A new combination treatment aimed at resistant and recurrent low-grade gliomas slowed tumor growth and killed tumor cells in laboratory and mouse models.
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New drug combination shows promise for common pediatric brain tumor
March 22, 2019 by NewsBot - No Comment
Brain region discovered that only processes spoken, not written words
March 21, 2019 by NewsBot - No Comment
Patients in a new study were able to comprehend words that were written but not said aloud. They could write the names of things they saw but not verbalize them. For instance, if a patient in the study saw the word ‘hippopotamus’ written on a piece of …
Common cause in sudden death syndromes
March 21, 2019 by NewsBot - No Comment
Sudden Infant Death Syndrome (SIDS) and Sudden Unexpected Death in Epilepsy (SUDEP) are syndromes that share many medical similarities but whose physiological causes are poorly understood. An opinion article publishing March 21 in the journal Trends in…
Sleep and ageing: Two sides of one coin?
March 21, 2019 by NewsBot - No Comment
Researchers have discovered a brain process common to sleep and ageing in research that could pave the way for new treatments for insomnia.
How team sports change a child’s brain
March 21, 2019 by NewsBot - No Comment
Adult depression has long been associated with shrinkage of the hippocampus, a brain region that plays an important role in memory and response to stress. Now, new research has linked participation in team sports to larger hippocampal volumes in childr…
New brain research challenges our understanding of sleep
March 21, 2019 by NewsBot - No Comment
A new study has for the first time uncovered the large-scale brain patterns and networks in the brain which control sleep, providing knowledge which in the future may can in the long term help people who experience problems sleeping.
Blue Brain solves a century-old neuroscience problem
March 21, 2019 by NewsBot - No Comment
New research explains how the shapes of neurons can be classified using mathematical methods from the field of algebraic topology. Neuroscientists can now start building a formal catalogue for all the types of cells in the brain. Onto this catalogue of…
Prenatal allergies prompt sexual changes in offspring
March 21, 2019 by NewsBot - No Comment
A single allergic reaction during pregnancy prompts sexual-development changes in the brains of offspring that last a lifetime, new research suggests. Female rats born to mothers exposed to an allergen during pregnancy acted more characteristically ‘ma…
Small vessel disease MRI marker linked to worse cognitive health in older adults
March 21, 2019 by NewsBot - No Comment
Seemingly harmless fluid-filled spaces around the cerebral small vessels, commonly seen on brain MRIs in older adults, are now thought to be associated with more compromised cognitive skills, according to a Vanderbilt University Medical Center study pu…
Childhood trauma may affect brain structure, predisposing adults to recurring major depressive disorder
March 21, 2019 by NewsBot - No Comment
Early life trauma may affect the structure of the brain in a way that makes clinical depression more likely to be severe and recurrent, according to a two-year observational study.
