FeaturedNeuroscienceOpen Neuroscience ArticlesPsychology·January 10, 2020·5 min readLong-term medication for schizophrenia is safeLong-term antipsychotic use does not increase the risk of physical morbidity leading to hospitalization.Read More
FeaturedGeneticsNeurologyNeuroscienceOpen Neuroscience Articles·January 10, 2020·2 min readAntibiotics could be promising treatment for form of dementiaGentamicin and G418, two aminoglycoside antibiotics, were effective at correcting genetic mutations associated with a specific form of frontotemporal dementia. The findings are promising for the treatment of frontotemporal dementia.Read More
FeaturedNeurologyNeuroscienceOpen Neuroscience Articles·January 8, 2020·7 min readLifestyle choices could slow familial frontotemporal dementiaThose with a genetic predisposition to frontotemporal dementia (FTD) can become resilient to the neurodegenerative disease by remaining physically and mentally active.Read More
FeaturedNeurologyNeuroscience·January 8, 2020·4 min readStudy uncovers largest US outbreak of neurologic disease to dateStudy connects enterovirus A71, which causes Hand, Foot, and Mouth Disease, to a large outbreak of neurological illness in the U.S in 2018. Symptoms of the virus include myoclonus, ataxia, weakness, and autonomic instability.Read More
FeaturedNeurologyNeuroscienceOpen Neuroscience Articles·January 8, 2020·4 min readPeptide reduced epileptic seizures in human brain tissueThe neuropeptide NPY reduces seizures in human brain tissue.Read More
FeaturedNeurologyNeuroscience·January 8, 2020·4 min readGut microbes may improve stroke recoveryMicrobiota-derived short-chain fatty acids (SCFA) modulate stroke recovery. The effect was mediated by circulating lymphocytes on microglia activation. The study reports SCFAs could be a potential therapeutic to improve post-stroke recovery.Read More
FeaturedNeurologyNeuroscience·January 8, 2020·3 min readAntipsychotic medications linked to brain injuries in individuals with Alzheimer’s diseasePeople with Alzheimer's disease who use antipsychotic medications have a 29% higher risk of head injury, and a 22% increased risk of TBI compared to those with the neurodegenerative disease who do not use the medications.Read More
FeaturedNeuroscienceOpen Neuroscience Articles·January 7, 2020·3 min readBreastfeeding could protect babies from malaria15% of breastmilk samples from mothers who carry the malaria parasite, but who are not symptomatic of the disease, contain antigens. Researchers propose these mothers may be able to naturally vaccinate their children against malaria via breastfeeding.Read More
FeaturedGeneticsNeuroscienceOpen Neuroscience Articles·January 7, 2020·4 min readRemoving body clock gene protects mice against pneumoniaRemoving BMAL1, a gene commonly associated with circadian rhythm, makes macrophages more effective and the body more resistant to pneumonia.Read More
FeaturedNeuroscience·January 7, 2020·2 min readNew recommendations released on bedsharing to promote breastfeedingResearchers release new evidence-based recommendations regarding the benefits and risks for breastfeeding mother and infant co-sleeping. The study reports safe bedsharing is possible, and existing evidence does not support the conclusion that co-sleeping in breastfed infants increases the risk for SIDS in the absence of known hazards.Read More
FeaturedNeurologyNeuroscience·January 7, 2020·4 min readPredictors of chronic migraineSociodemographic factors, such as depression, medication overuse, allodynia, and income, are linked to migraine chronification.Read More
Brain CancerFeaturedNeurologyNeuroscience·January 6, 2020·4 min readNew imaging system and artificial intelligence algorithm accurately identify brain tumorsA new artificial intelligence convolutional neural network is 94.6% accurate at diagnosing real-time intraoperative brain tumors.Read More
