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...
Canadian scientists are pioneering the use of individualised brain stimulation therapy to treat aphasia in recovering stroke patients. Aphasia is a debilitating language disorder that impacts...
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...
Having suffered a traumatic brain injury in an assault aged only 24, Martin’s life was changed forever. Here, he tells NR Times how his personality was...
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...
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...
