FeaturedGenetics·December 19, 2013·5 min readA New and Reversible Cause of AgingResearchers discover a cause of aging in mammals which they believe could be reversible.Read More
ElectrophysiologyFeaturedNeurology·December 19, 2013·5 min readBrain Repair After Injury and Alzheimer’s DiseaseResearchers have developed a new technology in order to regenerate functional neurons after brain injury.Read More
FeaturedNeurology·December 18, 2013·3 min readResearchers Provide New Insights into Cause of Human Neurodegenerative DiseaseResearchers identify Neurexin2 as a new target for potential treatment of spinal muscular atrophy.Read More
FeaturedNeurology·December 18, 2013·3 min readBrain Area Attacked by Alzheimer’s Links Learning and RewardsResearchers question whether the posterior cingulate cortex actively dampens cognitive performance or monitors performance and attempts to improve it when required.Read More
FeaturedNeurology·December 16, 2013·5 min readResearchers Reduce Toxicity Associated With Lou Gehrig’s Disease in Animal ModelsResearchers discover a new way of reducing disease toxicity in ALS which slows the dysfunction of neurons.Read More
FeaturedGenetics·December 13, 2013·5 min readNew Gene Discovery Sheds More Light on Alzheimer’s RiskResearchers uncover a second rare genetic mutation which increases the risk of developing Alzheimer's disease later in life.Read More
NeurologyOpen Neuroscience Articles·December 13, 2013·4 min readStudy Breaks Blood-Brain Barriers to Understanding Alzheimer’sPericytes could provide novel targets for the treatment and diagnosis of Alzheimer's disease, a new study reports.Read More
FeaturedGeneticsOpen Neuroscience Articles·December 11, 2013·3 min readStaying Ahead of Huntington’s DiseaseResearchers work to understand how expanded polyglutamine tracts form the types of supramolecular structures that are presumed to be toxic to neurons.Read More
FeaturedNeurology·December 6, 2013·3 min readAlzheimer’s Drug Discovery: Looking Under the Right ROCKResearchers have discovered a potential drug which can force BACE into different parts of a cell, reducing its ability to produce amyloid beta.Read More
FeaturedNeurologyOpen Neuroscience Articles·December 6, 2013·3 min readHuman Stem Cells Predict Efficacy of Alzheimer DrugsResearchers transform iPSCs into neurons to test the efficacy of drugs to treat Alzheimer's disease.Read More
FeaturedNeurology·December 6, 2013·5 min readStudy Treats Alzheimer’s by Delivering Protein Across Blood-Brain BarrierResearchers discover a way to traverse the blood-brain barrier and retinal-blood barrier to deliver a molecule which degrades the main component of Alzheimer's plaques.Read More
FeaturedNeurology·December 5, 2013·3 min readA Simple Eye Test for Multiple SclerosisResearchers discover the pupils of MS patients respond much slower to stimuli. Additionally, the study reports the slower the response time, the worse the symptoms of MS are.Read More
