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Researchers find significant increase in risk factors among people with stroke

Despite prevention efforts, researchers have found a significant increase over a 10-year period in the percentage of people with stroke who have high blood pressure, diabetes, smoking and other risk factors for stroke.

12 Oct 2017

New project to seek answers for effects of alcohol on the nervous system

When a drink at the local watering hole turns into five or six, what are the effects on our brains and hearts? How does too much to drink affect how we sleep? How does binge drinking affect blood pressure for people who drink socially but not usually to excess? Do women's bodies process alcohol differently depending on stages of their menstrual cycles?

11 Oct 2017

Allergy medication restores nervous system function in patients with chronic MS

In a remarkably rapid translation of laboratory research findings into a treatment with the potential to benefit patients, UC San Francisco scientists have successfully completed a Phase II clinical trial showing that an FDA-approved antihistamine restores nervous system function in patients with chronic multiple sclerosis (MS).

11 Oct 2017

Researchers identify molecular clues to understand formation of CCMs

Researchers at University of California San Diego School of Medicine, with national collaborators, have identified a series of molecular clues to understanding the formation of cerebral cavernous malformations (CCMs).

9 Oct 2017

Brain’s motor signals sharpen sound perception, research suggests

Whether it is dancing or just tapping one foot to the beat, we all experience how auditory signals like music can induce movement. Now new research suggests that motor signals in the brain actually sharpen sound perception, and this effect is increased when we move in rhythm with the sound.

6 Oct 2017

Researchers find surprising differences in first-ever whole-brain map of inhibitory neurons

Researchers at Penn State College of Medicine have collaborated on the first-ever quantitative whole-brain map of inhibitory neurons in the mouse brain. These brain cells play a crucial role in regulating response to stimuli and have been widely implicated in many psychiatric conditions.

6 Oct 2017

Study provides insight into how cells in the body adapt to nerve injury

Genetic processes that allow cells to transform so they can mend damaged nerves have been identified by scientists.

5 Oct 2017

Gene therapy effectively stabilizes progression of cerebral adrenoleukodystrophy, trial reveals

In a recent clinical trial, a gene therapy to treat cerebral adrenoleukodystrophy (CALD) -- a neurodegenerative disease that typically claims young boys' lives within 10 years of diagnosis -- effectively stabilized the disease's progression in 88 percent of patients, researchers from the Dana-Farber/Boston Children's Cancer and Blood Disorders Center and Massachusetts General Hospital report today.

4 Oct 2017

Women with high blood pressure in their 40s may more likely develop dementia later

Women who develop high blood pressure in their 40s may be more likely to develop dementia years later, according to a study published in the October 4, 2017, online issue of Neurology, the medical journal of the American Academy of Neurology.

4 Oct 2017

Scientists awarded $1.3 million grant to study relationship between traumatic brain injury and dementia

The U.S. Department of Defense has awarded a team of scientists and physicians from leading health care institutions across Phoenix a $1.3 million grant over three years to study traumatic brain injury and its relationship to dementia.

4 Oct 2017

NsXeR protein: A new optogenetic tool to control muscle and neuronal cells

Scientists have examined a protein that will find application in optogenetics and could be used to control muscle and neuronal cells. The paper on the light-sensitive NsXeR protein of the xenorhodopsin class was published in Science Advances by the international team of researchers from MIPT, Research center Jülich, and Institut de Biologie Structurale.

30 Sep 2017

Reducing antioxidant levels in the colon may have positive effect on GI inflammation

A new study finds that lowering the levels of an antioxidant in the colon has an unexpectedly positive effect on gastrointestinal (GI) inflammation. The paper is published ahead of print in the American Journal of Physiology - Gastrointestinal and Liver Physiology.

28 Sep 2017

Caffeine may not relieve movement symptoms for people with Parkinson's

Contrary to previous research, caffeine may not relieve movement symptoms for people with Parkinson's disease, according to a study published in the September 27, 2017, online issue of Neurology®, the medical journal of the American Academy of Neurology.

28 Sep 2017

Feeling stiff does not reflect true biomechanical back stiffness, study suggests

"My back feels so stiff!" We often hear our friends say. Well, that doesn't mean your friend's back is actually stiff, according to a new study at the University of Alberta's Faculty of Rehabilitation Medicine.

27 Sep 2017

First-ever treatment for Merkel cell carcinoma receives approval in Japan

Merck KGaA, Darmstadt, Germany, and Pfizer Inc. today announced that the Japanese Ministry of Health, Labor, and Welfare (MHLW) has approved BAVENCIO (avelumab, genetically recombinant Injection 200mg/mL for intravenous use) as the first and only treatment indicated for curatively unresectable Merkel cell carcinoma (MCC), a rare and aggressive cancer, in Japan.

27 Sep 2017

Researchers reveal reason for olfactory dysfunction in initial stage of Alzheimer's disease

A research team led by DGIST Professor Moon Cheil at the Department of Brain and Cognitive Sciences has identified the reason why the patients with the early stage of Alzheimer's fail to smell.

27 Sep 2017

Researchers prove close cooperation between nervous system and the body’s bacterial population

A central aspect of life sciences is to explore the symbiotic cohabitation of animals, plants and humans with their specific bacterial communities. Scientists refer to the full set of microorganisms living on and inside a host organism as the microbiome.

26 Sep 2017

Vaccine to prevent Lyme disease on the cards

Lyme disease is an infection that spreads with the bites of an infected tick. For the past four years, a vaccine to protect dogs from this disease has been available. Now, vaccinating humans against this disease has also become a possibility.

26 Sep 2017

Pediatric researchers discover gene variants related to aggressive form of neuroblastoma

Pediatric researchers investigating the childhood cancer neuroblastoma have identified common gene variants that raise the risk of an aggressive form of that disease. The discovery may assist doctors in better diagnosing subtypes of neuroblastoma.

25 Sep 2017

Brain shapes normal body patterning much earlier than previously thought

The brain plays an active and essential role much earlier than previously thought, according to new research from Tufts University scientists which shows that long before movement or other behaviors occur, the brain of an embryonic frog influences muscle and nerve development and protects the embryo from agents that cause developmental defects.

25 Sep 2017

Nervous System News and Research

Latest Nervous System News and Research

Researchers find significant increase in risk factors among people with stroke

New project to seek answers for effects of alcohol on the nervous system

Allergy medication restores nervous system function in patients with chronic MS

Researchers identify molecular clues to understand formation of CCMs

Brain’s motor signals sharpen sound perception, research suggests

Researchers find surprising differences in first-ever whole-brain map of inhibitory neurons

Study provides insight into how cells in the body adapt to nerve injury

Gene therapy effectively stabilizes progression of cerebral adrenoleukodystrophy, trial reveals

Women with high blood pressure in their 40s may more likely develop dementia later

Scientists awarded $1.3 million grant to study relationship between traumatic brain injury and dementia

NsXeR protein: A new optogenetic tool to control muscle and neuronal cells

Reducing antioxidant levels in the colon may have positive effect on GI inflammation

Caffeine may not relieve movement symptoms for people with Parkinson's

Feeling stiff does not reflect true biomechanical back stiffness, study suggests

First-ever treatment for Merkel cell carcinoma receives approval in Japan

Researchers reveal reason for olfactory dysfunction in initial stage of Alzheimer's disease

Researchers prove close cooperation between nervous system and the body’s bacterial population

Vaccine to prevent Lyme disease on the cards

Pediatric researchers discover gene variants related to aggressive form of neuroblastoma

Brain shapes normal body patterning much earlier than previously thought

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