A federal initiative to find
cures for brain disorders is granting $ 3.8 million to Washington University researchers and their collaborators.
The quantifiable differences we identified between men and women are important for understanding gender - based
risk for brain disorders such as Alzheimer's disease.
The protein, called neuregulin - 1, has many forms and functions across the brain and is already a potential target
for brain disorders such as Parkinson's disease, amyotrophic lateral sclerosis and schizophrenia.
One biotech firm, Ossianix, is already hard at work developing a VNAR - based drug - delivery system, in collaboration with the global pharmaceutical company Lundbeck, which focuses on
drugs for brain disorders.
By engineering brain cells to switch on or off in response to light, scientists are unlocking the mysteries of the mind and crafting new remedies for brain disorders
Researchers have largely ignored antibody - based treatments
for brain disorders because it hasn't been possible to get antibodies into the brain in high enough concentrations to have a therapeutic effect, Golde says.
Other reseach studies have shown that strong, positive relationships between children and their parents have tended to be associated with lower risk of schizophrenia - especially in families where children may have a genetic
predisposition for brain disorders like schizophrenia, bipolar disorder, etc. (see study).
«Only by really understanding how the brain normally functions can we hope to get some new insights into treatments and hopefully, one day,
cures for these brain disorders,» she said.
Michael Kaplitt, a neurosurgeon at Weill Cornell Medical College in New York, whose lab develops gene
therapies for brain disorders, teamed up with Greengard and other colleagues in the new study.
Researchers found that three seemingly unrelated medications — allergy medications, sleep aids and anti-anxiety drugs — were all linked to increased
risk for brain disorders, however, the exact connection between these medications was, at the time, unclear.
Yang said the study not only indicated which genes are affected by traumatic brain injury and linked to serious disease, but also might point to the genes that govern metabolism, cell communication and inflammation — which might make them the best targets for new treatments
for brain disorders.
For brain disorders, the search has been elusive.
The end goal is to use new discoveries to kickstart the creation of more effective treatments and cures
for brain disorders, which the World Health Organization has estimated affect more than one billion people around the world.