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2018-10-29 – Phosphorylation of one particular tau protein residue measured in cerebrospinal fluid (CSF) correlated with the distinct biological stages of Alzheimer's disease, researchers reported here. Among people in the Dominantly Inherited Alzheimer Network (DIAN) -- a group in which Alzheimer's disease…
2018-10-17 – Getting ready to apply for a grant and don’t know where to start? Set yourself up for success with tips from the experts at NIH. Quickly learn how to access application forms, ensure your application is a good fit for an announcement, and make an important final check of your application after…
2018-10-12 – You wake up from a vivid dream, but find it’s gone by daylight; you see something beautiful or surprising in the morning, but can’t describe it fully by afternoon. What if you could just download your thoughts into images, without the intercession of memory or language? The French artist Pierre…
2018-10-11 – Engineers have created an implantable, biodegradable device that’s designed to accelerate growth and boost healing in a damaged nerve. The device — as tiny as a dime and as thin as a sheet of paper — delivered tiny zaps of electricity to damaged nerves that had been repaired by surgery, but still…
2018-10-08 – New research from Annals of Neurology Editor-in-Chief Dr. Clifford Saper and his team pinpoints a group of cells in the brain that play a role in healthy sleep. Learn more: Galanin neurons in the ventrolateral preoptic area promote sleep and heat loss in mice
2018-10-04 – Traumatic head injury can have widespread effects in the brain, but now scientists can look in real time at how head injury affects thousands of individual cells and genes simultaneously in mice. This approach could lead to precise treatments for traumatic brain injury (TBI). The study, reported in…
2018-10-03 – Markedly fewer concussions occurred following a minor-seeming rule change in Ivy League college football, an analysis of team physician reports found. Concussion rates dropped 81% -- from 10.93 to 2.04 per 1,000 plays -- after kickoffs were moved up 5 yards to the 40-yard line in 2016, which had…
2018-10-01 – Nearly half a million kids visit ERs in the U.S. each year due to head injuries, and many of them undergo CT scans — but few of those scans show signs of traumatic brain injury. In a new paper, researchers looking for ways to curb unnecessary CT use in kids tested out a decision-making tool …
2018-09-28 – The president today signed H.R. 6157, which includes FY 2019 funding for the National Institutes of Health (NIH) and other agencies. The package provides $39.1 billion for NIH, a $2 billion (5.4 percent) increase over the comparable FY 2018 funding level. The ANA thanks all Representatives and …
2018-09-27 – Two research teams reported that three patients paralyzed from the waist down were able to take steps again after weeks of rehabilitation and the implantation of a device that zaps the spinal cord in precise ways, fueling hopes that some sensory and motor function may be regained even when it…