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2018-06-25 – Analysis of large data sets from post-mortem brain samples of people with and without Alzheimer’s disease has revealed new evidence that viral species, particularly herpesviruses, may have a role in Alzheimer’s disease biology. Researchers funded by the National Institute on Aging (NIA), part of…
2018-06-22 – Wielding electrical currents, scientists have helped restore some lost movements in rats that had experienced strokes. The stimulation artificially bolstered the low-frequency oscillations in neurons in the primary motor cortex that are weakened in some stroke patients but are key in the…
2018-06-21 – The World Health Organization has unveiled the 11th version of its International Classification of Diseases, which clinicians use to track injuries, diseases, and causes of death around the world. Learn more: New health codes for clinicians around the world
2018-06-19 – Dr. Alice Flaherty of Massachusetts General Hospital has been a pioneer in merging psychiatry and neurology. Along the way, Flaherty, who has struggled with mental illness herself, has built a reputation for taking on patients other doctors have given up on, in many cases after the doctors …
2018-06-18 – The National Institutes of Health has selected 37 talented students for the Medical Research Scholars Program (MRSP). The research training program allows medical, dental, and veterinary students to pause their university studies to live on the intramural campus of NIH in Bethesda, Maryland, and…
2018-06-13 – A visit to a facility in Guangdong province, where researchers are tinkering with monkey brains in order to understand the most severe forms of autism. Learn more in The Atlantic: China Is Genetically Engineering Monkeys With Brain Disorders
2018-06-11 – Applications are now available for the American Board of Psychiatry and Neurology, Inc. (ABPN) 2019-20 Faculty Innovation in Education Award and the 2019-20 Research Award. Learn more: www.abpn.com
2018-06-06 – Storing, managing, standardizing and publishing the vast amounts of data produced by biomedical research is a critical mission for the National Institutes of Health. In support of this effort, NIH released its first Strategic Plan for Data Science that provides a roadmap for modernizing the NIH-…
2018-06-05 – For neurosurgeons, finding your way around your brain is no easy task, since every brain is slightly different. And in brain surgery, mere millimeters can measure the difference between a successful procedure and mind-altering failure. That’s why Dr. Alexandra Golby and her team at Brigham and…
2018-05-31 – Deep brain stimulation has been used to treat Parkinson’s disease symptoms for 25 years, but limitations have led researchers to look for ways to improve the technique. A new study describes the first fully implanted DBS system that uses feedback from the brain itself to fine-tune its signaling.…