FeaturedGeneticsNeurologyOpen Neuroscience ArticlesPain·January 28, 2016·2 min readHow Chronic Pain Alters the Immune SystemA new study reports chronic pain may reprogram the way genes work in the immune system.Read More
FeaturedGeneticsNeurologyOpen Neuroscience Articles·January 27, 2016·3 min readGene Study Points Toward Therapies for Alzheimer’s and Other Brain DisorderA new study suggests developing medications that target microglia could offer hope for treating a number of neurological conditions.Read More
FeaturedMost PopularNeurology·January 27, 2016·4 min readSlower Mental Decline Linked to Higher Amounts of Growth Factor in the BrainA new study reports older people with higher amounts of BDNF in their brains have much slower progression into cognitive decline than those with lower amounts of the protein.Read More
FeaturedNeurologyOpen Neuroscience Articles·January 27, 2016·5 min readInflammatory Changes in the Brain Appear Twenty Years Before Alzheimer’s OnsetA 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.Read More
FeaturedNeurology·January 26, 2016·4 min readStudy Details Source of Mental Problems Associated with Multiple SclerosisA new study sheds light on how damage in the brain caused by MS may explain the cognitive decline associated with the disease.Read More
FeaturedNeurologyOpen Neuroscience Articles·January 26, 2016·6 min readChildren With Sensory Processing Disorder Have Altered Pathways for Brain ConnectivityAccording to a new study, children with sensory processing disorder have differences in white matter tract compared to typically developing children.Read More
FeaturedNeurology·January 26, 2016·6 min readEpilepsy Drug Could Protect From Nerve Damage in Multiple SclerosisResearchers discover an anti-convulsant drug usually prescribed for people with epilepsy can protect neural tissue in people with optic neuritis, a symptom of MS.Read More
FeaturedNeurologyPsychology·January 26, 2016·3 min readBrain Circuits Involved in Vocal Tic Generation IdentifiedResearchers have identified a brain circuit responsible for vocal tics in nonhuman primates.Read More
FeaturedNeurologyOpen Neuroscience Articles·January 26, 2016·2 min readAlzheimer-Type Brain Pathology Following Transplantation of Dura MaterResearchers have discovered Alzheimer-type pathology in the brains of some dura mater transplant recipients who later died of CJD.Read More
FeaturedGeneticsNeurology·January 26, 2016·3 min readKey Mechanism Which Prevents Memory Loss in Alzheimer’s Disease DiscoveredAccording to a new study, PTEN alters synaptic plasticity in Alzheimer's disease.Read More
FeaturedNeurologyOpen Neuroscience Articles·January 25, 2016·4 min readExposure to Environmental Toxin May Increase Risk of Alzheimer’s and Other Neurodegenerative DiseasesChronic exposure to the environmental toxin BMAA may increase the risk for developing neurodegenerative diseases including Alzheimer's, Parkinson's and ALS.Read More
FeaturedGeneticsNeurologyOpen Neuroscience Articles·January 19, 2016·3 min readIntracellular Mechanisms Behind ALS UncoveredA new study cancer suppression proteins play key roles in the progression of ALS.Read More