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The sympathetic nervous system can modulate action of defense cells in autoimmune disease

The results of a study conducted in Brazil suggest that the sympathetic nervous system - the part of the autonomous nervous system that controls responses to danger or stress - can modulate the action of defense cells in patients with autoimmune diseases.

16 Dec 2019

Older teens may have similar opioid overdose risk factors as adults

Older teens may have similar risk factors for prescription opioid overdose as adults, a new study suggests.

16 Dec 2019

Problem drinkers have higher likelihood of using benzodiazepines

Problem drinkers are more likely than teetotalers and moderate drinkers to take benzodiazepines, a class of sedatives that are among the most commonly prescribed drugs -- and the most abused.

14 Dec 2019

Research suggests contributory role of 'Asian glow' mutation and alcohol to Alzheimer’s

A new study from Stanford, published on December 12 in the journal Acta Neuropathologica Communications, suggests that an important enzyme that helps break down alcohol in the body is defective in patients with Alzheimer’s disease (AD). Understanding its relationship with alcohol and with genes that predispose to AD could help avert the latter in humans at risk.

12 Dec 2019

Methamphetamine undermines success in treatment for opioid-use disorder

Judith Tsui, a UW Medicine clinician specializing in addiction treatment, was seeing more and more patients she was treating for opioid-use disorder also using methamphetamines, a powerful, highly addictive stimulant that affects the central nervous system.

8 Dec 2019

Cancer in the eye does not always develop into central nervous system lymphoma

Researchers at Okayama University report in the Journal of clinical and experimental hematopathology that primary intraocular lymphoma, a cancer in the eye, does not always develop into central nervous system lymphoma.

6 Dec 2019

Researchers reveal why granule cells and interneurons process information differently

The dentate gyrus is the "input point" for the hippocampus part of the brain. It transmits information from the short term memory to the long term. It consists of granule cells, which are especially dense in this area of the brain, and interneurons, which are linked up in the central or peripheral nervous system between several nerve cells and have an inhibiting effect on their activity. Both types of cell process information and differentiate closely-related memories.

5 Dec 2019

Gabapentin – a drug for nerve pain could help patients with spinal injury finds study

A preclinical study with mice has shown that Gabapentin, a drug that is commonly used in nerve pain could be useful for patients with spinal cord injury. Use of the drug showed improvement in upper limb function among the mice models of spinal cord injury, wrote the researchers. The study titled, “Gabapentinoid treatment promotes corticospinal plasticity and regeneration following murine spinal cord injury,” was published this week in the latest issue of the Journal of Clinical Investigation.

4 Dec 2019

Study shows intestinal involvement in the development and progression of MS

It is incompletely understood which factors in patients with multiple sclerosis (MS) act as a trigger for the immune system to attack the brain and spinal cord.

4 Dec 2019

Study reveals role of corpora amylacea in expelling brain waste substances

An article published in Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences describes a new pathway in the central nervous system to expel waste substances from the brain through the creation of corpora amylacea, aggregates formed by glucose polymers amassing waste products.

4 Dec 2019

New discovery may bring scientists a step closer to developing hearing loss treatments

A new discovery from a team led by Massachusetts Eye and Ear researchers may bring scientists a step closer to developing treatments that regrow the lost cells that cause hearing loss.

4 Dec 2019

Common drug for nerve pain could help restore upper limb function after spinal cord injury

Long-term treatment with gabapentin, a commonly prescribed drug for nerve pain, could help restore upper limb function after a spinal cord injury, new research in mice suggests.

3 Dec 2019

Eating whole fruit could reduce blood pressure for both men and women

University of Delaware researchers have some good news and some bad news that could help you in those critical, decisive moments.

3 Dec 2019

Researchers identify new drug target for treating neurological disorders

Understanding how the brain processes sweet, bitter and umami tastes may one day help researchers design more effective drugs for neurological disorders.

3 Dec 2019

Study: Most Australian GPs widely use placebos

Most Australian GPs have used a placebo in practice at least once, with active placebos (active treatments used primarily to generate positive expectations) more commonly used than inert placebos, according to a new study.

2 Dec 2019

Comparative study finds three anti-seizure drugs to be equally safe and effective

A new study finds that the three most common treatment options administered in the emergency department for patients who experience refractory status epilepticus are equally safe and effective.

27 Nov 2019

Researchers develop new strategy for treating the most aggressive type of brain cancer

Researchers from the University of São Paulo in Brazil have developed a strategy for treating the most aggressive type of brain cancer in adults that combines a photoactive molecule and a chemotherapeutic agent - both encapsulated in protein-lipid nanoparticles.

27 Nov 2019

Oligomerix and Feinstein Institutes publish preclinical data of Alzheimer's disease treatment

Oligomerix, Inc., a privately held company pioneering the development of tau oligomer inhibitors for Alzheimer's disease and related neurodegenerative disorders, and the Feinstein Institutes for Medical Research announced today the publication of preclinical data demonstrating that an oral small molecule drug inhibits the formation of neurotoxic tau oligomers in an animal model of tau aggregation most relevant to AD.

26 Nov 2019

LACV-infected cerebral organoids reveal how to protect neurons from virus-induced death

Scientists have determined that La Crosse virus, which can cause inflammation of the brain, or encephalitis, in children, affects brain cells differently depending on their developmental stage.

26 Nov 2019

New method for correcting hypoxic conditions of the central nervous system

Hypoxia is a key factor that accompanies most brain pathologies, including ischemia and neurodegenerative diseases.

26 Nov 2019

Central Nervous System News and Research

The sympathetic nervous system can modulate action of defense cells in autoimmune disease

Older teens may have similar opioid overdose risk factors as adults

Problem drinkers have higher likelihood of using benzodiazepines

Research suggests contributory role of 'Asian glow' mutation and alcohol to Alzheimer’s

Methamphetamine undermines success in treatment for opioid-use disorder

Cancer in the eye does not always develop into central nervous system lymphoma

Researchers reveal why granule cells and interneurons process information differently

Gabapentin – a drug for nerve pain could help patients with spinal injury finds study

Study shows intestinal involvement in the development and progression of MS

Study reveals role of corpora amylacea in expelling brain waste substances

New discovery may bring scientists a step closer to developing hearing loss treatments

Common drug for nerve pain could help restore upper limb function after spinal cord injury

Eating whole fruit could reduce blood pressure for both men and women

Researchers identify new drug target for treating neurological disorders

Study: Most Australian GPs widely use placebos

Comparative study finds three anti-seizure drugs to be equally safe and effective

Researchers develop new strategy for treating the most aggressive type of brain cancer

Oligomerix and Feinstein Institutes publish preclinical data of Alzheimer's disease treatment

LACV-infected cerebral organoids reveal how to protect neurons from virus-induced death

New method for correcting hypoxic conditions of the central nervous system

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