Regenerating memory with neural stem cells
Although brains -- even adult brains -- are far more malleable than we used to think, they are eventually subject to age-related illnesses, like dementia, and loss of cognitive function. Someday, though, we may actually [...]
New Technology Delivers Drugs To Traumatic Brain Injury Patients Intravenously, Reduces Invasiveness
Traumatic brain injuries come in many forms, from a mild concussion caused by playing football to a blow in a violent car crash that leads to unconsciousness and memory loss. These injuries can be difficult [...]
Research Reports – Relationship between quality-of-life after 1-year follow-up and severity of traumatic brain injury assessed by computerized tomography
Brain Inj. 2016 Mar 10:1-11. [Epub ahead of print] Prieto-Palomino MA(1), Curiel-Balsera E(1), Arias-Verdú MD(1), Der Kroft MD(2), Muñoz-López A(1), Fernández-Ortega JF(1), Quesada-García G(1), Sanchez-Cantalejo E(3), Rivera-Fernández R(4). PURPOSE: This paper studies the relationship between [...]
NEW PARKINSON’S DRUG SAFINAMIDE, LAUNCHED IN THE UK
26 May 2016 This week commencing 23 May, international pharma company Zambon and its partner Newron Pharmaceuticals launched a new Parkinson’s drug called safinamide (trade name Xadago®) in the UK. The drug gained approval in [...]
Study Highlights importance of immune system in Parkinson’s
28 June 2016 Researchers in Canada have discovered that the genes affected in Parkinson's play an important role in protecting cells from attack by the body's own immune system. PINK1 and Parkin are the genes that are [...]
What Kills Neurons After Stroke?
New York:Researchers have found that an elusive brain receptor may play an important role in the death of neurons from neurological diseases. Strokes, seizures, traumatic brain injury and schizophrenia leads to persistent, widespread acidity around [...]
Drug May Reverse Genetic Changes Behind Alzheimer’s
New York: A drug which is already being used to treat a neurological disorder may also be able to reverse genetic changes behind Alzheimer's disease, a new study has claimed. Ageing takes its toll on [...]
Improve Infant Outcomes
Physicians from different specialties have long collaborated to care for newborns who have developmental brain abnormalities or are at high risk of neurological injuries. However, says Johns Hopkins neonatologist Frances Northington, these relationships have usually [...]
Daylight saving time linked to increased stroke risk
The most common type of stroke is ischemic, accounting for 85% of all strokes. Ischemic strokes occur when the artery that supplies oxygen-carrying blood to the brain becomes blocked, often by a blood clot. Although [...]