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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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SEP 11, 2015Genetics & Genomics
In a case still baffling to physicians, last summer, a 74-year-old woman from San Francisco’s Chinatown was admitt ...Written By: Ilene SchneiderSEP 11, 2015Neuroscience
Direct tissue transplantation can transmit the “seeds” of Alzheimer’s and related brain diseases, acco ...Written By: Ilene SchneiderSEP 08, 2015Neuroscience
People who have type 2 diabetes could be at greater risk for the buildup of tangles of protein in their spinal fluid, ir ...Written By: Ilene SchneiderSEP 06, 2015Neuroscience
What causes severe early infant epilepsy? Scientists at Karolinska Institutet and Karolinska University Hospital in Swed ...Written By: Ilene SchneiderSEP 03, 2015Neuroscience
A German-French team has developed a light-sensitive switch to regulate a protein involved in the neurobiology of synapt ...Written By: Ilene SchneiderAUG 30, 2015Neuroscience
Johns Hopkins researchers think that a common gene mutation triggers the brain damage associated with both amyotrophic l ...Written By: Ilene SchneiderAUG 26, 2015Cancer
Cancer researchers, always looking for more effective and less toxic approaches to stopping the disease, recently launch ...Written By: Ilene SchneiderAUG 22, 2015Genetics & Genomics
UC San Francisco has launched the UCSF Center for Next-Gen Precision Medicine Diagnostics, a dedicated research center f ...Written By: Ilene SchneiderAUG 21, 2015Cancer
The University of Queensland (UQ) researchers have been “checking what’s in the bank – the Brisbane Br ...Written By: Ilene SchneiderAUG 19, 2015Neuroscience
The brain can compartmentalize and hide traumatic experiences in a special chemical pathway, according to a new study. L ...Written By: Ilene SchneiderAUG 17, 2015Neuroscience
This week in North Carolina, UNC-Chapel Hill researcher Dr. Jason Yi made a connection between the UBE3A gene and autism ...Written By: Kara MarkerAUG 16, 2015Health & Medicine
The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) reports that around 10% of people infected with Rocky Mountain Spot ...Written By: Kara MarkerAUG 15, 2015Health & Medicine
Bacillus subtilis is one of the most commonly studied bacteria in the world, ubiquitous in almost every type of soil in ...Written By: Kara MarkerAUG 14, 2015Neuroscience
A potential marker for schizophrenia manifests itself in key brain areas well before the debilitating disease that affli ...Written By: Ilene SchneiderAUG 13, 2015Cannabis Sciences
You might have been told that cannabis makes you hungry. A team of researchers is finding a way to use it in a weight lo ...Written By: Ilene SchneiderAUG 11, 2015Neuroscience
Drugs that are used to treat common conditions such as bladder problems, depression and insomnia could delay recovery ti ...Written By: Ilene SchneiderAUG 08, 2015Neuroscience
The position in which people sleep could affect how efficiently the brain clears waste, and ultimately, how the brain fu ...Written By: Ilene SchneiderAUG 08, 2015Neuroscience
Researchers Amber Southwell, Michael Hayden and Blair Leavitt at the University of British Columbia Centre for Molecular ...Written By: Ilene SchneiderAUG 07, 2015Neuroscience
While serotonin, a neurotransmitter involved in regulating mood and mental states, has been linked to numerous neurologi ...Written By: Ilene SchneiderAUG 07, 2015Genetics & Genomics
Researchers have discovered as many as 1,000 genetic mutations along the autism spectrum. One enzyme that could be respo ...Written By: Ilene SchneiderAUG 05, 2015Genetics & Genomics
According to the National Institutes of Health (NIH) autism spectrum disorders (ASD) are a range of complex neurodevelop ...Written By: Sarah HertrichAUG 01, 2015Neuroscience
It could cost as much as $268 billion to care for all Americans with autism spectrum disorder (ASD) this year. In 10 yea ...Written By: Ilene SchneiderJUL 31, 2015Neuroscience
Are your children drinking enough water? More than half of the children and adolescents in the United States are not. La ...Written By: Ilene SchneiderJUL 29, 2015Videos
"Mad Cow Disease" describes the condition in cattle caused by a misfolded protein, called a prion. Humans (and other ani ...Written By: Kara Marker
SEP 11, 2015
Genetics & Genomics
In a case still baffling to physicians, last summer, a 74-year-old woman from San Francisco’s Chinatown was admitt
...
