Neurology - Celebrating contributions to Alzheimer's research and clinical care
The Mesulam Center for Cognitive Neurology and Alzheimer's Disease held the 28th annual Alzheimer Day on May 5, returning to campus for the first time in three years.
View ArticleNeurology - SARS-CoV-2 infection could increase the risk of brain...
Brain fog, headaches, insomnia are some of the neurological symptoms doctors have observed in COVID-19 patients.
View ArticleNeurology - A Natural Way to Help Halt Disease-Causing Microorganisms?
This article was previously published November 21, 2019, and has been updated with new information. As your "second brain," the state of your gut has been shown to play an...
View ArticleNeurology - Diabetes drug's target protein can be a candidate for the...
Mechanisms associated with a particular diabetes drug can also help to protect against Alzheimer's disease, a study by researchers at Karolinska Institutet in Sweden and...
View ArticleNeurology - Specific gene mutations may be responsible for how long someone...
How long someone lives with Parkinson's disease may be down to specific gene mutations, according to new research presented today at the 8th European Academy of Neurology Congress.
View ArticleNeurology - COVID-19 Tied to Increased Risk of Alzheimer's, Parkinson's
COVID-19 has been associated with an increased risk for Alzheimer's and Parkinson's disease. However, there was no excess risk of these neurologic disorders following COVID vs...
View ArticleNeurology - Study finds more of white matter hyperintensities in...
Women who have gone through menopause may have more of a brain biomarker called white matter hyperintensities than premenopausal women or men of the same age, according to a...
View ArticleNeurology - Continuous subcutaneous foslevodopa/foscarbidopa infusion shows...
Continuous subcutaneous infusion of foslevodopa/foscarbidopa was safe and improved motor complications in patients with advanced Parkinson's disease, according to data...
View ArticleNeurology - Sperling Receives $100,000 Prize for Alzheimer's Research
Reisa A. Sperling, MD, director of the Center for Alzheimer's Research and Treatment at BWH has received the 2015 Potamkin Prize for Research in Pick's, Alzheimer's, and...
View ArticleNeurology - Noradrenergic drugs could be repurposed to offer effective...
There is "good evidence" that drugs to treat attention deficit hyperactivity disorder might also successfully treat key aspects of Alzheimer's disease, finds a pooled data...
View ArticleNeurology - White matter hyperintensity tied to menopause
Postmenopausal women had a greater burden of white matter hyperintensity - or WMH - compared with men and premenopausal women, as well as a faster increase in WMH, according to...
View ArticleNeurology - NIH grants $45 million to study potential Alzheimer's therapy in...
The NIH awarded a $45 million grant over 5 years to Burke Neurological Institute to evaluate benfotiamine, a synthetic precursor of thiamine, as a potential therapy for mild...
View ArticleNeurology - The Gut's Role in Parkinson's Disease
This article was previously published February 28, 2019, and has been updated with new information. Parkinson's disease is a neurological disorder in which neurons and...
View ArticleNeurology - Kessler Foundation awarded grants for cognitive, mobility research
The Kessler Foundation received multiple grants from the New Jersey Health Foundation for research projects that aim to improve cognition and mobility in patients with...
View ArticleNeurology - Boy, 6, has rare neurological disease described as Alzheimer's...
Leo Vauclare, 6, is suffering from the rare genetic condition INAD - which has no available treatments or cures. It has been described as a combination of Alzheimer's and...
View ArticleNeurology - The Many Medicinal Benefits of Cannabis and Cannabidiol
This article was previously published February 2, 2019, and has been updated with new information. Production of cannabis is booming as the medical benefits of CBD are...
View ArticleNeurology - Gut-based neurotoxin triggers inflammation associated with...
A neurotoxin derived from bacteria in the gastrointestinal tract has been identified as a major contributor to Alzheimer's disease, researchers reported in Frontiers in...
View ArticleNeurology - Research reveals a gut-brain pathway that contributes to the...
Research led by Drs. Yuhai Zhao and Walter J Lukiw at the LSU Health New Orleans Neuroscience Center and the Departments of Cell Biology and Anatomy, Neurology and...
View ArticleNeurology - Leisure activities may lower risk for Alzheimer's disease, dementia
Leisure activities, such as reading a book, doing yoga and spending time with family and friends, were associated with a decreased risk for all-cause dementia, Alzheimer's...
View ArticleNeurology - What Is Lewy Body Dementia, and Why Is It So Hard to Diagnose?
TW: This article contains mention of suicide. Please proceed thoughtfully. Today marks the eighth anniversary of Robin Williams's death. The legendary comedian and actor...
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