Latest

blood-brain barrier

Image shows a diagram explaining how amitriptyline allows drugs to pass the bbb.

·April 27, 2017·4 min read

Antidepressants May Enhance Drug Delivery to Brain

A new study reports an antidepressant temporarily inhibits the blood-brain barrier, allowing drugs to enter the brain. The findings could have implications for treating neurological diseases from ALS to epilepsy.

Featured Genetics Neuroscience Open Neuroscience Articles

·April 26, 2017·5 min read

Link Between Immune System, Memory and Brain Structure Discovered

Researchers discover both the structure of specific brain areas and memory are linked to genetic activity that also play important roles in immune system function.

Featured Neuroscience Neuroscience Videos

·April 11, 2017·5 min read

Tracing the Origin of Blood-Brain Barrier ‘Sentry Cells’

According to researchers, a population of cells that help protect the brain from disease are not immune cells, but endothelial cells.

Featured Neuroscience Open Neuroscience Articles Psychology

·April 4, 2017·3 min read

Low Doses Penicillin in Early Life Induces Long Term Behavioral Changes

A new study reports penicillin when administered during pregnancy or during early years of life can result in long-term behavioral changes.

Image shows the structure of MiniAp-4, which could deliver drugs though the blood-brain barrier.

Featured Neurology Neuroscience

·April 2, 2017·3 min read

Making a ‘Beeline’ past the Blood-Brain Barrier for Drug Delivery

Researchers look toward a bee venom peptide to develop a strategy that may allow the delivery of medicines through the blood-brain barrier.

Image shows a diagram of the nanoparticles.

Featured Neuroscience

·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.

Autism Featured Neuroscience Open Neuroscience Articles

·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.

Featured Neurology Open Neuroscience Articles

·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.

Image shows neurons, cancer cells and mitochondria.

Brain Cancer Featured Neurology

·January 11, 2017·5 min read

Salmonella May Help Treat Brain Tumors

A strain of a bacteria commonly associated with food poisoning could prove an unlikely ally in the battle against glioblastoma brain cancer, a new study reports.

Featured Neuroscience

·December 7, 2016·5 min read