A team of researchers from John Hopkin’s medicine center along with other researchers across the state universities say that consequences of low levels of the protein NPTX2 in the brains of people with Alzheimer’s disease may change the pattern of neural activity in ways that lead to the learning and memory loss that are classical...
Category: <span>Mental health</span>
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Academia, industry collaborate on solutions to neural disease, injury
Neurological issues such as Parkinson’s, post stroke disabilities, limb loss and paralysis significantly diminish the duration and quality of life- affecting about 1 in 6 people worldwide. With a growing number of biomedical innovations, driven in large part by older population dealing with debilitating health issues are improving both cognitive and motor function. A new...
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The Future of the Human Brain: Smart Drugs and Nootropics
A Scientific Way of Enhancing Performance? Futurism curates the products that could help reshape our world. Learn more about Qualia and ‘smart drugs’ here. Doing research to define what nootropics are is kind of like asking Tekkies which VPN is the best one to use. You get an avalanche of responses from a group of people who are...
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Mighty morphed brain cells cure Parkinson’s in mice, but human trials still far off
Using a trick from stem-cell science, researchers got mice with a version of Parkinson’s disease to walk almost normally. Mice that walk straight and fluidly don’t usually make scientists exult, but these did: The lab rodents all had a mouse version of Parkinson’s disease and only weeks before had barely been able to lurch and...
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Scientists unpack how Toxoplasma infection is linked to neurodegenerative disease
GLT-1, a glutamate transporter, soaks up glutamate (a neurotransmitter) released by neurons and converts it back into a safer substance. Toxoplasma gondii, a protozoan parasite about five microns long, infects a third of the world’s population. Ingested via undercooked meat or unwashed vegetables, the parasite infects 15-30 percent of the US population. In France and...
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Your Brain cells could be Reprogrammed to Fight Parkinson’s Disease
In Brief Researchers have reprogrammed existing brain cells in mice into dopamine neurons to reduce their symptoms of Parkinson’s disease. This novel approach could be used to treat Parkinson’s disease with stem cells which are not transplanted but induced from patients’ own brain cells. Support cells turned super cells Parkinson’s disease is one of the...
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Huntington’s Disease: Researcher Discover A Way to Stop Progression of The Fatal Disease
Huntington’s disease is a neurodegenerative disorder, which mostly affects middle-aged people. It is a genetic disorder and affects muscle co-ordination which eventually progresses into dementia. Scientists have been unable to find a cure for the fatal brain disease. However, a new study has shown researchers a possible way to stop the ailment’s progression. Huntington’s Disease...
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Link between birth defect and Neurodegenerative diseases
A new study has found a link between neurological birth defects in infants commonly found in pregnant women with diabetes and several neuro degenerative diseases including Alzheimer’s, Parkinson’s and Huntington’s diseases. This is the 1st time this link has been identified, it may indicate a new way to understand, and perhaps treat both neural tube...
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Detecting Alzheimer’s disease earlier using … Greebles?
Unique graphic characters called Greebles may prove to be valuable tools in detecting signs of Alzheimer’s disease decades before symptoms become apparent. In an article published online last week in Journal of Alzheimer’s Disease, Emily Mason, Ph.D., a postdoctoral associate in the Department of Neurological Surgery at the University of Louisville, reported research showing that...
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Conversion of brain cells offers hope for Parkinson’s patients
Researchers at Karolinska Institute have made significant progress in the search for new treatments for Parkinson’s disease. By manipulating the gene expression of non-neuronal cells in the brain, they were able to produce new dopamine neurons. The study, performed on mice and human cells, is published in the prestigious scientific journal Nature Biotechnology. Production of...