Reactivating memories during sleep improves motor skills
Practice makes perfect, but sleep helps, too. Learning and executing a new motor skill can be enhanced if you can…
Practice makes perfect, but sleep helps, too. Learning and executing a new motor skill can be enhanced if you can…
An anti-viral gene that impacts the risk of both Alzheimer’s disease and severe Covid-19 has been identified by a UCL-led…
Neuropsychological assessment is an integral component of rehabilitation for individuals with a history of neurological illness or injury. In this…
AD is associated with progressive impairments in memory, language, orientation, and other cognitive skills that affect daily activities throughout the…
Can the weather affect pain from conditions like arthritis or migraine? It may sound like an old superstition – but…
Ground-breaking new Curtin University-led research has discovered a likely cause of Alzheimer’s disease, in a significant finding that offers potential…
Rutgers researchers have discovered some of the first molecular insights into how toxic proteins are regulated in neurodegenerative diseases such…
Transcranial direct current stimulation (tDCS) can increase the benefits of aerobic exercise and improve the gait of patients with Parkinson’s…
Our body is tuned to function in a synchronous manner with a “circadian” or day-and-night rhythm. Alterations to daily lifestyles…
An experimental study from Lund University in Sweden has revealed that the Alzheimer’s protein amyloid-beta accumulates inside nerve cells, and…
A team co-led by scientists at Scripps Research has used advanced imaging methods to reveal how the production of the…
Given the progress in therapeutics for Alzheimer’s disease (AD), including the recent approval of aducanumab – the first anti-amyloid immunotherapy…
Pain distribution as reported on a body map, on its own, can be used to assign patients to distinct subgroups…
The struggle to get your child to go to sleep and stay asleep is something most parents can relate to….
Did you know multiple sclerosis (MS) means multiple scars? New research shows that the brain and spinal cord scars in…
New research from the Institute of Psychiatry, Psychology & Neuroscience (IoPPN) at King’s College London, in collaboration with the University…
Persons suffering from the autoimmune disease multiple sclerosis can develop various neurological symptoms caused by damage to the nervous system….
A new position statement from the American Academy of Sleep Medicine emphasizes that sleep is a biological necessity, and insufficient…
Researchers from Brain Research Institute, Niigata University, Japan may have unraveled a new approach that could revolutionize the treatment, prevention,…
Alzheimer’s disease is the main cause of dementia and current therapeutic strategies cannot prevent, slow down or cure the pathology….
Nerves release a protein at the injury site that attracts growing nerve fibers and thus keeps them entrapped there. This…
The development of dementia, often from Alzheimer’s disease, late in life is associated with abnormal blood levels of dozens of…
While it has been said that the eyes are a window to the soul, a new study shows they could…
Researchers at University of California San Diego School of Medicine, with colleagues elsewhere, have used gene therapy to prevent learning…
Muscle stem cells enable our muscle to build up and regenerate over a lifetime through exercise. But if certain muscle…
Alzheimer’s disease is characterized by the abnormal accumulation and spread of the tau protein in the brain. An international study…
Enhancing the brain’s lymphatic system when administering immunotherapies may lead to better clinical outcomes for Alzheimer’s disease patients, according to…
It’s been hailed as a wonder drug and it’s certainly creating wonder profits. By some estimates, the Cannabidiol (or CBD)…
New research from the University of Minnesota Medical School found mutations in a novel gene that may help identify patients…
A new study finds older adults who received positive airway pressure therapy prescribed for obstructive sleep apnea may be less…