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·January 23, 2017·7 min read

Noninvasive Ultrasound Pulses Used to Precisely Tweak Rat Brain Activity

A new study outlines how researchers have been able to deliver concentrated amounts of drugs directly into the brains of rats by using ultrasound.

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·January 21, 2017·5 min read

Changes in Blood-Brain Barrier and Intestinal Permeability Found in People With Autism

Researchers discover a link between neuroinflammation associated with impairment to the blood-brain barrier and intestinal permeability in people with ASD.

Image shows a diagram of how the immunotherapy can help treat alzheimer's by bypassing the BBB.

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·January 16, 2017·4 min read

Antibody Therapy Creates New Opportunities For Treating Brain Diseases

Researchers have developed a new antibody design that can increase the uptake of antibodies to the brain by almost a 100 fold.

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·December 7, 2016·5 min read

Blood-Brain Barrier on a Chip Sheds New Light on ‘Silent Killer’

A new blood-brain barrier on a chip system is being used to study neuroinflammation, researchers report.

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·October 20, 2016·5 min read

Scientists Build a Better Cancer Drug to Pass Through Blood-Brain Barrier

By altering DON, an anti-cancer drug cultivated from bacteria originally found in Peruvian soil over 70 years ago, scientists believe they have made a safer and more tolerable form of the drug.

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·July 27, 2016·4 min read

Resveratrol May Restore Integrity of Blood-Brain Barrier in Alzheimer’s

Researchers report resveratrol, a naturally occurring compound found in red wine and dark chocolate, appears to improve the integrity of the blood brain barrier in patients with Alzheimer's disease.

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·May 31, 2016·4 min read

Leaky Blood-Brain Barrier Linked to Alzheimer’s

Increased blood brain barrier permeability may be a key mechanism in the early stages of Alzheimer's disease, a new study reports.

This image shows the structural model of critical transporter, Mfsd2a.

Brain Cancer Featured Neuroscience

·April 22, 2016·3 min read

The Gateway to the Brain

Researchers have constructed a structural model of a transporter at the blood-brain barrier.

This set of works depicts the ecosystem of gut bacteria which help keep us healthy.

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·April 20, 2016·3 min read

Combinations of Gut Bacteria Affects Myelin Content and Brain Function

According to researchers, targeting specific gut bacteria could be a way to treat demyelinating diseases, like multiple sclerosis.

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·April 14, 2016·4 min read

Using Simple Sugar to Detect Brain Tumors

Researchers use dextrose to enhance MRI images of brain tumors.

Image shows brain sliced from the experiment.

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·April 5, 2016·4 min read

Opening the Blood-Brain Barrier to Deliver Drugs For Brain Diseases

According to a new study, researchers have discovered a new way to open the blood-brain barrier. The findings have implications for delivering medications to treat brain diseases and cancers.