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Intracerebral injection of BSC may reduce post-stroke cognitive dysfunction

27 Aug 2013

tDCS for 15 days improves sleep and fatigue symptoms in patients with PPS

Of the 15 million people around the world who have survived poliomyelitis, up to 80% report progressive deteriorating strength and endurance many years after infection, a condition known as post-polio syndrome (PPS).

27 Aug 2013

BSCs may offer new approach for reducing post-stroke cognitive dysfunction

Cognitive deficits following ischemic stroke are common and debilitating, even in the relatively few patients who are treated expeditiously so that clots are removed or dissolved rapidly and cerebral blood flow restored. A new study in Restorative Neurology and Neuroscience demonstrates that intracerebral injection of bone-marrow-derived mesenchymal stem cells reduces cognitive deficits produced by temporary occlusion of cerebral blood vessels in a rat model of stroke, suggesting that BSCs may offer a new approach for reducing post-stroke cognitive dysfunction.

26 Aug 2013

Scientists identify specific type of receptor that may aid in treatment of AD, Parkinson’s disease

Scientists at Washington University School of Medicine in St. Louis have found a way that corrupted, disease-causing proteins spread in the brain, potentially contributing to Alzheimer's disease, Parkinson's disease and other brain-damaging disorders.

26 Aug 2013

Researchers discover link between epilepsy drug and risk of having baby with birth defects

In a world first, new Australian medical research has given pregnant women with epilepsy new hope of reducing their chance of having a baby with physical birth defects.

26 Aug 2013

Loyola neurologists describe first known case of musical hallucinations

One night when she was trying to fall asleep, a 60-year-old woman suddenly began hearing music, as if a radio were playing at the back of her head. The songs were popular tunes her husband recognized when she sang or hummed them. But she herself could not identify them. This is the first known case of a patient hallucinating music that was familiar to people around her, but that she herself did not recognize, according to Dr. Danilo Vitorovic and Dr. José Biller of Loyola University Medical Center.

23 Aug 2013

Lippincott Williams & Wilkins-published journals win 13 APEX Awards

Wolters Kluwer Health, a world leader in healthcare information solutions, is pleased to announce that nine of its Lippincott Williams & Wilkins-published journals won 13 highly regarded awards in the 25th annual APEX Awards for Publication Excellence Competition.

23 Aug 2013

Chronic traumatic encephalopathy may affect people's thinking, memory, behavior and mood

New research suggests that chronic traumatic encephalopathy, a brain disease associated with repeat brain trauma including concussions in athletes, may affect people in two major ways: initially affecting behavior or mood or initially affecting memory and thinking abilities.

22 Aug 2013

Majority of Alzheimer's researchers support disclosure of results to study participants

A leading group of Alzheimer's researchers contends that, as biomarkers to detect signals of the disease improve at providing clinically meaningful information, researchers will need guidance on how to constructively disclose test results and track how disclosure impacts both patients and the data collected in research studies.

22 Aug 2013

Researchers report overall increase in use of tPA to dissolve clots blocking arteries

Use of the "clot-busting" drug tissue plasminogen activator to treat patients with strokes caused by a blockage of blood flow nearly doubled between 2003 and 2011.

22 Aug 2013

HIV prevention program at UCLA may reduce unprotected sex among bisexual black men

A culturally tailored HIV prevention program developed and tested by investigators at UCLA and the Charles R. Drew University of Medicine and Science has been shown to significantly reduce unprotected sex among bisexual black men.

22 Aug 2013

Risk factors linked to death may be reversible in severe encephalitis patients

People with severe encephalitis - inflammation of the brain - are much more likely to die if they develop severe swelling in the brain, intractable seizures or low blood platelet counts, regardless of the cause of their illness, according to new Johns Hopkins research.

21 Aug 2013

Study shows continuous CSF drainage is associated with complications in patients with SAH

Researchers at Duke University conducted a randomized clinical trial in patients with subarachnoid hemorrhage (SAH). In this study, the researchers compared two approaches to intracranial pressure management-continuous and intermittent drainage of cerebrospinal fluid (CSF)-and outcomes associated with those methods, focusing specifically on the incidence of cerebral vasospasm.

