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– These articles focus mainly on neurology research.
– What is neurology?
– Definition of neurology: a science involved in the study of the nervous systems, especially of the diseases and disorders affecting them.
– Neurology research can include information involving brain research, neurological disorders, medicine, brain cancer, peripheral nervous systems, central nervous systems, nerve damage, brain tumors, seizures, neurosurgery, electrophysiology, BMI, brain injuries, paralysis and spinal cord treatments.

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·July 20, 2020·4 min read

Oxytocin Could Be Used to Treat Cognitive Disorders Like Alzheimer’s

Oxytocin, the so-called "love hormone," could help to treat cognitive disorders, including Alzheimer's disease. Researchers demonstrated oxytocin reversed the effects of amyloid-beta on hippocampal LTP in mice. The findings suggest oxytocin could be used as a therapeutic for the treatment of Alzheimer's disease and other dementias. Read More

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·July 18, 2020·5 min read

Adults With Alzheimer’s Risk Factors Show Subtle Alterations in Brain Networks Despite Normal Cognition

APOEe4, a gene associated with Alzheimer's disease risk, doesn't appear to directly affect memory performance or brain activity in older adults without cognitive impairment. However, the gene does seem to influence brain regions and systems that older at-risk adults activate to support successful memory recall. Read More

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·July 18, 2020·5 min read

Study Reveals Intricate Details About Huntington’s Disease Protein

A mutated form of the huntingtin protein disrupts the normal movement of vesicles holding HT and Rab4. This leads to defects in synapses, resulting in movement abnormalities and lifespan decreases in fruit fly larvae. Findings suggest Rab4 could be a novel therapeutic target for the early intervention of Huntington's disease, before the neuronal loss and behavioral deficits associated with the neurodegenerative disorder. Read More

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·July 17, 2020·4 min read

Synapse-Saving Proteins Discovered, Opening Possibilities in Alzheimer’s and Schizophrenia

Study identified a new class of proteins that protect synapses from being destroyed. The findings have important implications for both Alzheimer's disease and schizophrenia. Read More

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·July 17, 2020·5 min read

Lesion of Doom: How a Parasitic Bacterium Induces Blood Vessel Formation to Cause Lesions

Researchers discovered a bacteria of the genus Bartonella releases a protein, which they dubbed BafA, which stimulates the production of new blood vessels that support bacterial lesions. Bartonella henselae causes cat scratch disease. The findings provide new insight into the mechanisms by which infectious bacteria can produce lesions. Read More

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·July 17, 2020·4 min read

Phantom-Limb Pain Reduced Through Brain Power

Three days of training with brain-computer interface technology reduced phantom limb pain. Patients reported a 30% reduction in pain after one session, and the effect lasted up to five days after training was complete. Read More

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·July 16, 2020·5 min read

A “Feeling” for Dementia?

People with subjectively felt memory deficits also exhibited measurable cognitive deficits that were associated with abnormalities in spinal fluid. Read More

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·July 16, 2020·4 min read

Eating Fish May Protect Brain From Effects of Air Pollution

Eating a diet rich in omega-3 fatty acids appears to have a positive effect on brain health in older women who live in areas with high levels of air pollution. Women with lower levels of omega-3 fatty acids in their blood had more brain shrinkage, specifically in the hippocampus than women with higher levels of omega-3. Read More

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·July 15, 2020·4 min read

Super-Agers Show Resistance to Tau and Amyloid Accumulation

PET neuroimaging reveals super-agers and those whose cognitive skills are above the norm for an advanced age have an increased resistance to tau and amyloid proteins. Read More

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·July 15, 2020·5 min read

Dopamine Therapy Improves Cognitive Function in Alzheimer’s

Rotigotine, a drug that acts on dopamine transmission, improves cognitive function in patients with mild-to-moderate Alzheimer's disease. While the drug did not help improve memory, it did improve executive function in the frontal lobe and positively impacted the ability of patients to perform activities of daily living. Read More

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·July 14, 2020·5 min read

COVID-19 May Attack Patients’ Central Nervous System

Psychological symptoms, such as depression and anxiety, may be a sign COVID-19 is affecting the central nervous system of patients, a new study reports. Read More

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·July 14, 2020·4 min read

Link Between Delirium and Brain Energy Disruption Discovered

Artificially inducing peripheral inflammation in mice triggered the sudden onset of delirium-like cognitive dysfunction, and this was mediated by a disturbance in energy metabolism. Read More

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