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Deep brain stimulation at low frequencies improves cognitive performance of PD patients

A multidisciplinary neuroscience study using rare, intraoperative brain recordings suggests that low frequency stimulation of a deep brain region may be able to improve cognitive function in patients with Parkinson's disease.

28 Nov 2017

Study: Women may be more susceptible to concussions due to more breakable nerve fibers

Women have smaller, more breakable nerve fibers in the brain compared to men that may make them more susceptible to concussions, suggests a new study from Penn Medicine neuroscientists published online today in the journal Experimental Neurology.

27 Nov 2017

DAWN study increases window for treatment of stroke patients

Treating stroke has long been governed by the clock. If it has been less than three hours since the onset of symptoms, the clot-busting drug t-PA will likely work.

27 Nov 2017

Creutzfeldt-Jakob disease patients harbor infectious prions in their skin

Creutzfeldt-Jakob disease (CJD)- the human equivalent of mad cow disease- is caused by rogue, misfolded protein aggregates termed prions, which are infectious and cause fatal damages in the patient's brain. CJD patients develop signature microscopic sponge-like holes in their brains.

23 Nov 2017

Researchers uncover how rogue immune cells gain access to neurons in multiple sclerosis

Drug designers working on therapeutics against multiple sclerosis should focus on blocking two distinct ways rogue immune cells attack healthy neurons, according to a new study in the journal Cell Reports.

21 Nov 2017

Gut bacteria at young age can contribute to MS onset and progression, study suggests

Researchers at Rutgers Robert Wood Johnson Medical School published a study suggesting that gut bacteria at young age can contribute to Multiple sclerosis (MS) disease onset and progression.

21 Nov 2017

Mount Sinai researchers identify new therapeutic target for ER+ breast cancer

Researchers at the Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai have identified a protein that can be targeted to suppress growth of a common type of breast cancer known as "estrogen receptor positive" (ER+), including ER+ cancers that are resistant to standard treatments.

17 Nov 2017

Researchers uncover mechanism that contributes to patterns of degeneration in AD

Alzheimer's disease (AD) is known to cause memory loss and cognitive decline, but other functions of the brain can remain intact.

17 Nov 2017

Gut bacteria at young age can contribute to MS disease onset and progression, study suggests

Researchers at Rutgers Robert Wood Johnson Medical School published a study suggesting that gut bacteria at young age can contribute to Multiple sclerosis (MS) disease onset and progression.

17 Nov 2017

NYU Langone launches new, comprehensive center for facial paralysis

Thousands of New Yorkers every year will suffer some form of facial paralysis, a diagnosis with many causes which can greatly affect a person's appearance and day-to-day functioning.

16 Nov 2017

Virtual reality training may be effective alternative to standard therapy after stroke

Using virtual reality therapy to improve arm and hand movement after a stroke is equally as effective as regular therapy, according to a study published in the November 15, 2017, online issue of Neurology, the medical journal of the American Academy of Neurology.

16 Nov 2017

Scientists find key that allows neural differentiation of microRNA-deficient pluripotent stem cells

The more than 200 different types of human cells have the same DNA but express different ensembles of genes. Each cell type was derived from embryonic stem cells, which are called pluripotent stem cells because they can differentiate to all those different cell fates.

15 Nov 2017

Machine learning could detect therapeutic effects with greater sensitivity than conventional tests

Machine learning could improve our ability to determine whether a new drug works in the brain, potentially enabling researchers to detect drug effects that would be missed entirely by conventional statistical tests, finds a new UCL study published in Brain.

15 Nov 2017

Study points at lysosomal storage disorder genes as potential key contributors to Parkinson's

An international study has shed new light on the genetic factors associated with Parkinson's disease, pointing at a group of lysosomal storage disorder genes as potential major contributors to the onset and progression of this common neurodegenerative disorder. The study appears in the journal Brain.

14 Nov 2017

Parkinson's disease will soon become looming pandemic, research reveals

New research shows that the number of people with Parkinson's disease will soon grow to pandemic proportions. In a commentary appearing today in the journal JAMA Neurology, University of Rochester Medical Center neurologist Ray Dorsey, M.D. and Bastiaan Bloem, M.D., Ph.D., with Radboud University Medical Center in the Netherlands, argue that the medical community must be mobilized to respond to this impending public health threat.

13 Nov 2017

Milestone study could impact standard guidelines for stroke treatment

Standard guidelines for stroke treatment currently recommend clot removal only within six hours of stroke onset. But a milestone study with results published today in the New England Journal of Medicine shows that clot removal up to 24 hours after stroke led to significantly reduced disability for properly selected patients.

12 Nov 2017

Scientists pinpoint new wake-promoting neurons in the brain

Scientists have identified an additional group of cells in the brain responsible for keeping us awake: the supramammillary nucleus, part of the caudal hypothalamus.

10 Nov 2017

OSA may put elderly people at increased risk of developing Alzheimer's disease

Obstructive sleep apnea (OSA) may put elderly people at greater risk of developing Alzheimer's disease (AD), according to new research published online in the American Thoracic Society's American Journal of Respiratory and Critical Care Medicine.

10 Nov 2017

Novel mathematical model can predict how cancer patient will benefit from immunotherapies

Researchers at the Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai have created the first mathematical model that can predict how a cancer patient will benefit from certain immunotherapies, according to a study published in Nature.

9 Nov 2017

MGH researchers identify first effective treatment option for autoimmune small-fiber polyneuropathy

An analysis of the medical records of patients treated at Massachusetts General Hospital (MGH) for an often-mysterious condition involving damage to small nerve fibers supports the hypothesis that some cases are caused by autoimmune disease and also identifies the first effective treatment option.

9 Nov 2017

Neurology News and Research

Latest Neurology News and Research

Deep brain stimulation at low frequencies improves cognitive performance of PD patients

Study: Women may be more susceptible to concussions due to more breakable nerve fibers

DAWN study increases window for treatment of stroke patients

Creutzfeldt-Jakob disease patients harbor infectious prions in their skin

Researchers uncover how rogue immune cells gain access to neurons in multiple sclerosis

Gut bacteria at young age can contribute to MS onset and progression, study suggests

Mount Sinai researchers identify new therapeutic target for ER+ breast cancer

Researchers uncover mechanism that contributes to patterns of degeneration in AD

Gut bacteria at young age can contribute to MS disease onset and progression, study suggests

NYU Langone launches new, comprehensive center for facial paralysis

Virtual reality training may be effective alternative to standard therapy after stroke

Scientists find key that allows neural differentiation of microRNA-deficient pluripotent stem cells

Machine learning could detect therapeutic effects with greater sensitivity than conventional tests

Study points at lysosomal storage disorder genes as potential key contributors to Parkinson's

Parkinson's disease will soon become looming pandemic, research reveals

Milestone study could impact standard guidelines for stroke treatment

Scientists pinpoint new wake-promoting neurons in the brain

OSA may put elderly people at increased risk of developing Alzheimer's disease

Novel mathematical model can predict how cancer patient will benefit from immunotherapies

MGH researchers identify first effective treatment option for autoimmune small-fiber polyneuropathy

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