Muscular Dystrophy / ALS Neurology / Neuroscience Immune System / Vaccines Researchers find that immune cells play unexpected role in Lou Gehrig’s disease
Cedars-Sinai research scientists have found that immune cells in the brain play a direct role in the development ofamyotrophic lateral sclerosis, or ALS, offering hope for new therapies to target the neurodegenerative disease that gradually [...]
Epilepsy Genetics Neurology / Neuroscience A new recessive disease identified – PIGG gene causes intellectual disability, epilepsy and hypotonia
The objective of genetic medicine is to analyze all the genes that make up the human genome, in order to identify as many genetic diseases as possible. Indeed, each gene variation has the potential to [...]
The brain may show signs of aging earlier than old age
A new study published in Physiological Genomics suggests that the brain shows signs of aging earlier than old age. The study found that the microglia cells - the immune cells of the brain - in [...]
Normalisation of brain spectroscopy findings in Niemann–Pick disease type C patients treated with miglustat
Frédéric Sedel , Brigitte Chabrol, Bertrand Audoin, Elsa Kaphan, Christine Tranchant, Tomasz Burzykowski, Ayman Tourbah, Marie T. Vanier, Damien Galanaud Abstract Niemann–Pick disease type C (NP-C) is a fatal progressive neurolipidosis involving neuronal storage of [...]
Ocrelizumab Granted “Breakthrough Therapy Designation” for Primary-Progressive MS by FDA
esignation Can Expedite Review Once Submitted For FDA Approval Genentech, a member of the Roche Group, has announced that the experimental therapy ocrelizumab has been granted “Breakthrough Therapy designation” by the U.S. Food and Drug [...]
Watching Movies During Brain Scans ‘Can Help Children With Epilepsy’
The results of a recent study suggest that brain scans performed on children with epilepsy can be carried out more effectively if the child is given a ‘movie’ to watch. The research, led by University College London and [...]
New Brain-Machine Interface ‘Could Aid Future Epilepsy Treatment’
Researchers in Australia have developed a new, minimally-invasive, brain-machine interface that could be beneficial in the treatment of epilepsy in future. The system consists of a stent-based electrode, called a stentrode, which can be implanted [...]
New stem cell study helps explain spred of Parkinson’s
The scientists at the Parkinson’s UK-funded Oxford Parkinson’s Disease Centre have discovered new clues as to how Parkinson’s spreads from cell to cell. Alpha-synuclein is a naturally occurring protein that is believed to play a central [...]
New magnetic resonance imaging New methods for cerebrovascular disease: emerging clinical applications
Neumann-Haefelin T1, Moseley ME, Albers GW. Abstract During the 1990s, novel magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) techniques have emerged that allow the noninvasive and rapid assessment of normal brain functioning and cerebral pathophysiology. Some of these [...]
Fat deposits in brain may hasten Alzheimer’s disease
A breakthrough in Alzheimer's research reveals that an abnormal build-up of fat droplets in the brain may cause or speed up the disease. The finding promises to open new avenues in the search for a [...]