by Kate McAlpine, University of Michigan A set of diagrams shows aspects of the very early human central nervous system that the model was able to simulate. As sketched on the left, it traced out the general shape of the system, but it was also faithful to major aspects of the system’s internal structures shown in...
by Justin Jackson, Medical Xpress Genetic association between PRSs for Collinsella and APOE rs429358 genotype in the discovery sample. Individuals in the discovery sample were separated by their genotype at the APOE SNP rs429358. Those with the genotype of TC and CC had higher PRSs for genetically predicted Collinsella abundance than those with the TT...
by Brigham and Women’s Hospital Credit: Pixabay/CC0 Public Domain The blood-brain barrier (BBB) is an imposing foe for gene therapy. Formed of cells wedged tightly together, the BBB keeps toxins and pathogens that may be present in the blood from entering brain tissue, but it also keeps out potential treatment for diseases that affect the...
FRONTIERS VIDEO: VIDEO FROM SUPPLEMENTARY MATERIAL CREDIT: MAIR, ADAM, CHOWDHURY ET AL. 2021 Would you let a tiny MANiAC travel around your nervous system to treat you with drugs? You may be inclined to say no, but in the future, “magnetically aligned nanorods in alginate capsules” (MANiACs) may be part of an advanced arsenal of...
UNIVERSITY OF COPENHAGEN – THE FACULTY OF HEALTH AND MEDICAL SCIENCES Medical cannabis is a subject of much debate. There is still a lot we do not know about cannabis, but researchers from the Department of Neuroscience at the Faculty of Health and Medical Sciences have made a new discovery that may prove vital to...
By Benedette Cuffari, M.Sc. Reviewed by Sophia Coveney, B.Sc. Neuropsychiatric lupus (NPSLE), which is often referred to as central nervous system (CNS) lupus, can cause lupus patients to be afflicted with a variety of neuropsychiatric issues ranging from headaches and depression to seizures and a number of demyelinating conditions. Image Credit: vitstudio / Shutterstock.com Overview...
CLEVELAND CLINIC CLEVELAND – COVID-19 is known primarily as a respiratory disease, with symptoms that include cough, shortness of breath, and, in severe cases, acute respiratory distress syndrome and pneumonia. Now, researchers from Cleveland Clinic’s Department of Biomedical Engineering note in a recent review that infection with the coronavirus may also affect the central nervous system and...
FUNDAÇÃO DE AMPARO À PESQUISA DO ESTADO DE SÃO PAULO IMAGE: INVESTIGATION SHOWED THAT CHIKUNGUNYA VIRUS CAN CAUSE NEUROLOGICAL INFECTIONS. RISK OF DEATH IN SUBACUTE PHASE IS HIGHER FOR PATIENTS WITH DIABETES AND SIGNIFICANT FOR YOUNG ADULTS. A study conducted by an international team of researchers with FAPESP’s support shows that infection by chikungunya virus...
by Zachary Sweger, Pennsylvania State University T cells infiltrating brains of MuPyV-infected mice captured in the Lukacher lab. Researchers at Penn State College of Medicine now better understand the role of a protein, interleukin-21 (IL-21), in the immune system response to infections in the nervous system. The results of their recent study support further investigation into using...
