Trending News
News
News
Altered Treatments Can Still Help Long-Term Parkinson's Patients
New research has illustrated that altered treatments after treatment options are considered exhausted can still benefit Parkinson's patients.
News
Activating This Brain Area Produces a Strong Sense of Discomfort
Researchers have identified a new neural circuit in the brain that produces a strong sense of discomfort when activated, leading to new insights into Parkinson's and depression.
News
Elevated Biological Age Linked to Greater Dementia and Stroke Risk
People who have a higher biological age than their actual chronological age have a significantly increased risk of stroke and dementia, especially vascular dementia.
News
Blood Test Reveals MS Progression Years in Advance
A blood test that detects elevated NfL, a biomarker of nerve damage, could be used to predict multiple sclerosis progression one to two years before worsening symptoms.
News
Cause of Tau Tangles in Alzheimer’s Disease Identified
An experimental drug can reduce the toxic changes in tau proteins known to damage neurons in brains with Alzheimer’s disease, researchers report.
News
Cannabis Use Associated With Brain Immune Cell Changes Vital to Development
Johns Hopkins researchers found that high levels of THC in adolescent mice caused brain immune cell changes linked to increased risk of psychiatric disorders and learning problems.
News
Brain Implant Can Enable Communication Through Thoughts Alone
A speech prosthetic developed by a collaborative team of Duke neuroscientists, neurosurgeons, and engineers can translate a person’s brain signals into what they’re trying to say.
News
Trust Nature, Not Technology, to Fight Climate Change, Says Social Media
People feel more positive about planting trees and protecting rainforests as a means of combating climate change than they do about employing technological solutions, according to a new research paper in Global Environmental Change.
News
Reprogrammed Cells Could Tackle Autoimmune Brain Condition
A novel treatment based on CAR-T cells could help tackle encephalitis, a common autoimmune disease, by targeting and eliminating disease-causing cells.
News
Rats Have Imaginations, Suggests New Study
As humans, we live in our thoughts: from pondering what to make for dinner to daydreaming about our last beach vacation. Now, new research from scientists at Janelia suggests that animals also possess an imagination.
Advertisement