‘Neurology’ Neuroscience Articles
Predictors Identified for Rehospitalization Among Post-Acute Stroke Patients
Findings pave way to reduce readmittance, a new requirement of the Affordable Care Act. Stroke patients receiving in-patient rehabilitation are more likely to land back in the hospital within three months if they are functioning poorly, show signs of depression and lack [Read More]
Pulse Pressure Elevation Could Presage Cerebrovascular Disease in Alzheimer’s Patients
Researchers at the University of California, San Diego and Veterans Affairs San Diego Healthcare System have shown that elevated pulse pressure may increase the risk of cerebrovascular disease (CVD) in older adults with Alzheimer’s disease (AD). Their study has been [Read More]
Scientists Redraw the Blueprint of the Body’s Biological Clock
Discovery of key link between circadian rhythms and metabolism may lead to new therapies for sleep disorders and diabetes. The discovery of a major gear in the biological clock that tells the body when to sleep and metabolize food may lead to new drugs to treat sleep [Read More]
Former Professional Baseball Pitcher Now Keeps His Strike Zone in Proteins
Perhaps no other biochemist in the world has his own baseball card, but University of Massachusetts Amherst doctoral student Elih M. Velazquez-Delgado, who gave up a pitching career for science, does. Now the only stats he cares about are experimental data, because, he [Read More]
Study Raises Hopes for Treatment of Stroke
Therapy to mend parts of the brain damaged by strokes has moved a step closer, thanks to research at Monash University’s Australian Regenerative Medicine Institute (ARMI) and the Florey Neuroscience Institutes (FNI). Scientists, James Bourne and Jihane Homman-Ludiye, of [Read More]
Chronic Stress Spawns Protein Aggregates Linked to Alzheimer’s
Repeated stress triggers the production and accumulation of insoluble tau protein aggregates inside the brain cells of mice, say researchers at the University of California, San Diego School of Medicine in a new study published in the March 26 Online Early Edition of [Read More]
Scientists Develop First Snap Shot of Tiny Brain Tumors
Cancer Research UK scientists have developed a technique they believe could be used to detect tiny secondary tumors in the brain, a process that is currently impossible, according to research published in PNAS, Monday. The scientists at Cancer Research UK’s Gray Institute [Read More]
New Hope for Treating Alzheimer’s Disease: A Role for the FKBP52 Protein
New research in humans published today reveals that the so-called FKBP52 protein may prevent the Tau protein from turning pathogenic. This may prove significant for the development of new Alzheimer’s drugs and for detecting the disease before the onset of clinical [Read More]
Stem Cells Hint at Potential Treatment for Huntington’s Disease
Huntington’s disease, the debilitating congenital neurological disorder that progressively robs patients of muscle coordination and cognitive ability, is a condition without effective treatment, a slow death sentence. But if researchers can build on new research [Read More]
Statin Use Appears Associated with Modest Reduction in Parkinson Disease Risk
Regular use of cholesterol-lowering statin drugs may be associated with a modest reduction in risk for developing Parkinson disease, particularly among younger patients, according to a study in the March issue of Archives of Neurology, one of the JAMA Archives journals. [Read More]