21 Aug 2013

Chinese herbal medicine JSK protects against injury caused by damage to spinal cord blood vessels

A new study published in Restorative Neurology and Neuroscience demonstrates that Chinese herbal medicine Ji-Sui-Kang (JSK), given systemically for three weeks after injury in rats, improved locomotor function, reduced tissue damage, and preserved the structure of neural cells compared to control rats.

20 Aug 2013

Pilots who fly at high altitudes may be at increased risk for brain lesions

A new study suggests that pilots who fly at high altitudes may be at an increased risk for brain lesions. The study is published in the August 20, 2013, print issue of Neurology, the medical journal of the American Academy of Neurology.

20 Aug 2013

Researchers study connections between brain network damage and Alzheimer's disease

In patients with early Alzheimer's disease, disruptions in brain networks emerge about the same time as chemical markers of the disease appear in the spinal fluid, researchers at Washington University School of Medicine in St. Louis have shown.

20 Aug 2013

Scientists identify new therapeutic targets to inhibit progression of Alzheimer's disease

To stop the progression of Alzheimer's disease in the early stage, it is necessary to identify new therapeutic targets. Prof. Yunpeng Cao and team from the First Affiliated Hospital of China Medical University examined striatal-enriched phosphatase 61 expression in the brain tissues of Alzheimer's disease rats using in vivo and in vitro models, and analyzed the molecular mechanism by which striatal-enriched phosphatase 61 regulates N-methyl-D- aspartate receptor 2B transport.

17 Aug 2013

Phase II trial to investigate vaccine therapy combined with Avastin for patients with recurrent GBM

Northwestern Medicine- recently joined a landmark clinical trial to investigate if a vaccine made from a patient's own brain tumor is effective in slowing tumor progression and extending survival.

16 Aug 2013

Neurologist writes "explosion of new and innovative" therapies for neurologic conditions

There has been an "explosion of new and innovative" therapies for neurologic conditions such as stroke, epilepsy, Parkinson disease and multiple sclerosis, Loyola University Medical Center neurologist Dr. Jose Biller writes in the August issue of the journal Neurologic Clinics.

16 Aug 2013

Novel potential biomarker present in CSF reveals signs of dementia decade before

A study published today reported the identification of what may be the earliest known biomarker associated with the risk of developing Alzheimer's disease (AD). The results suggest that this novel potential biomarker is present in cerebral spinal fluid (CSF) at least a decade before signs of dementia manifest.

16 Aug 2013

Neurology News and Research

Latest Neurology News and Research

Intracerebral injection of BSC may reduce post-stroke cognitive dysfunction

tDCS for 15 days improves sleep and fatigue symptoms in patients with PPS

BSCs may offer new approach for reducing post-stroke cognitive dysfunction

Scientists identify specific type of receptor that may aid in treatment of AD, Parkinson’s disease

Researchers discover link between epilepsy drug and risk of having baby with birth defects

Loyola neurologists describe first known case of musical hallucinations

Lippincott Williams & Wilkins-published journals win 13 APEX Awards

Chronic traumatic encephalopathy may affect people's thinking, memory, behavior and mood

Majority of Alzheimer's researchers support disclosure of results to study participants

Researchers report overall increase in use of tPA to dissolve clots blocking arteries

HIV prevention program at UCLA may reduce unprotected sex among bisexual black men

Risk factors linked to death may be reversible in severe encephalitis patients

Study shows continuous CSF drainage is associated with complications in patients with SAH

Chinese herbal medicine JSK protects against injury caused by damage to spinal cord blood vessels

Pilots who fly at high altitudes may be at increased risk for brain lesions

Researchers study connections between brain network damage and Alzheimer's disease

Scientists identify new therapeutic targets to inhibit progression of Alzheimer's disease

Phase II trial to investigate vaccine therapy combined with Avastin for patients with recurrent GBM

Neurologist writes "explosion of new and innovative" therapies for neurologic conditions

Novel potential biomarker present in CSF reveals signs of dementia decade before

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