aug 2020

Creating a blood test for the detection of Alzheimer’s disease

News-Medical spoke to Dr. Randall Bateman and Dr. Nicolas Barthélemy about their research on Alzheimer's disease, and their new diagnosis technique.

12 Aug 2020

New techniques help replace malfunctioning microglia associated with neurological disorders

Researchers at Fudan University in Shanghai, China have developed three different techniques that successfully replace almost all malfunctioning microglia - each technique with its own advantage in application

12 Aug 2020

Researchers review scientific articles on proteins that help cancer cells enter the brain

An international team of scientists, including a researcher from Sechenov University, reviewed scientific articles on proteins (and genes encoding them) that help cancer cells enter the brain.

12 Aug 2020

Researchers discover a simpler way to diagnose Alzheimer's disease

The Republic of Korea, like other countries with a rapidly ageing population, is facing increasing numbers of patients with dementia, of which Alzheimer's disease (AD) is the most representative type.

12 Aug 2020

Study focuses on genetic neurological disorders that develop in children over time

A team of researchers at Children's Hospital of Philadelphia (CHOP) affiliated with the CHOP Epilepsy Neurogenetics Initiative (ENGIN) further bridged the gap between genomic information and clinical outcome data by systematically linking genetic information with electronic medical records, focusing on how genetic neurological disorders in children develop over time.

12 Aug 2020

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Single-cell analysis provides new details about mitochondrial diseases

Discoveries point to a new potential treatment approach for fatal childhood brain tumor

Study examines feasibility of using Decoded Neurofeedback to control pain

Stone age instinct and daily stress have left disproportionate number of women in agony

Diabetes linked to increased risk of Parkinson’s

Researchers study about the science behind staying motivated

Study: Lower socioeconomic status is associated with reduced size of anterior hippocampus

Reelin inhibition may be effective for treating multiple sclerosis

Osmotic therapy device reduces swelling in rats with spinal cord injuries

Yoga improves generalized anxiety disorder, study shows

Scientists win grant to study brain's role in tracking odors

Bayer supports WHO through donated medicines for treatment of T. solium infection

Adaptive features of single neurons supply memory for language processing

Study identifies neural connectivity patterns associated with autism in infants

Researchers develop novel approach for utilizing 4D-printing of arrays to accelerate drug testing

Creating a blood test for the detection of Alzheimer’s disease

New techniques help replace malfunctioning microglia associated with neurological disorders

Researchers review scientific articles on proteins that help cancer cells enter the brain

Researchers discover a simpler way to diagnose Alzheimer's disease

Study focuses on genetic neurological disorders that develop in children over time

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