Category: Neurology
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iTrain – video game app to teach post-stroke care
Researchers from the Kaunas University of Technology in Lithuania have developed an interactive training app called “iTrain” to support post-stroke care. The app is a course that combines a brochure, a Massive Open Online Course, visual material, and a video game to help caretakers learn how to take care of people who have had a…
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NeuralTree: closed-loop neuromodulation system-on-chip
Researchers from École Polytechnique Fédérale de Lausanne have developed NeuralTree, a closed-loop neuromodulation system-on-chip that detects and alleviates disease symptoms. It uses a 256-channel high-resolution sensing array and an energy-efficient machine-learning processor to extract and classify biomarkers for accuracy in symptom prediction. It uses data from real patients’ EEG and iEEG epilepsy datasets, as well…
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Research Suggests COVID-19 May Trigger Multiple Sclerosis
A recent study published in Scientific Reports suggests that COVID-19 may trigger Multiple Sclerosis (MS) in susceptible individuals through a process known as “molecular mimicry.” The study conducted by scientists at the National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases, part of the National Institutes of Health, analyzed the structure of SARS-CoV-2 proteins and more than…
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Artificial Intelligence app to predict meningioma survival
Researchers recently published a study that shows proof of concept for how artificial intelligence can help doctors and brain tumor patients predicting survival and help make better treatment decisions. This study is published in Nature partner journal Digital Medicine. They also developed an open-source smartphone app meningioma.app to allow clinicians and other researchers to interactively…
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New findings of cortical activity during delta wave sleep sheds further light into memory formation
Scientists at the Center for Interdisciplinary Research in Biology have shown that delta waves emitted while we sleep are not generalized periods of silence during which the cortex rests, as has been described for decades in the scientific literature. Instead, they isolate assemblies of neurons that play an essential role in long-term memory formation. These…
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Genetic-based epilepsy risk scores to promote precision medicine
Researchers led by Cleveland Clinic have developed new genetic-based epilepsy risk scores which could help provide more personalized epilepsy diagnosis and treatment. This research is published in the journal Brain. Researchers combined all known common genetic variants identified from several large genome wide association study cohorts, which included more than 12,000 people with epilepsy and…
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Potential treatment for Alzheimer’s dementia using cell therapy
Researchers from Gladstone Institute uncovered the therapeutic benefits of genetically improving interneurons with a voltage-gated sodium channel Nav1.1 and transplanting them into the brain of a mouse model of Alzheimer’s disease. This study is led by Jorge Palop, Ph.D., an assistant investigator at the Gladstone Institutes. The study findings are published in journal Neuron. Inhibitory…
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New biomarkers for assessing Alzheimers dementia risk and early diagnosis
Researchers from the University of Texas have analyzed biomarkers to predict future risk of dementia. Their findings are published in journal Alzheimer’s & Dementia: The Journal of the Alzheimer’s Association. Dementia is a rising tidal wave of devastation for families and society. Age is the biggest risk factor. Alzheimer’s disease, which is the leading cause…
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Computational model uncovers progression of HIV infection in brain
University of Alberta research team successfully uncovered the progression of HIV infection in the brain using a new mathematical model. The team is utilizing this model to develop a nasal spray to administer antiretroviral medication effectively. Their research is published in Journal of Neurovirology. Research was done by PhD student Weston Roda and Prof. Michael…
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Computer models to analyze Huntington disease pathology
Rice University scientists have uncovered new details about how a repeating nucleotide sequence in the gene for a mutant protein may trigger Huntington’s and other neurological diseases. Researchers used computer models to analyze proteins suspected of misfolding and forming plaques in the brains of patients with neurological diseases. Their simulations confirmed experimental results by other…
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