All

Pain

Latest

Neurology

– 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.

Image shows an MRI brain scan of a glioblastoma patient.

Brain Cancer Featured Neurology

·October 13, 2016·4 min read

Depriving Deadly Brain Tumors Of Cholesterol May Be Their Achilles’ Heel

Depriving glioblastoma brain cancer cells of cholesterol caused tumor regression and prolonged survival in mouse models of the disease, a new study reports.

Image shows a slice from a brain with dmd.

Featured Genetics Neurology

·October 13, 2016·4 min read

Increasing Understanding of Duchenne Muscular Dystrophy

A new study may help to increase understanding of Duchenne muscular dystrophy.

Featured Neurology Open Neuroscience Articles

·October 13, 2016·7 min read

Common Prostate Cancer Treatment Linked to Later Dementia

Men with prostate cancer who are treated with testosterone lowering drugs are almost twice as likely to develop dementia within 5 years as those with the same cancer who are treated with different therapies, a new study reports.

Featured Neurology

·October 13, 2016·4 min read

Multiple Sclerosis Drug May Reverse Some Physical Disability

According to researchers, a drug used to treat multiple sclerosis could help to reverse some of the physical disabilities associated with the disease.

Featured Neurology Neuroscience

·October 13, 2016·5 min read

New Technology Reveals Fetal Brain Activity

Researchers have developed a new approach to imaging the functional activity of fetal brains, allowing a better look at how functional brain networks develop.

Featured Neurology

·October 13, 2016·4 min read

Untangling a Cause of Memory Loss in Neurodegenerative Diseases

A new study identifies a possible therapeutic target for memory loss in some neurodegenerative diseases, including Alzheimer's.

Image shows the patient using the robotic arm.

Featured Neurology

·October 13, 2016·7 min read

Brain Controlled Robotic Arm Helps Paralyzed Man Feel Again

Using a brain computer interface, researchers help a paralyzed man regain a sensation of touch via a robotic arm.

Brain Cancer Featured Genetics Neurology Open Neuroscience Articles

·October 12, 2016·3 min read

Brain Cancer And Leukemia: New Molecular Mechanisms Decoded

Researchers have uncovered a new genetic cause of brain cancers and leukemia.

Featured Neurology Pain

·October 12, 2016·5 min read

Touching Research: Fighting Pain Through Knowledge of Sensory Organs in Fingertips

Researchers look at how sensory organs in the skin work, The findings may help solve certain sensory pain disorders.

Featured Neurology Open Neuroscience Articles

·October 12, 2016·5 min read

Amplifying Regeneration of Spinal Nerve Cells

Researchers have been able to successfully boost the regeneration of mature nerve cells in the spinal cord of adult mice following spinal cord injury.

Featured Neurology Neuroscience Videos Open Neuroscience Articles Psychology

·October 12, 2016·6 min read

Did You See That? Inducing Visual Hallucinations in Healthy People

Researchers have developed a new method to induce visual hallucinations in healthy people. The study could help to develop new treatments to control hallucinations in people with Parkinson's and other disorders.