February 19, 2022 6:00 AM ET JON HAMILTON Following a traumatic brain injury, veteran Michael Schneider found that art and music therapy helped him manage his epilepsy and PTSD. Schneider explains that by playing music, he can prevent a seizure. Madeline Gray for NPR When Michael Schneider’s anxiety and PTSD flare up, he reaches for...
by Delthia Ricks, Medical Xpress Credit: Unsplash/CC0 Public Domain Sleep may be one of the most potent medicines for the brain, scientists are discovering, as they explore the inner labyrinths of the three-pound organ during deep sleep and dream cycles in both health and disease. Among the most active areas of sleep research are those...
by McKenzie Harris, Florida State University Credit: Pixabay/CC0 Public Domain Florida State University researchers have identified a link between two key parts of the brain that play significant roles in conditions such as Alzheimer’s disease, post-traumatic stress disorder, schizophrenia and depression. Associate Professor of Psychology and Neuroscience Wen Li and psychology doctoral candidate Kevin Clancy...
MEDICAL UNIVERSITY OF SOUTH CAROLINA IMAGE: WEI JIANG, M.D., IMMUNOLOGIST AND ASSOCIATE PROFESSOR IN THE DEPARTMENT OF MICROBIOLOGY AND IMMUNOLOGY AT THE MEDICAL UNIVERSITY OF SOUTH CAROLINA. CREDIT: SARAH PACK, MEDICAL UNIVERSITY OF SOUTH CAROLINA More and more states are legalizing marijuana, but little is known about how long-term cannabis use affects the microbes in...
by Weill Cornell Medical College Inflammatory lesion in the spinal cord of a mouse model of multiple sclerosis demonstrating the presence of ILC3 (green) or T cells (red). Credit: Dr. Christopher N. Parkhurst. A group of immune cells that normally protect against inflammation in the gastrointestinal tract may have the opposite effect in multiple sclerosis (MS)...
by Argonne National Laboratory Vandana Sampathkumar looks at images from mice brains to study the thalamus at the center of the brain. Credit: Nidhi Sharma, University of Chicago New research shows cells gather more data than once believed inside the thalamus, a relay station of sensory and motor abilities in the brain. That could change how...
by Crystal MacKay, University of Western Ontario Figure 1. Illustration of hippocampal subfield topology in traditional and multiplanar histological slices (data from [42] and segmentations from [20]). (A) Traditional hippocampal slices with and without subfields overlaid. Coronal slices through the hippocampal body (top) are the most commonly used orientation. In particular, slices through the hippocampal head...
Many neurodevelopmental disorders share similar symptoms, such as learning disabilities or attention deficits. A new study from MIT has uncovered a common neural mechanism for a type of cognitive impairment seen in some people with autism and schizophrenia, even though the genetic variations that produce the impairments are different for each condition. In a study...
VANDERBILT UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER IMAGE: JING-QIONG (KATTY) KANG, M.D., PH.D., ASSOCIATE PROFESSOR OF NEUROLOGY AND PHARMACOLOGY, VANDERBILT UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER. view more CREDIT: VANDERBILT UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER Researchers at Vanderbilt University Medical Center (VUMC) have identified a common mechanism underlying a spectrum of epilepsy syndromes and neurodevelopmental disorders, including autism, that is caused by variations in a gene...
by University of North Carolina Health Care Right, miRNA29-deficient mice showing a marked increase in the important enzyme DNMT3A (bright light blue). Credit: Deshmukh Lab, UNC School of Medicine A team led by scientists at the UNC School of Medicine identified a molecule called microRNA-29 as a powerful controller of brain maturation in mammals. Deleting microRNA-29...
