Sulthiame, a CA inhibitor drug, reduced the number of breathing pauses and promoted oxygenation during the night in sufferers of obstructive sleep apnea.
Minor rises in blood pressure due to short-term stressors are linked to a brain area associated with consciousness and motor learning.
Hyperthyroidism causes the amygdala and hippocampus to shrink when hormone levels are high, but when hormone levels subside, symptoms reduce and the brain areas resume their normal size.
Measuring the level of neurofilaments in the blood may be a reliable biomarker for the early diagnosis of ALS.
A 12-week program of moderate to strenuous exercise significantly helps relieve anxiety symptoms, a new study reports.
Many teens cite a desire to get a COVID vaccine in order to do their part and protect the health of those more vulnerable in their families and communities.
Women who experience reproductive periods for more than 38 years are at increased risk of developing dementia later in life. The study found dementia and Alzheimer's risk increased successively for every additional year a woman remains fertile.
Some coronavirus patients exhibit clinical and neurochemical signs of brain injury associated with the viral infection. COVID-19 patients who required ventilation had increased plasma NfL levels. The higher NfL concentration levels were linked to the severity of infection.
A newly developed blood test for Alzheimer's disease measures a specific variant of the tau protein. Early results show the test has a good capacity to distinguish Alzheimer's disease from other tauopathies.
Interleukin-6 interacts with leptin in the lateral parabrachial nucleus to reduce food intake. Reducing IL-6 in the IPBL increases weight gain and could help explain why some are more prone to overeating and obesity.
Risks for autism and depression are higher if one’s mother was in a hospital with an infection during pregnancy according to a new study.
Researchers report a woman who underwent revolutionary robotic uterine transplant surgery is now pregnant. The child will be the first born following a transplant using the new robotic surgical technique.
