Tag: Neurology and Neuroscience
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Brain Abnormalities Linked to Casual Marijuana Use
Young adults who used marijuana only recreationally showed significant abnormalities in two key brain regions that are important in emotion and motivation, scientists report.
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Study Links Light Exposure to Weight
The timing, intensity and duration of an individual’s light exposure during the day correlates to their body mass index.
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Mesulam Awarded Potamkin Prize
M. Marsel Mesulam, MD, director of the Cognitive Neurology and Alzheimer’s Disease Center, will travel to Philadelphia at the end of April to be honored at the annual American Academy of Neurology meeting.
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Nerve Transfers Limit Pain for Amputees
Developed by Gregory Dumanian, MD, and Todd A Kuiken, MD, PhD, targeted muscle reinnervation enables an amputee to control motorized prosthetic devices and regain sensory feedback. New research also shows that it reduces neuroma pain from cut nerve endings.
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Scientists Reveal Brain Region Vital for Long-term Memory
The Disterhoft lab has illustrated how neuronal activity varies in the pre-frontal cortex as the brain shifts from attention to recollection of long-term memory.
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How Memory Rewrites the Past
According to a new study, memory rewrites the past with current information, updating your recollections with new experiences.
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No Patient Left Behind
Dimitri Krainc and Andrew Parsa had only heard of each other before they came to Northwestern Medicine. Now they share a vision as new leaders for the academic and clinical missions in neurology and neurosurgery.
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Parkinson’s Research Center Funding Renewed
With its recent renewal, Feinberg’s Udall Center of Excellence for Parkinson’s Disease Research is one of 10 such centers funded by the National Institute of Neurological Disorders and Stroke.
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Scientist Uncovers Selective Cell Death in Ataxia
Published in the Journal of Neuroscience, a discovery by Marco Martina, MD, PhD, associate professor in Physiology, sheds new light on the selective vulnerability of cell types in preclinical models of ataxia.
