An Alzheimer's-defying brain offer clues to treatment and prevention of dementia

by Massachusetts General HospitalLongitudinal tau PET imaging measures in anAPOE3ch homozygote. A Surface rendering of tau PET (Flortaucipir) images (standardized uptake value ratio, SUVr),

Updated on: May 26,2024

An Alzheimer's-defying brain offer clues to treatment and prevention of dementia

by Massachusetts General HospitalLongitudinal tau PET imaging measures in anAPOE3ch homozygote. A Surface rendering of tau PET (Flortaucipir) images (standardized uptake value ratio, SUVr),

Updated on:May 26,2024

Stem cell therapy rescues symptoms of Alzheimer's disease

Stem cell therapy rescues symptoms of Alzheimer's diseasebyUniversity of California - San DiegoSystemic transplantation of wild-type hematopoietic stem and progenitor cells (green) led to th

Updated on: October 28,2023

Stem cell therapy rescues symptoms of Alzheimer's disease

Stem cell therapy rescues symptoms of Alzheimer's diseasebyUniversity of California - San DiegoSystemic transplantation of wild-type hematopoietic stem and progenitor cells (green) led to th

Updated on:October 28,2023

Type 2 diabetes accelerates brain aging and cognitive decline

byeLifeThis image shows the effects of aging effects on the brain, further exacerbated in type 2 diabetes. Credit: Lilianne Mujica-Parodi (CC BY 4.0)Scientists have demonstrated that normal brai

Updated on: January 21,2024

Type 2 diabetes accelerates brain aging and cognitive decline

byeLifeThis image shows the effects of aging effects on the brain, further exacerbated in type 2 diabetes. Credit: Lilianne Mujica-Parodi (CC BY 4.0)Scientists have demonstrated that normal brai

Updated on:January 21,2024

Intervention after first seizure may prevent long-term epilepsy

by Kelsey Geesler,Perelman School of Medicine at the University of PennsylvaniaEarly-life seizure-associated neurons (A, red cells) are preferentially re-activated by later-life seizures (B, gre

Updated on: April 30,2024

Intervention after first seizure may prevent long-term epilepsy

by Kelsey Geesler,Perelman School of Medicine at the University of PennsylvaniaEarly-life seizure-associated neurons (A, red cells) are preferentially re-activated by later-life seizures (B, gre

Updated on:April 30,2024

How humble cells in a little-known organ manage brain inflammation

by Nancy Fliesler,Children's Hospital BostonThe choroid plexus with infiltrating white blood cells following a brain bacterial infection. Credit: Huixin Xu/Boston Children’s HospitalDeep in

Updated on: September 09,2024

How humble cells in a little-known organ manage brain inflammation

by Nancy Fliesler,Children's Hospital BostonThe choroid plexus with infiltrating white blood cells following a brain bacterial infection. Credit: Huixin Xu/Boston Children’s HospitalDeep in

Updated on:September 09,2024

Researchers uncover blood flow regulation of brain pericyte development

by Liu Jia,Chinese Academy of SciencesGraphical abstract. Credit:Cell Reports(2024). DOI: 10.1016/j.celrep.2023.113652In a study published online inCell Reportsresearcher

Updated on: February 24,2024

Researchers uncover blood flow regulation of brain pericyte development

by Liu Jia,Chinese Academy of SciencesGraphical abstract. Credit:Cell Reports(2024). DOI: 10.1016/j.celrep.2023.113652In a study published online inCell Reportsresearcher

Updated on:February 24,2024

Birth control shots caused brain tumors and speech issues for Nevada mom, lawsuit says

by Irene Wright, The Charlotte ObserverCredit: Wikimedia CommonsA mother says years of painful headaches and speech issues from brain tumors were caused by prolonged use of a Pfizer birth control shot

Updated on: November 28,2024

Birth control shots caused brain tumors and speech issues for Nevada mom, lawsuit says

by Irene Wright, The Charlotte ObserverCredit: Wikimedia CommonsA mother says years of painful headaches and speech issues from brain tumors were caused by prolonged use of a Pfizer birth control shot

Updated on:November 28,2024

Link between brain immune cells and Alzheimer's disease development identified

by University of California, IrvineMicroglia, shown in red, surround and react to the amyloid-beta plaques, shown in green, in the Alzheimer's disease brain. Credit: Kim Green lab / UCIScient

Updated on: May 28,2024

Link between brain immune cells and Alzheimer's disease development identified

by University of California, IrvineMicroglia, shown in red, surround and react to the amyloid-beta plaques, shown in green, in the Alzheimer's disease brain. Credit: Kim Green lab / UCIScient

Updated on:May 28,2024

Evidence early, but emerging, that gamma rhythm stimulation can treat neurological disorders

byMassachusetts Institute of TechnologyCredit: CC0 Public DomainA surprising MITstudypublished inNatureat the end of 2016 helped to spur interest in the possibility that

Updated on: December 28,2023

Evidence early, but emerging, that gamma rhythm stimulation can treat neurological disorders

byMassachusetts Institute of TechnologyCredit: CC0 Public DomainA surprising MITstudypublished inNatureat the end of 2016 helped to spur interest in the possibility that

Updated on:December 28,2023

Similarity between vitamin B12 loss and multiple sclerosis revealed

by Sanford-Burnham PrebysCredit:Cell Reports(2023). DOI: 10.1016/j.celrep.2023.113545For decades, scientists have noted an intriguing similarity between a deficiency in vitamin B12—an

Updated on: January 28,2024

Similarity between vitamin B12 loss and multiple sclerosis revealed

by Sanford-Burnham PrebysCredit:Cell Reports(2023). DOI: 10.1016/j.celrep.2023.113545For decades, scientists have noted an intriguing similarity between a deficiency in vitamin B12—an

Updated on:January 28,2024

Patients with narcolepsy face a dual nightmare of medication shortages and stigma

by Lauren Peace, Tampa Bay Times, KFF Health NewsCredit: Unsplash/CC0 Public DomainNina Shand couldn't stay awake. She had taken afternoon naps since she was a teenager to accommodate her "wo

Updated on: April 02,2024

Patients with narcolepsy face a dual nightmare of medication shortages and stigma

by Lauren Peace, Tampa Bay Times, KFF Health NewsCredit: Unsplash/CC0 Public DomainNina Shand couldn't stay awake. She had taken afternoon naps since she was a teenager to accommodate her "wo

Updated on:April 02,2024

A newly developed therapeutic strategy offers potential in treating neurofibromatosis type 1 skin tumors

FEBRUARY 13, 2024by Germans Trias i Pujol Research InstituteGraphical abstract. Credit:JCI Insight(2024). DOI: 10.1172/jci.insight.168826Researchers from the Germans Trias i Pujol Research

Updated on: March 29,2024

A newly developed therapeutic strategy offers potential in treating neurofibromatosis type 1 skin tumors

FEBRUARY 13, 2024by Germans Trias i Pujol Research InstituteGraphical abstract. Credit:JCI Insight(2024). DOI: 10.1172/jci.insight.168826Researchers from the Germans Trias i Pujol Research

Updated on:March 29,2024