How COVID-19 affects the nervous system
A new paper published in the journal JAMA Neurology in May 2020 discusses the presentation and complications of COVID-19 with respect to the nervous system....
Tag : central nervous system
Dilp-2–mediated PI3-kinase activation coordinates reactivation of quiescent neuroblasts with growth of their glial stem cell niche
by Xin Yuan, Conor W. Sipe, Miyuki Suzawa, Michelle L. Bland, Sarah E. Siegrist Dietary nutrients provide macromolecules necessary for organism growth and development. In...
Behavioral flexibility is associated with changes in structure and function distributed across a frontal cortical network in macaques
by Jérôme Sallet, MaryAnn P. Noonan, Adam Thomas, Jill X. O’Reilly, Jesper Anderson, Georgios K. Papageorgiou, Franz X. Neubert, Bashir Ahmed, Jackson Smith, Andrew H....
Neuroscientists trace brain-to-gut pathways
Neuroscientists at the University of Pittsburgh Brain Institute have traced neural pathways that connect the brain to the stomach, providing a biological mechanism to explain...
Discovery of novel brain-digestive link
Scientists across the globe have long studied the link between the brain and the digestive system. Previous studies have tied brain networks and how they...
BigBrain 3D atlas of cortical layers: Cortical and laminar thickness gradients diverge in sensory and motor cortices
by Konrad Wagstyl, Stéphanie Larocque, Guillem Cucurull, Claude Lepage, Joseph Paul Cohen, Sebastian Bludau, Nicola Palomero-Gallagher, Lindsay B. Lewis, Thomas Funck, Hannah Spitzer, Timo Dickscheid,...
Newly developed laboratory model helps reveal how HIV infection affects the brain
Though many negative repercussions of human immunodeficiency virus infection can be mitigated with the use of antiretroviral therapy, one area where medical advances haven’t made...
Cryo-electron microscopy helps visualize ball-and-chain inactivation of ion channels
Ion channels, which allow potassium and sodium ions to flow in and out of cells, are crucial in neuronal ‘firing’ in the central nervous system...
GlobalData: Oncology is top therapy area for non-industry-sponsored clinical trials
Oncology was the top therapy area for non-industry sponsored clinical trials in 2019, making up 25.7% of all clinical trials. Source link...
New therapeutic strategy for lung cancer and associated secondary tumors
In 20 – 40% of patients with cancer, metastasis (the development of secondary tumors) in the central nervous system (CNS) occurs. CNS metastatis impacts negatively...
A new function identified for glycine receptors during embryonic development
Glycine receptors are one of the most widely distributed inhibitory receptors in the central nervous system and have important roles in a variety of physiological...
New standards needed for improving the design of clinical trials for MS patients
How can the perspectives of patients with multiple sclerosis (MS) be given more consideration in clinical trials? This question was investigated and corresponding recommendations were...
Methamphetamine undermines success in treatment for opioid-use disorder
Judith Tsui, a UW Medicine clinician specializing in addiction treatment, was seeing more and more patients she was treating for opioid-use disorder also using methamphetamines,...
Comparative study finds three anti-seizure drugs to be equally safe and effective
A new study finds that the three most common treatment options administered in the emergency department for patients who experience refractory status epilepticus are equally...
New method for correcting hypoxic conditions of the central nervous system
Hypoxia is a key factor that accompanies most brain pathologies, including ischemia and neurodegenerative diseases. Source link...
New technique to detect common cause for diseases related to thrombotic microangiopathies
There is a group of diseases whose symptoms have a common origin: a lesion in the endothelial tissue that covers the inside of the blood...
Syphilis rates in patients with kidney failure found to be greater than general population
Syphilis rates, like other sexually transmitted disease rates in the United States, are soaring, and the first known study to examine syphilis rates in patients...