Written By:
Ilene Schneider
SEP 11, 2015
Neuroscience
Direct tissue transplantation can transmit the “seeds” of Alzheimer’s and related brain diseases, acco
...
Written By:
Ilene Schneider
SEP 08, 2015
Neuroscience
People who have type 2 diabetes could be at greater risk for the buildup of tangles of protein in their spinal fluid, ir
...
Written By:
Ilene Schneider
SEP 06, 2015
Neuroscience
What causes severe early infant epilepsy? Scientists at Karolinska Institutet and Karolinska University Hospital in Swed
...
Written By:
Ilene Schneider
SEP 03, 2015
Neuroscience
A German-French team has developed a light-sensitive switch to regulate a protein involved in the neurobiology of synapt
...
Written By:
Ilene Schneider
AUG 30, 2015
Neuroscience
Johns Hopkins researchers think that a common gene mutation triggers the brain damage associated with both amyotrophic l
...
Written By:
Ilene Schneider
AUG 26, 2015
Cancer
Cancer researchers, always looking for more effective and less toxic approaches to stopping the disease, recently launch
...
Written By:
Ilene Schneider
AUG 22, 2015
Genetics & Genomics
UC San Francisco has launched the UCSF Center for Next-Gen Precision Medicine Diagnostics, a dedicated research center f
...
Written By:
Ilene Schneider
AUG 21, 2015
Cancer
The University of Queensland (UQ) researchers have been “checking what’s in the bank – the Brisbane Br
...
Written By:
Ilene Schneider
AUG 19, 2015
Neuroscience
The brain can compartmentalize and hide traumatic experiences in a special chemical pathway, according to a new study. L
...
Written By:
Ilene Schneider
AUG 17, 2015
Neuroscience
This week in North Carolina, UNC-Chapel Hill researcher Dr. Jason Yi made a connection between the UBE3A gene and autism
...
Written By:
Kara Marker
AUG 16, 2015
Health & Medicine
The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) reports that around 10% of people infected with Rocky Mountain Spot
...
Written By:
Kara Marker
AUG 15, 2015
Health & Medicine
Bacillus subtilis is one of the most commonly studied bacteria in the world, ubiquitous in almost every type of soil in
...
Written By:
Kara Marker
AUG 14, 2015
Neuroscience
A potential marker for schizophrenia manifests itself in key brain areas well before the debilitating disease that affli
...
Written By:
Ilene Schneider
AUG 13, 2015
Cannabis Sciences
You might have been told that cannabis makes you hungry. A team of researchers is finding a way to use it in a weight lo
...
Written By:
Ilene Schneider
AUG 11, 2015
Neuroscience
Drugs that are used to treat common conditions such as bladder problems, depression and insomnia could delay recovery ti
...
Written By:
Ilene Schneider
AUG 08, 2015
Neuroscience
The position in which people sleep could affect how efficiently the brain clears waste, and ultimately, how the brain fu
...
Written By:
Ilene Schneider
AUG 08, 2015
Neuroscience
Researchers Amber Southwell, Michael Hayden and Blair Leavitt at the University of British Columbia Centre for Molecular
...
Written By:
Ilene Schneider
AUG 07, 2015
Neuroscience
While serotonin, a neurotransmitter involved in regulating mood and mental states, has been linked to numerous neurologi
...
Written By:
Ilene Schneider
AUG 07, 2015
Genetics & Genomics
Researchers have discovered as many as 1,000 genetic mutations along the autism spectrum. One enzyme that could be respo
...
Written By:
Ilene Schneider
AUG 05, 2015
Genetics & Genomics
According to the National Institutes of Health (NIH) autism spectrum disorders (ASD) are a range of complex neurodevelop
...
Written By:
Sarah Hertrich
AUG 01, 2015
Neuroscience
It could cost as much as $268 billion to care for all Americans with autism spectrum disorder (ASD) this year. In 10 yea
...
Written By:
Ilene Schneider
JUL 31, 2015
Neuroscience
Are your children drinking enough water? More than half of the children and adolescents in the United States are not. La
...
Written By:
Ilene Schneider
JUL 29, 2015
Videos
"Mad Cow Disease" describes the condition in cattle caused by a misfolded protein, called a prion. Humans (and other ani
...
Written By:
Kara Marker