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·February 16, 2016·3 min read

Fingerprinting Psychiatric Illness

A new study explores the various biomarkers that appear to underpin a number of psychiatric illnesses.

Featured Neurology

·February 8, 2016·5 min read

Predicting Who Will Develop Multiple Sclerosis

A new study has been launched to investigate the events leading up to multiple sclerosis in people at risk for developing the disease.

Brain scan with the striatum highlighted in red.

Featured Open Neuroscience Articles Psychology

·February 2, 2016·3 min read

Inflammation Attacks Brain’s Reward Center, Increasing Depression Risk

According to a new study, the striatum may be directly affected by inflammation, increasing the risk for depression related symptoms.

Image shows PET scans taken as part of the study.

Featured Neurology Open Neuroscience Articles

·January 27, 2016·5 min read

Inflammatory Changes in the Brain Appear Twenty Years Before Alzheimer’s Onset

A new study reports inflammatory changes in the brain can occur almost twenty years before the symptoms of Alzheimer's disease first appear. Researchers suggest the activation of astrocytes at an early stage can influence the development of the disease.

Featured Neurology

·January 26, 2016·6 min read

Epilepsy Drug Could Protect From Nerve Damage in Multiple Sclerosis

Researchers discover an anti-convulsant drug usually prescribed for people with epilepsy can protect neural tissue in people with optic neuritis, a symptom of MS.

Image shows a 3d view of mouse intestinal neurons.

Featured Neuroscience

·January 25, 2016·4 min read

Neurons in Gut Help Immune System Keep Inflammation in Check

Researchers report neurons help protect intestinal tissue from over-inflammation.

Featured Neurology

·January 18, 2016·2 min read

Get Some Rest! Catch Up Sleep Can Reduce Diabetes Risk

Researchers report two consecutive nights of extended sleep may counteract the increased risk of diabetes associated with sleep loss.

Featured Open Neuroscience Articles Psychology

·January 13, 2016·4 min read

Inflammation Connected to Elevated Glutamate Could Guide Depression Treatments

A new study reports on which patients may respond best to depression treatments that target glutamate.

Featured Neuroscience

·January 11, 2016·4 min read

Immune Cells Key to Maintaining Blood-Brain Barrier

A new study reports microglia are responsible for maintaining and repairing the blood-brain barrier.

Featured Neurology

·December 14, 2015·3 min read

Death of Myelin Creating Brain Cells May Trigger Multiple Sclerosis

The death of myelin producing oligodendrocytes appears to trigger multiple sclerosis like symptoms in mice, a new study reports.

Green fluorescent protein-tagged herpes simplex virus is reactivating from cultures of neurons. Credit: Anna Cliffe, PhD, UNC School of Medicine.

Featured Neurology

·December 9, 2015·6 min read

Herpes Simplex Virus Reactivates in Neurons and Triggers Disease

Researchers discover the cold sore virus, herpes simplex, resides within neurons. During times of stress, the virus reactivates and triggers symptoms associated with the disease.