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·September 21, 2015·5 min read

Could Daily Limb Compression Reduce Dementia Risk?

Researchers are looking at whether short, daily bouts of limb compression can help to reduce dementia.

Featured Neuroscience

·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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·November 10, 2017·4 min read

Biomarker May Predict Early Alzheimer’s

Researchers discover the DAG peptide can recognize specific protein elevation in brain blood vessels of both mouse models and humans with Alzheimer's disease.

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Featured Neuroscience

·April 22, 2015·5 min read

How the Blood-Brain Barrier is Maintained

Researchers identify a key protein which helps maintain the blood-brain barrier.

This shows the autonomic neurons (green) co-patterning with blood vessels (red).

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·May 22, 2015·4 min read

Model Tracks Cellular Behavior During Earliest Developmental Stages in Real Time

Researchers reveal how autonomic neurons and blood vessels come together to form the neurovascular unit.

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·September 29, 2015·5 min read

Alzheimer’s Disease Progression Influenced by Disruption of Blood-Brain Barrier

A new study reports amyloid beta induces a strong inflammatory response, destroying the blood-CSF barrier.

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Featured Neuroscience

·June 11, 2015·2 min read

Delving Into the Sympathetic Nervous System

A new study reports on how a key component of the nervous system develops during the embryonic stage.

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·February 11, 2013·4 min read

Simulations Show how Blood Vessels Regroup after Stroke

By simulating patterns of microvasculature cell growth and compare the results with real networks grown in lab, researchers hope to direct how they grow into the tiny blood vessels that feed the brain and help people regain functions lost to stroke and disease.

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·May 15, 2017·4 min read

Stem Cell Transplants May Advance ALS Treatment By Repairing Blood-Spinal Cord Barrier

According to researchers, bone marrow stem cell transplants helped repair damage to the blood spinal cord barrier in mouse models of ALS. This helped improve motor functions and nervous system conditions.

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·June 24, 2019·3 min read

Certain cells secrete a substance in the brain that protects neurons

Vascular cell loss results in neuron loss, researchers report. However, pericytes secrete a substance that helps protect neurons, even when vascular cell degeneration begins to occur.

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·May 7, 2019·5 min read

Everyday stress may boost blood vessel dysfunction in people with depression

Exposure to everyday stressors may result in impairments in endothelial function for patients with major depressive disorder. The findings reveal a possible reason for the association between stress, depression and an increased risk of cardiovascular disease.