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June 8, 2025

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Immune System Discovery Reveals Potential Solution to Alzheimer's

June 2, 2025 — A new way of thinking about Alzheimer's disease has yielded a discovery that could be the key to stopping the cognitive decline seen in Alzheimer's and other neurodegenerative diseases, including ALS and ...

Potential New Treatment for Alzheimer's Disease, Other Neurodegenerative Conditions

May 22, 2025 — Worldwide, more than 55 million people suffer from dementia caused by Alzheimer's Disease (AD) and other conditions that destroy cells in the brain and nervous system. While there is no treatment to ...

Language Isn't Just for Communication -- It Also Shapes How Sensory Experiences Are Stored in the Brain

May 20, 2025 — Our ability to store information about familiar objects depends on the connection between visual and language processing regions in the brain, according to a new ...

New Insights Into the Energy Balance of Brain Neurons

May 14, 2025 — A research team has demonstrated how the energy levels of individual neurons in the brain change during so-called spreading depolarizations -- waves of activity that occur in various brain disorders. The findings provide important foundations for ...

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Vision Loss, Damage Could Be Tied to Eye Pressure, Study Finds

May 14, 2025 — One of the world's leading causes of irreversible vision loss could begin with elevated eye pressure, according to a recent ...

Sleep Apnea During REM Sleep Linked to Memory-Related Brain Changes

May 7, 2025 — Obstructive sleep apnea, a condition that causes lower oxygen levels during sleep, is linked to degeneration of brain regions associated with memory through damage to the brain's small blood vessels, ...

A Protein Link Between Brain Diseases and Leaky Blood Vessels

Apr. 30, 2025 — Reduced levels of a critical protein are linked to devastating brain diseases like Alzheimer's, frontotemporal dementia, and amyotrophic lateral sclerosis (ALS). Surprisingly, the protein shortage ...

Focal Brain Damage Leaves People More Open to Being Influenced by Impulsive Others

Apr. 29, 2025 — People who have damage to a specific part of their brains are more likely to be impulsive, and new research has found that damage also makes them ...

Age, Previous Sports Experience, Stronger Predictors of Performance in Children Than Previous Concussions

Apr. 29, 2025 — A new study may offer reassuring news for parents whose children have a history of concussion, but want to get back to playing sports. Researchers ...

Uncontrolled Glutamate Release in the Brain

Apr. 22, 2025 — Upon energy restriction, an unusual release of the neurotransmitter glutamate can be observed. The overabundance of glutamate ultimately causes damages to nerve ...

Engineered Microglia Show Promise for Treating Alzheimer's and Other Brain Diseases

Apr. 21, 2025 — A new way to deliver disease-fighting proteins throughout the brain may improve the treatment of Alzheimer's disease and other neurological ...

Brain Areas Necessary for Reasoning Identified

Apr. 15, 2025 — Researchers have identified the key brain regions that are essential for logical thinking and problem ...

Police Officers Face Twice the Risk of Traumatic Brain Injuries and PTSD, Survey Finds

Apr. 11, 2025 — Police officers are more than twice as likely to have traumatic brain injuries compared to the general ...

Eight or More Drinks Per Week Linked to Signs of Injury in the Brain

Apr. 9, 2025 — Heavy drinkers who have eight or more alcoholic drinks per week have an increased risk of brain lesions called hyaline arteriolosclerosis, signs of brain injury that are associated with memory and ...

Could Targeting Parkinson's Outside of the Brain Improve Symptoms?

Apr. 3, 2025 — Parkinson's doesn't just affect movement and the brain -- it may also impact the heart, according to new research. Scientists suggest that targeting a key protein outside of the brain could ...

ADHD May Be Associated With an Increased Risk of Dementia

Mar. 25, 2025 — An adult brain affected by attention deficit disorder with or without hyperactivity (ADHD) presents modifications similar to those observed in individuals suffering from dementia. These are the ...

Stroke Rehabilitation Drug Repairs Brain Damage

Mar. 18, 2025 — A new study has discovered what researchers say is the first drug to fully reproduce the effects of physical stroke rehabilitation in model mice, following from human ...

