FeaturedNeurology·November 28, 2016·3 min readHead Impacts Lead to Brain Changes in High School Football PlayersAfter just one season of playing football, neuroimaging technology reveals changes in gray and white matter correlated with exposure to head trauma in high school students, a new study reports.Read More
FeaturedNeurology·November 28, 2016·1 min readImaging Study Examines Brains of Current and Former NFL PlayersResearchers measure a marker of activated glial cell response in current and former NFL football players who have suffered concussions.Read More
FeaturedNeurology·November 28, 2016·4 min readLow Hippocampal Blood Flow and Higher Alzheimer’s Vulnerability in Marijuana UsersA new study reports marijuana users have lower blood flow to the hippocampus, an area of the brain associated with memory and learning.Read More
FeaturedNeurology·November 28, 2016·5 min readPeople With Parkinson’s Show Altered Iron Levels in Their BrainsA new neuroimaging study finds iron is distributed in an unusual way in the brains of people with Parkinson's disease.Read More
FeaturedNeurologyOpen Neuroscience Articles·November 27, 2016·4 min readFirst Steps to Neutralizing ZikaResearchers have discovered the mechanism by which C10 prevents Zika infection at a cellular level.Read More
FeaturedNeurologyNeuroscience·November 27, 2016·5 min readConnection Found Between Memory Mechanisms And Resistance To EpilepsyResearchers identify a specific mechanism that can provide resistance to epilepsy but also damages a specific type of memory.Read More
FeaturedNeurologyNeuroscience VideosOpen Neuroscience Articles·November 26, 2016·4 min readNew Drug Limits Then Repairs Brain Damage Caused by StrokeResearchers report a potential new drug may reduce the number of brain cells destroyed by stoke and also help repair them.Read More
Brain CancerFeaturedNeurology·November 26, 2016·3 min readPatient Treated In Trial Using Virus On Brain TumorResearchers inject a cold virus into a woman's brain in an effort to eradicate cancer.Read More
FeaturedNeurologyOpen Neuroscience Articles·November 23, 2016·5 min readGreater Stroke Risk for Generation X Than Baby BoomersThe stroke rate has more than doubled in Generation X'ers over the past 20 years, a new study reports.Read More
FeaturedNeurology·November 23, 2016·3 min readNew Imaging Technique Measures Toxicity of Proteins Associated With Alzheimer’s and Parkinson’s DiseasesResearchers have developed a new imaging technique that makes it possible to study why proteins associated with Alzheimer’s and Parkinson’s diseases may go from harmless to toxic.Read More
FeaturedNeurologyPsychology·November 23, 2016·1 min readDepression Prevalence in Patients With Mild Cognitive ImpairmentA new study looks at the prevalence of depression in those with MCI.Read More
FeaturedGeneticsNeurology·November 22, 2016·3 min readNovel Type of Cell Death in Huntington’s Disease May Lead to Effective New TherapiesResearchers have identified a novel type of cell death associated with Huntington's disease.Read More