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Brain Diseases
Brain Diseases: is a broad term for any brain disease that alters brain function or structure. The top three most common brain diseases are - Epilepsy, ALS, and Parkinson's Disease.
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MAR 31, 2018Cardiology
Limiting the number of calories you eat is a simple way to stay healthy, but its implementation couldn’t be harder ...Written By: Kara MarkerMAR 28, 2018Neuroscience
Many neurological conditions are progressive. The disease begins, perhaps mildly at first, but then gets worse. This is ...Written By: Brenda Kelley KimMAR 26, 2018Neuroscience
Researchers at the University of Toulouse in France have completed work that shows how patients who have epilepsy can so ...Written By: Brenda Kelley KimMAR 25, 2018Drug Discovery & Development
Multiple sclerosis (MS) is an autoimmune disease of the central nervous system where the affected individual’s imm ...Written By: Nouran AminMAR 25, 2018Cell & Molecular Biology
Researchers have discovered that synapses in the brain strike a balance; as some get larger, others shrink.Written By: Carmen LeitchMAR 17, 2018Clinical & Molecular DX
Before new drugs are tested in humans, researchers have to ensure that they are both effective and safe. Animal models o ...Written By: Kara MarkerMAR 16, 2018Cell & Molecular Biology
This new tool, SPLiT-seq, uses barcoding to tease out the genetic information in individual cells within tissue.Written By: Carmen LeitchMAR 15, 2018Cancer
DNA origami based nanostructures can sniff out tumor cellsWritten By:MAR 14, 2018Cell & Molecular Biology
Researchers have discovered that worms experience rigor mortis before, rather than after death as humans do.Written By: Carmen LeitchMAR 14, 2018Cannabis Sciences
The term "psychoactive" simply refers to having an effect on the mind or behavior; why has it gotten such a negative con ...Written By: Mauri BrueggemanMAR 14, 2018Neuroscience
Multiple sclerosis (MS) is a devastating neurological disorder that is thought to be caused by a problem with the immune ...Written By: Brenda Kelley KimMAR 12, 2018Cell & Molecular Biology
SUSHI, or Super-resolution Shadow Imaging is a new technique for looking at living cells in the brain.Written By: Carmen LeitchMAR 11, 2018Drug Discovery & Development
Multiple sclerosis (MS) is a neurological disease that is unpredictable and often disabling in affected individuals. It ...Written By: Nouran AminMAR 11, 2018Genetics & Genomics
It is estimated that 20 percent of Americans and 50 percent of military veterans suffer from sleep problems.Written By: Carmen LeitchMAR 09, 2018Genetics & Genomics
As we get older, our body has to replace old cells with new ones. But in the brain, that process slows down as we age.Written By: Carmen LeitchMAR 08, 2018Genetics & Genomics
A specific gene variant has been connected with an increased risk of drug dependence, researchers found.Written By: Carmen LeitchMAR 08, 2018Immunology
One of the most lethal forms of brain cancer owes most of its deadliness to its evasion of the immune system - a nasty t ...Written By: Kara MarkerMAR 08, 2018Cannabis Sciences
Researchers are looking for possible therapeutic targets in early Alzheimer's Disease to prevent the devastating, irreve ...Written By: Mauri BrueggemanMAR 08, 2018Neuroscience
Shaking or "tremors" of the hands or head can make it difficult for patients to engage in the simple tasks of ...Written By: Brenda Kelley KimMAR 07, 2018Videos
Being able to flip a switch and control a brain sounds like the latest sci-fi movie, but it's a real thing in the field ...Written By: Brenda Kelley KimMAR 07, 2018Health & Medicine
It’s almost Spring in many parts of the world and dealing with the cold is getting stressful, but Dutch explorer W ...Written By: Brenda Kelley KimMAR 05, 2018Videos
Parkinson's disease can devastate its victims because the tremors and muscle rigidity eventually make it nearly impossib ...Written By: Brenda Kelley KimMAR 05, 2018Neuroscience
It's well-known that concussions, whether incurred in sports or from an accident or military service (blast wave inj ...Written By: Brenda Kelley KimMAR 01, 2018Cardiology
The health risks of playing football extend beyond concussions and traumatic brain injuries. In a new pair of studies, s ...Written By: Kara Marker
MAR 31, 2018
Cardiology
Limiting the number of calories you eat is a simple way to stay healthy, but its implementation couldn’t be harder
...
