FeaturedGeneticsNeurology·January 8, 2019·7 min readCholine Helps Fight Alzheimer’s Across GenerationsResearchers report when mice bred to display Alzheimer's like symptoms were given diets high in choline, their offspring showed improvements in spatial memory compared to those exposed to normal levels of choline in the womb.Read More
FeaturedNeurologyNeuroscienceOpen Neuroscience Articles·December 4, 2018·5 min readA Toxin That Travels From Stomach to Brain May Trigger Parkinson’sA new study reports the combination of a toxic herbicide and lectins may trigger Parkinsonism after the toxins travel from the stomach to the brain.Read More
FeaturedNeurologyOpen Neuroscience Articles·July 6, 2018·3 min readPathway for Alzheimer’s Degeneration DiscoveredResearchers have developed a new neuroimaging method to track neurodegeneration in Alzheimer's disease. The method helped uncover a new pathway for how degeneration spreads from one brain region to another.Read More
FeaturedNeuroscienceOpen Neuroscience Articles·June 21, 2018·5 min readWaking Up is Hard to Do: Prefrontal Cortex Implicated in ConsciousnessA new study reveals the prefrontal cortex may play a role in coordinating the level of consciousness through the cholinergic system.Read More
FeaturedNeurologyNeuroscienceOpen Neuroscience Articles·May 2, 2018·4 min readWhere Brain Cells Get Their Information May Determine Their Roles in DiseasesResearchers have mapped the relationship of two types of neurons implicated in psychiatric and movement disorder. The findings could lead to new treatments for a range of disorders from depression to Parkinson's disease.Read More
FeaturedNeuroscienceOpen Neuroscience Articles·March 27, 2018·6 min readPrenatal Choline Intake Increases Gray and White Matter: Piglet StudyResearchers report piglets of mothers who were fed a choline rich diet had increased white and gray matter in the brain.Read More
FeaturedPsychology·March 15, 2018·5 min readADHD Drug Increases Glutamate and Positive Emotion in Healthy PeopleA new study reveals a psychostimulant prescribed for ADHD increases glutamate in the brains of healthy people, resulting in more positive emotions.Read More
FeaturedNeurologyOpen Neuroscience Articles·March 1, 2018·4 min readDomino Effect: Individual Damaged Neuron Types Cause Neurodegenerative DiseasesAge related neurodegeneration may be delayed by preventing oxidative damage in a few neuron types, researchers report.Read More
FeaturedNeurology·February 15, 2018·5 min readAlzheimer’s Drug Repairs Brain Damage After Alcohol Binges: Rat StudyResearchers report a drug used to slow cognitive decline in Alzheimer's disease may help to reverse memory and learning problems in teens who binge drink.Read More
FeaturedNeurologyOpen Neuroscience Articles·January 17, 2018·3 min readNeuron Loss Very Limited in Alzheimer’sA new study challenges conventional belief about Alzheimer's, finding very minor neuronal and synaptic loss in patients at various stages of the disease.Read More
FeaturedNeuroscience·January 5, 2018·5 min readEating More Foods with Choline During Pregnancy Boosts Baby’s BrainA new study provides further evidence that increasing choline consumption during pregnancy has cognitive benefits for children.Read More
FeaturedNeurology·January 4, 2018·4 min readBrain Stem Changes Identified in Parkinson’sA new study reveals Parkinson's patients have more copies of mitochondrial DNA in the brain stem, leading to increased cell death within that area.Read More
