FeaturedNeuroscienceOpen Neuroscience ArticlesPsychology·April 4, 2017·3 min readLow Doses Penicillin in Early Life Induces Long Term Behavioral ChangesA new study reports penicillin when administered during pregnancy or during early years of life can result in long-term behavioral changes.Read More
FeaturedNeurologyNeuroscience·April 2, 2017·3 min readMaking a ‘Beeline’ past the Blood-Brain Barrier for Drug DeliveryResearchers look toward a bee venom peptide to develop a strategy that may allow the delivery of medicines through the blood-brain barrier.Read More
FeaturedNeuroscience·January 23, 2017·7 min readNoninvasive Ultrasound Pulses Used to Precisely Tweak Rat Brain ActivityA new study outlines how researchers have been able to deliver concentrated amounts of drugs directly into the brains of rats by using ultrasound.Read More
AutismFeaturedNeuroscienceOpen Neuroscience Articles·January 21, 2017·5 min readChanges in Blood-Brain Barrier and Intestinal Permeability Found in People With AutismResearchers discover a link between neuroinflammation associated with impairment to the blood-brain barrier and intestinal permeability in people with ASD.Read More
FeaturedNeurologyOpen Neuroscience Articles·January 16, 2017·4 min readAntibody Therapy Creates New Opportunities For Treating Brain DiseasesResearchers have developed a new antibody design that can increase the uptake of antibodies to the brain by almost a 100 fold.Read More
Brain CancerFeaturedNeurology·January 11, 2017·5 min readSalmonella May Help Treat Brain TumorsA 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.Read More
FeaturedNeuroscience·December 7, 2016·5 min readBlood-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.Read More
FeaturedNeurologyNeuroscience·November 30, 2016·5 min readMicrobubbles and Ultrasound Open the Blood-Brain Barrier to Administer DrugsResearchers have developed a new method that could allow for the delivery of drugs across the blood-brain barrier.Read More
FeaturedNeurology·November 22, 2016·4 min readNew Mouse Model Reveals Extensive Postnatal Brain Damage Caused by ZikaA new mouse model, that closely mimics fetal brain abnormalities cause by the Zika virus, may help researchers better understand how the infection affects different cells in the developing brain.Read More
FeaturedNeurology·November 3, 2016·4 min readLlama Antibodies May Detect Cerebral Lesions Associated with Alzheimer’sResearchers have developed a new, non invasive way to bypass the blood brain barrier and reach brain cells in mouse models of Alzheimer's disease using two types of llama antibodies.Read More
Brain CancerFeaturedNeurology·October 20, 2016·5 min readScientists Build a Better Cancer Drug to Pass Through Blood-Brain BarrierBy 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.Read More
Brain CancerFeaturedNeurology·October 13, 2016·4 min readDepriving Deadly Brain Tumors Of Cholesterol May Be Their Achilles’ HeelDepriving glioblastoma brain cancer cells of cholesterol caused tumor regression and prolonged survival in mouse models of the disease, a new study reports.Read More