Written By:
Kara Marker
MAR 28, 2018
Neuroscience
Many neurological conditions are progressive. The disease begins, perhaps mildly at first, but then gets worse. This is
...
Written By:
Brenda Kelley Kim
MAR 26, 2018
Neuroscience
Researchers at the University of Toulouse in France have completed work that shows how patients who have epilepsy can so
...
Written By:
Brenda Kelley Kim
MAR 25, 2018
Drug Discovery & Development
Multiple sclerosis (MS) is an autoimmune disease of the central nervous system where the affected individual’s imm
...
Written By:
Nouran Amin
MAR 25, 2018
Cell & Molecular Biology
Researchers have discovered that synapses in the brain strike a balance; as some get larger, others shrink.
Written By:
Carmen Leitch
MAR 17, 2018
Clinical & Molecular DX
Before new drugs are tested in humans, researchers have to ensure that they are both effective and safe. Animal models o
...
Written By:
Kara Marker
MAR 16, 2018
Cell & Molecular Biology
This new tool, SPLiT-seq, uses barcoding to tease out the genetic information in individual cells within tissue.
Written By:
Carmen Leitch
MAR 15, 2018
Cancer
DNA origami based nanostructures can sniff out tumor cells
Written By:
MAR 14, 2018
Cell & Molecular Biology
Researchers have discovered that worms experience rigor mortis before, rather than after death as humans do.
Written By:
Carmen Leitch
MAR 14, 2018
Cannabis Sciences
The term "psychoactive" simply refers to having an effect on the mind or behavior; why has it gotten such a negative con
...
Written By:
Mauri Brueggeman
MAR 14, 2018
Neuroscience
Multiple sclerosis (MS) is a devastating neurological disorder that is thought to be caused by a problem with the immune
...
Written By:
Brenda Kelley Kim
MAR 12, 2018
Cell & Molecular Biology
SUSHI, or Super-resolution Shadow Imaging is a new technique for looking at living cells in the brain.
Written By:
Carmen Leitch
MAR 11, 2018
Drug Discovery & Development
Multiple sclerosis (MS) is a neurological disease that is unpredictable and often disabling in affected individuals. It
...
Written By:
Nouran Amin
MAR 11, 2018
Genetics & Genomics
It is estimated that 20 percent of Americans and 50 percent of military veterans suffer from sleep problems.
Written By:
Carmen Leitch
MAR 09, 2018
Genetics & Genomics
As we get older, our body has to replace old cells with new ones. But in the brain, that process slows down as we age.
Written By:
Carmen Leitch
MAR 08, 2018
Genetics & Genomics
A specific gene variant has been connected with an increased risk of drug dependence, researchers found.
Written By:
Carmen Leitch
MAR 08, 2018
Immunology
One of the most lethal forms of brain cancer owes most of its deadliness to its evasion of the immune system - a nasty t
...
Written By:
Kara Marker
MAR 08, 2018
Cannabis Sciences
Researchers are looking for possible therapeutic targets in early Alzheimer's Disease to prevent the devastating, irreve
...
Written By:
Mauri Brueggeman
MAR 08, 2018
Neuroscience
Shaking or "tremors" of the hands or head can make it difficult for patients to engage in the simple tasks of
...
Written By:
Brenda Kelley Kim
MAR 07, 2018
Videos
Being able to flip a switch and control a brain sounds like the latest sci-fi movie, but it's a real thing in the field
...
Written By:
Brenda Kelley Kim
MAR 07, 2018
Health & Medicine
It’s almost Spring in many parts of the world and dealing with the cold is getting stressful, but Dutch explorer W
...
Written By:
Brenda Kelley Kim
MAR 05, 2018
Videos
Parkinson's disease can devastate its victims because the tremors and muscle rigidity eventually make it nearly impossib
...
Written By:
Brenda Kelley Kim
MAR 05, 2018
Neuroscience
It's well-known that concussions, whether incurred in sports or from an accident or military service (blast wave inj
...
Written By:
Brenda Kelley Kim
MAR 01, 2018
Cardiology
The health risks of playing football extend beyond concussions and traumatic brain injuries. In a new pair of studies, s
...
Written By:
Kara Marker