POSTS TAGGED AS Neurology

A Sensor for “Animal Magnetism”

Worm’s Magnetosensor
Before wondering what the roundworm’s burrowing orientation has to do with anything other than C. elegan’s existence, remember that [MORE]

High Resolution 3D imaging Maps the Brain Stem

Radiologists at Duke University have produced an ultra high resolution map of the human brain stem that is a thousand [MORE]

A Wearable to Ease Migraines

CEFALY Electrode
The three-branched trigeminal nerve transmits sensations from the head to the brain’s orbitofrontal cortex and rostral cingulate, where migraine [MORE]

Figuring Out Echolocation

Neuroethology of Bat Echolocation
One of the most astonishing examples of human brain power is that of James Holman (1786-1857), who [MORE]

Oncogene Protein Stimulates Optic Nerve Regeneration

Optic Nerve
The rogue gallery of degenerative nerve diseases includes such afflictions as amyotropic lateral sclerosis, Alzheimer’s, deprivation of sight and [MORE]

Sleep Monitoring Headphones

Kokoon EEG Head Phones
A person’s blood pressure drops to its lowest point during REM sleep and without three periods of [MORE]

Skin Test for Alzheimer’s and Parkinson’s

Skin Test for Alzheimers
It has long been known that neurodegenerative diseases like Alzheimer’s and Parkinson’s leave biomarkers in blood. But [MORE]

iRNA Therapy for Glioblastoma

Glioblastoma
Glioblastoma multiforma is one of the deadliest forms of cancer. And, it has proven tenaciously resistant to every form of [MORE]

Guiding Nerve Repairs

3D Printed Guide for Nerve Repair
Severed nerves sometimes can be sutured but materials scientists at University of Sheffield (UK) have [MORE]

Dementia-in-a-Dish

Induced Pluripotent Stem Cells
About half of patients who develop early-onset frontotemporal dementia have a mutation in the gene expressing progranulin [MORE]

Pediatric Blood-Brain Barrier Chip

Brain-on-a-Chip
The naturally-occurring blood-brain barrier is a mesh of capillaries within which endothelial cells are spaced so tightly that they form [MORE]

Wireless Brain Sensor

Wireless Brain Sensor
Since bioengineers at Brown University wowed the world in 2012, showing how a neuro implant allowed quadriplegic Cathy [MORE]

Stem Cells for MS Therapy

Multiple-Sclerosis
“Three years after a small number of patients with multiple sclerosis (MS) were treated with high-dose immunosuppressive therapy and then [MORE]

Injectable, Wireless Pain Modulation Device

Stimwave Pain Modulation Device
For decades, neurologist have been able to implant wired devices that pulse electrical stimulation to a site [MORE]