Sentences with phrase «on neurological diseases»

Effect of any of the TCVM modalities on neurological diseases including seizures and intervertebral disc diseases.

The NINDS award provides longer - term support and increased flexibility to pursue innovative, high - risk research on neurological diseases.

Investigations on the effects of the medium chain triglycerides in coconut oil, on neurological diseases such Alzheimer's, show benefits.

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At the Chan Zuckerberg BioHub, efforts will center on creating tools that can help find cures for the four major diseases from which humans die: heart disease, infectious diseases, cancer and neurological disease.

The MIND diet, which claimed the No. 2 spot last year, focuses on foods meant to help your brain, specifically those said to prevent neurological diseases like Alzheimer's.

«There's already fantastic therapies to overcome heart disease, cancer and every other neurological disease based on this idea of reprogramming the software,» Kurzweil said.

Many pharmaceutical companies continue to work on treatments for neurological diseases, as do many smaller biotech firms and academic medical research centers, and funding sources for these pursuits include private foundations as well as governments.

The Oneida County Health Department today reported that test results on a suspected case of Eastern Equine Encephalitis (EEE) in a horse in the north Rome / Lee Center has confirmed that the animal was infected with the disease when it was euthanized last week after developing neurological symptoms.

Awaited Test Results Yield Another «Positive» for EEE «Virus Suspected in Two More Horse Deaths» The Oneida County Health Department today reported that test results on a suspected case of Eastern Equine Encephalitis (EEE) in a horse in the north Rome / Lee Center has confirmed that the animal was infected with the disease when it was euthanized last week after developing neurological symptoms.

«While electrical stimulation of the brain is emerging as potential therapy for a wide range of neurological and psychiatric diseases, little is known about its effect on memory,» says Gregory Worrell, M.D., Ph.D., a Mayo Clinic neurologist and senior author of the article.

AveXis, Inc., a clinical - stage gene therapy company developing treatments for patients suffering from rare and life - threatening neurological genetic diseases, announced in July 2016 that the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) granted Breakthrough Therapy Designation for the treatment based on preliminary clinical results from the trial of AVXS - 101.

As she reflects on her illness, Cahalan wonders how many people go misdiagnosed or undiagnosed in a psychiatric ward as a result of lesser - known neurological diseases.

Nevertheless, Cox and his colleagues press on, for the same reasons that researchers flocked to Guam in the 1950s: If BMAA exposure accounts for at least some of the most devastating neurological disorders, learning more about this obscure compound could have huge implications for understanding the underlying disease.

Do prions — misfolded versions of healthy protein linked to mad cow and other neurological diseases — infect and cause disease all on their own?

In his famous piece, An Essay on the Shaking Palsy, Parkinson described a number of patients with key symptoms of the neurological condition, such as involuntary tremors and diminished muscle control, and several decades later the disease was named after him.

«This work sheds new light on how blood cancer develops and also provides a new approach that can be used to study chromosomal deletions associated with a variety of human cancers, neurological and developmental diseases.»

The brain - on - a-chip could be useful for studying any number of neurological and psychiatric diseases, including drug addiction, post traumatic stress disorder, and traumatic brain injury.

The results, published on January 18 in Cell, might help researchers to better understand neurological diseases such as Alzheimer's.

The researchers also gathered the clinical neurological information on the patients» age when HD symptoms presented and how long the patient survived with the disease.

That such vessels could have escaped detection when the lymphatic system has been so thoroughly mapped throughout the body is surprising on its own, but the true significance of the discovery lies in the effects it could have on the study and treatment of neurological diseases ranging from autism to Alzheimer's disease to multiple sclerosis.

You report on the growing number of people from the UK, especially those with neurological diseases, going to clinics in Switzerland to end their lives (23 August, p 7).

Barnes is the primary author and director of the Rush Center of Excellence on Disparities in HIV and Aging in the Rush Alzheimer's Disease Center, and professor of Neurological Sciences and Behavioral Sciences at Rush University Medical Center.

You report on the growing number of people from the UK, especially those with neurological diseases, going to clinics in...

These findings have broad implications not only for the potential treatment of neurodegenerative disorders, but for further understanding the impact of neurological disease on metabolism and stress responses throughout the body.

Lasmézas» research focuses on neurological disorders caused by misfolded proteins, such as Alzheimer's, Parkinson's, prion diseases, frontotemporal dementia and amyotrophic lateral sclerosis (ALS, Lou Gehrig's disease).

«Our findings have provided us not only with a new perspective on the role of astrocytes in cognition, but also with an exciting drug target to enhance memory and maybe even stave off memory decline in Alzheimer's disease,» says senior author Lennart Mucke, MD, director of the Gladstone Institute of Neurological Disease and professor of neurology and neuroscience at the University of California, San Fradisease,» says senior author Lennart Mucke, MD, director of the Gladstone Institute of Neurological Disease and professor of neurology and neuroscience at the University of California, San FraDisease and professor of neurology and neuroscience at the University of California, San Francisco.

The main hypothesis on the cause of Alzheimer's involves amyloid deposition, the buildup of plaques in the brain that impair neurological function; most biomedical efforts to tackle the disease have focused on this issue.

