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·March 21, 2022·3 min read

Intranasal Drug Halts Memory Decay in Experimental Alzheimer’s Model

Intranasal delivery of biologically active lipid messengers halts memory loss and neurodegeneration in mouse models of Alzheimer's disease.

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·July 20, 2019·3 min read

Pioneering new study on dopamine and stress

A neuroimaging study on house sparrows reveals changes in the dopaminergic system could be a physiological mechanism underlying the negative behavioral effects of chronic stress. The findings shed light on stress and resilience in wildlife and humans.

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·August 9, 2022·4 min read

Discovering a Major Contributor to Alzheimer’s Disease

Researchers identified a pathway that begins in the gut and ends with a pro-inflammatory protein in the brain that appears to contribute to the development and progression of Alzheimer's disease.

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·July 14, 2017·5 min read

Newly Discovered Elovanoids Called a ‘Transformative New Concept of Biology’

Researchers report they have discovers a new class of mediators, named elovanoids. These bioactive chemical messengers are created from omega-3 very long chain polyunsaturated fatty acid and released in response to cell injury. The findings are reported in Scientific Reports.

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·March 23, 2020·2 min read

ACE inhibitors and angiotensin receptor blockers may increase the risk of severe COVID-19

Researchers confirm ACE inhibitors and ARBS medications may increase the risk of patients with COVID-19 developing more severe symptoms.

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·December 30, 2020·5 min read

Potential New Treatment Strategy for Stroke

Treatment with LAU-0901, a synthetic molecule that blocks pro-inflammatory platelet-activating factor, in addition to aspirin-triggered NPD1, reduced the size of damage areas in the brain, initiated repair mechanisms, and improved behavioral recovery following ischemic stroke.

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·October 2, 2021·5 min read

New Treatment Combination Inhibits Glioblastoma Growth

A combination of approved and novel therapeutics improved survival rates and reduced both tumor volume and growth for those suffering from glioblastoma brain cancer.

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·September 11, 2020·4 min read

Nonharmful Stress Protects Against Disease in Offspring

Researchers conduct the first study to use nonharmful stress, like intermittent systemic hypoxia, to protect against disease in the first generation offspring in mice.

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·July 12, 2022·3 min read

New Human Cell Line Developed to Study Blinding Eye Disorders

Researchers have developed a new experimental human cell line from retinal pigment epithelial cells, dubbed ABC cells, that can assist with the study of blinding eye diseases, including age-related macular degeneration.

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·December 18, 2023·4 min read

Protein Key to Neuroprotection and Aging Discovered

Researchers made a pivotal discovery in neuroprotection. They identified how Elovanoid-34, a molecule in the brain, modulates the protein TXNRD1 to combat oxidative stress, a precursor to neurodegenerative diseases.

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·July 25, 2019·4 min read

Scientists find clue to ‘maternal instinct’

Researchers identify a group of neurons that are activated by oxytocin in an area of the female brain, but which are not present in the same area of a male mouse brain. Altered expression of these neurons may result in postpartum depression.

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·December 17, 2020·2 min read

New Mechanism to Balance Emotional Behavior

GABA accelerates the breakdown of endocannabinoids in the brain. Endocannabinoids are critical for emotional processing. The findings could lead to the development of new treatments for emotional behavioral disorders.