Do Brain Changes Remain After Recovery from Concussion?

Mar. 12, 2025 — For college athletes with concussion, brain changes may remain visible in brain scans up to a year after they are cleared to return to play, according to a new ...

Repurposed ALS Drug Becomes Imaging Probe to Help Diagnose Neurodegeneration

Mar. 5, 2025 — Scientists used positron emission tomography (PET) with edaravone, a drug used to treat ALS, to detect oxidative stress, which leads to brain damage, offering a clear path to detecting neurological ...

Real Time Monitoring of Stroke Using Light and Sound

Mar. 5, 2025 — Researchers have successfully observed early vascular changes in stroke using an innovative photoacoustic ...

Smart Adhesive Electrode Avoids Nerve Damage

Mar. 3, 2025 — A research team has developed a three-dimensional neural electrode that deforms smoothly using soft actuation technology. It is expected to be used in various next-generation soft bioelectronic ...

New 4D Brain Map Reveals Potential Early Warning Signs of Multiple Sclerosis

Feb. 27, 2025 — Using an animal model of multiple sclerosis (MS), researchers have created a four-dimensional brain map that reveals how lesions similar to those seen in human MS form. These findings provide a ...

Nasal Spray Shows Preclinical Promise for Treating Traumatic Brain Injury

Feb. 27, 2025 — A new study suggests a nasal spray developed to target neuroinflammation could one day be an effective treatment for traumatic brain injury (TBI). By studying the effects of the nasal anti-CD3 in a ...

Misplaced Neurons Disrupt Wiring of the Brain

Feb. 25, 2025 — Research reveals why misplaced neurons in the brain are overactive and lead to developmental ...

The Brain Perceives Unexpected Pain More Strongly

Feb. 21, 2025 — Researchers used visual threat manipulation in the virtual reality environment and thermal stimulation to investigate how the brain perceives pain. They found that the brain perceives pain more ...

Cholesterol Metabolism Byproduct Linked to Parkinson's Disease

Feb. 18, 2025 — Researchers have discovered a cholesterol metabolite that plays a critical role in the development of Parkinson's disease in mice. The study shows that this metabolite is responsible for the ...

Study Maps New Brain Regions Behind Intended Speech

Feb. 13, 2025 — Imagine seeing a furry, four-legged animal that meows. Mentally, you know what it is, but the word 'cat' is stuck on the tip of your tongue. This phenomenon, known as Broca's aphasia ...

Researchers Identify a Brain Circuit for Creativity

Feb. 13, 2025 — Researchers analyzed data from 857 patients across 36 fMRI brain imaging studies and mapped a common brain circuit for ...

Cracking the Alzheimer's Code: How Brain Trauma Triggers Disease

Feb. 12, 2025 — A study reveals that traumatic brain injury alters the small vessels in the brain, resulting in an accumulation of amyloid beta -- a hallmark of Alzheimer's disease. The findings suggest that ...

Blood Test May Detect Stroke Type Before Hospital Arrival, Allowing Faster Treatment

Jan. 30, 2025 — People with brain bleeds had nearly 7 times higher blood levels of a specific brain protein, called glial fibrillary acidic protein (GFAP), than those who had strokes caused by clots in a study ...

New Drug Shows Promise in Restoring Vision for People With Nerve Damage

Jan. 24, 2025 — Researchers have found a promising drug candidate that could help restore vision in individuals with multiple sclerosis (MS) and other neurological conditions that damage ...

Researchers Map the Brain's Self-Healing Abilities After Stroke

Jan. 24, 2025 — A new study sheds light on one of the most severe consequences of stroke: damage to the brain's 'cables'-- the so-called nerve fibers -- which leads to permanent ...

Brain Immune Cells May Also Be from 'Mars and Venus'

Jan. 21, 2025 — Researchers find that microglia function differently in males versus females, potentially having broad implications for how neurological diseases are ...

A Molecule Is Shown to Produce Cognitive Improvement in Rodents With Early Alzheimer's Disease

Jan. 15, 2025 — Scientists have come up with a drug that is a potential candidate for tackling memory deficits in the early stages of the disease in rodents. Research shows that the drug activates the cannabinoid ...