«This new detailed view will be invaluable as we try to develop drugs that might work on specific subunits and therefore help fight or cure some of these neurological diseases and conditions,» Gouaux said.

«This bench to bedside research is very exciting and will have a major impact on the management of neurological diseases, particularly neuropathic pain,» said Akbar Panju, medical director of the Michael G. DeGroote Institute for Pain Research and Care, a clinician and professor of medicine.

As time went on, he became convinced that autism was not only a neurological disorder but more specifically a developmental disease that altered the structure of the nervous system as it matured.

Later, when Hart embarked on an ambitious project to study human neurological disease in the nematode C. elegans, she encountered some resistance to her ideas.

Ron McKay and his colleagues at the National Institute of Neurological Disease and Stroke in Bethesda, Maryland, usually focus on brain development, but they were intrigued by recent papers reporting that some pancreas cells express nestin, a protein typical of developing neural cells.

And not only are they now not dying, you are essentially on the path to a true cure of a degenerative [neurological] disease, which is unheard of,» says Jeffrey Rothstein, a neurologist at the Johns Hopkins School of Medicine in Baltimore, Maryland, who was not affiliated with the trials of the drug and is not connected with either of the two companies involved in its development: Ionis of Carlsbad, California, and Biogen of Cambridge, Massachusetts.

Mobile DNA molecules that jump from one location in the genome to another may contribute to neurological diseases and could have subtle influences on normal brain function and behavior, according to a study published October 30 in Nature.

«This study illustrates the potential of gaining fundamental insights into brain function while helping patients with debilitating diseases, and provides us with a powerful way of selecting targets based on their connectivity to other regions that can be widely applied to help guide brain stimulation therapy across multiple neurological and psychiatric disorders.»

At the week - long Winter Conference on Neural Plasticity, attendees will discuss how our brains change with age and life experience, how learning and remembering result in more neural connections, and how neurological diseases damage these connections.

So far, research has focused mainly on how signals from the gut can affect neurological functions, including some neurodegenerative diseases.

Scientists also hope that the tool can shed some light on how neurological diseases like Alzheimer's spread throughout the brain.

My lab is investigating the normal cellular functions of signaling pathways implicated in neurological disease, with an emphasis on axon growth and guidance.

Dr. Palop's research focuses on understanding the neural processes underlying cognitive decline in Alzheimer's disease (AD) and in neurological conditions associated with destabilization of neuronal networks, such as epilepsy, autism, or schizophrenia.

Neurological research at Gladstone focuses on a host of devastating conditions, including Alzheimer's, frontotemporal dementia (FTD), Parkinson's and Huntington's disease, amyotrophic lateral sclerosis (ALS, or Lou Gehrig's disease) and multiple sclerosis.

Expertly trained to address life - threatening diseases of the brain, spine, and nerves, Dr. Frontera not only wants to build on the comprehensive stroke center, but also provide a similar level of high - quality care for a variety of neurological conditions.

Dr. Akassoglou is a leader in the field of neurological disease, with a special emphasis on multiple sclerosis (MS).

The booklet provides an overview of the symptoms, risk factors, genetic basis and impact on the Arab World of five common neurological brain disorders, namely Alzheimer Disease, ADHD, Intellectual Disability, Schizophrenia and Tourette syndrome.

His research is based on the concept that normal brain aging and the pathogeneses of sporadic neurological diseases are not a consequence of a few single or «disease - specific «factors alone, rather they are driven by holistic events that include one's individual genetic and epigenetic condition, progression of aging, and lifestyle.

The findings, published today in the online journal PloS One, open new opportunities for gaining a greater understanding of Alzheimer's disease and other neurological diseases and for developing therapies to halt its progression, according to senior author Karen E. Duff, PhD, professor of pathology (in psychiatry and in the Taub Institute for Research on Alzheimer's Disease and the Aging Brain) at CUMC and at the New York State Psychiatric Insdisease and other neurological diseases and for developing therapies to halt its progression, according to senior author Karen E. Duff, PhD, professor of pathology (in psychiatry and in the Taub Institute for Research on Alzheimer's Disease and the Aging Brain) at CUMC and at the New York State Psychiatric InsDisease and the Aging Brain) at CUMC and at the New York State Psychiatric Institute.

Funding was provided by the National Institute of Neurological Disorders and Stroke, Taube / Koret Center for Neurodegenerative Disease, Hellman Family Foundation Alzheimer's Disease Research Program, UCSF Medical Scientist Training Program, Hereditary Diseae Foundation, CHDI Foundation, and the National Institute on Aging.

Many of our neurologists are supported by grants from the National Institutes of Health for their basic research work on various neurological diseases, including Parkinson's disease, stroke, multiple sclerosis, ALS, and peripheral neuropathy.

In his commentary posted on Cleveland.com, Neides, who is a family doctor, said that preservatives and other ingredients in vaccines are dangerous and are likely behind the increase in diagnosed cases of neurological diseases such as autism — a claim that has long been discredited by researchers.

He also held several positions of increasing leadership at Praecis Pharmaceuticals, including Director of Cell Biology, where he initiated or contributed to the establishment of numerous research projects focusing on the discovery of novel therapeutics for the treatment of cancer, inflammation, infectious disease, and neurological disorders.