Most neurological diseases have one thing in common: an accumulation of abnormal proteins around neurons. Researchers agree that these improperly fabricated proteins become progressively more toxic...
In the hours and days after a traumatic brain injury, inflammation inside the brain can accelerate to the point that more brain damage occurs, says a...
A key figure in UK case management has won a prestigious award in recognition of her work in opening up access to chronic pain management support...
In the orchestra of the brain, the firing of each neuron is controlled by two notes – excitatory and inhibitory – that come from two distinct...
Researchers from the University of Seville and the University of Oxford have described how the presence of brain metastases causes acute cerebrovascular dysfunction from the early...
An NHS-approved cognitive training app is helping to improve the lives of those with Parkinson’s Disease, research shows. A paper by Radboud University Medial Center Nijmegen and...
Researchers at the University of California San Diego have identified new mechanisms in neurons that cause Alzheimer’s disease. In particular, they discovered that changes in the...
The loss of oligodendrocytes (OLs) – highly specialised cells of the brain that produce myelin, an essential structure enabling an efficient transmission of electrical signals and...
Drivers are being urged to reduce their speed on the roads to avoid the potential for crashes – the estimated cause of up to 50 per...
When Mark Fricker suffered a stroke aged just 32, the lack of access to dedicated rehabilitation inspired him to retrain as a stroke rehab specialist. Here,...
