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Experimental PET Scan Detects Abnormal Tau Protein in Brains of Former NFL Players

April 12, 2019

Researchers found the more years of tackle football played, the higher the tau protein levels detected by the PET scan

New Quantum Material Could Warn of Neurological Disease

April 11, 2019

By speaking the brain's language, the material is a portal between electronics and the brain

Cocoa May Help Curb Fatigue Typically Associated with Multiple Sclerosis

March 5, 2019

Cocoa may offer an easy, safe approach to the persistent symptom, if confirmed in larger studies

Can a Nerve Injury Trigger ALS?

February 21, 2019

The connection between ALS and athletes runs deeper than a single ballplayer

’Lack of Cleaning’ in Brain Cells Is Central to Alzheimer’s Disease

February 18, 2019

Researchers have found that the cleaning system of brain cells, the so-called mitophagy, is very weakened in animals and huma...

Early Prediction of Alzheimer’s Progression in Blood

January 24, 2019

This blood marker offers new possibilities for testing therapies

Essential Nutrient May Help Fight Alzheimer’s Across Generations

January 8, 2019

The study focuses on mice bred to display Alzheimer’s-like symptoms

Study Yields New Insight on How Memory Works

December 27, 2018

The finding helps explain how the hippocampus controls the process of memory

Two Compounds in Coffee May Team Up to Fight Parkinson’s

December 11, 2018

Caffeine plus another compound in coffee beans’ waxy coating may protect against brain degeneration

Using Graphene to Detect ALS, Other Neurodegenerative Diseases

December 6, 2018

The "supermaterial" may one day be used to test for amyotrophic lateral sclerosis, or ALS

Neuroscientists Pinpoint Genes Tied to Dementia

December 4, 2018

Discovery offers early step toward new therapies to slow the disease

Never-Before-Seen DNA Recombination in the Brain Linked to Alzheimer's Disease

November 26, 2018

New technology reveals DNA in neurons is "mixed and matched," producing thousands of previously unknown gene variations...

Environmental Factors May Trigger Onset of Multiple Sclerosis

October 17, 2018

Structural changes to protective neural membranes may be involved in onset of neurodegenerative disease

Magnetic Gene in Fish May Someday Help Those with Epilepsy, Parkinson's

August 15, 2018

An aquarium fish that senses the Earth's magnetic field as it swims could help unlock how the human brain works

Scientists Discover Neurodegenerative Disease in Monkeys

July 30, 2018

OHSU discovery could accelerate development of new gene therapies for Batten disease

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