Tag: Neurology and Neuroscience
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ALS is Driven by a Domino‑Like Chain Reaction That Begins in Nerve Cells
A new Northwestern Medicine study provides evidence that ALS unfolds through a domino‑like sequence of events that begins with an early breakdown inside motor neurons and is followed by a damaging inflammatory response.
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Treatment of Rare Childhood Epilepsy Could Begin Before Birth
A new Northwestern study suggests that interventions for epilepsy can start during pregnancy, as early as 15 weeks gestation, well before symptoms appear, according to a study published in Nature Communications.
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New Tool Collects Biology Data into Cellular Atlases
A new computational method could dramatically accelerate efforts to map the body’s cells in space, according to a study published in Nature Genetics.
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Printed Neurons Communicate With Living Brain Cells
Northwestern scientists have developed flexible, low-cost devices that generate electrical signals realistic enough to activate living brain cells.
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Experimental Drug Lowers Parkinson’s-Linked Protein in Early Trial
An experimental drug designed to silence a gene strongly linked to Parkinson’s disease has shown encouraging effects in a first-in-human clinical trial, according to a study published in Nature Medicine.
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Imagination is More Than Sensory Replay
A new Northwestern University study suggests that higher‑level brain systems that interpret and organize perception may play a central role in imagination in addition to sensory systems.
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Schizophrenia Study Finds New Biomarker, Drug Candidate to Treat Cognitive Symptoms
A new Northwestern study in humans and mice has discovered a novel biomarker of schizophrenia that could also serve as a new drug candidate to treat the cognitive symptoms of the disorder.
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First Gene Regulation Clinical Trials for Epilepsy Show Promising Results
A first‑ever gene‑regulation therapy tested in early‑phase clinical trials co‑led by Northwestern University Feinberg School of Medicine and Ann & Robert H. Lurie Children’s Hospital of Chicago has proven safe in children with Dravet syndrome who have exhausted conventional treatment options, according to a study published in the New England Journal of Medicine.
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As Superagers Age, They Make at Least Twice as Many New Neurons as Their Peers
New research shows that the brains of “SuperAgers” continue to generate new neurons in the hippocampus at levels far higher than typical older adults, and even much younger individuals.
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Living ‘Mini Brains’ Meet Next-Generation Bioelectronics
A team led by Northwestern University and Shirley Ryan AbilityLab scientists have developed a new technology that can eavesdrop on the hidden electrical dialogues unfolding inside miniature, lab-grown human brain-like tissues.
