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Brain Cancer Featured Open Neuroscience Articles

·February 24, 2016·6 min read

Laser Technology Opens Blood-Brain Barrier to Chemotherapy

Researchers have successfully bypassed the blood-brain barrier using a laser probe to help deliver chemotherapy drugs to glioblastoma patients.

Brain Cancer Featured Psychology

·February 10, 2016·4 min read

Attention Problems Persist in Childhood Leukemia Survivors Treated Only with Chemotherapy

Researchers report children who received chemotherapy alone for acute lymphoblastic leukemia remain at risk for attention and learning problems after the treatment ends.

Brain Cancer Featured Genetics

·February 1, 2016·5 min read

Researchers Identify Genetic Cause of Pediatric Brain Cancer

Researchers identify the genetic mechanism behind angiocentric gliomas, a new study reports.

Brain Cancer Featured Genetics

·January 28, 2016·6 min read

New Way to Identify Aggressiveness of Brain Tumor

Study suggests a new way of classifying gliomas that could impact patient management and develop more targeted therapies.

Image shows brain slices of a glioblastoma patient.

Brain Cancer Featured Neurology

·January 9, 2016·5 min read

Key Driver For Treatment of Glioblastoma Brain Cancer Discovered

Researchers have discovered a key to glioblastoma tumor cells proliferation, and ways to turn this engine of tumor growth into a target for cancer treatment.

Brain Cancer Featured Open Neuroscience Articles

·December 28, 2015·4 min read

Hypnosis May Help Reduce Trauma Associated With ‘Awake Surgeries’ for Brain Cancer Patients

Researchers report hypnotism appears to reduce the impact of unpleasant events during 'awake surgeries' for brain cancer.

Image shows Psilocybe allenii mushrooms.

Brain Cancer Featured Neuroscience Psychology

·December 10, 2015·1 min read

Magic Mushroom Component Reduces Depression and Anxiety in Cancer Patients

Study suggests that a single dose of psilocybin, the active ingredient of magic mushrooms, may be enough to produce a lasting decrease in depression and anxiety for cancer patients.

This shows brain slice from an alzheimer's patient.

Featured Neurology

·December 7, 2015·5 min read

Prostate Cancer Therapy May Increase Alzheimer’s Risk

A new study reports men who take testosterone reducing therapy for prostate cancer have an increased risk of developing Alzheimer's disease.

Image shows a neuron at 5 days post infection with EBV.

Featured Neurology

·December 4, 2015·5 min read

Certain Herpes Viruses Can Infect Neurons and Underlie Symptoms of Brain Disorders

A new study reports certain strains of the herpes virus are able to infect neurons and could underlie some symptoms of neurological disorders such as MS.

Image shows a cross-section of a murine stem cell-derived brain tumor with histological features strikingly similar to human gliomas.

Brain Cancer Featured Open Neuroscience Articles

·December 4, 2015·2 min read

Signaling Pathway Suppresses Brain Tumors

Researchers shed light on how the Notch pathway can suppress the formation of some types of brain cancer tumors.

Brain Cancer Featured Psychology

·December 4, 2015·3 min read

‘Chemobrain’ Study Examines Effects of Chemotherapies on Cognition in Breast Cancer Survivors

Anthracycline based chemotherapies could have greater negative effects on cognition than nonanthracycline treatments for breast cancer survivors, a new study reports.