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Category Archives: Neurological disorders
Feeling your pain
Tom Finger on molecular signaling between neurons and microglia.
We met Tom Finger from the University of Colorado Medical School at the SfN meeting in November last year. Continue reading
Stuart Tobet, SFN 2011
How the developing blood-brain barrier is important in protecting against future disease.
We met Stuart Tobet, member of our 'Neural Homeostasis' Section, at the Society of Neuroscience (SfN) meeting in November. Continue reading
Exercising the human brain
Happy New Year from all of us at F1000! Below is a guest post by editorial assistant Daniel Aggio on the benefits of exercise for memory.
Many of us have New Year's resolutions that include getting fit(ter) this year, but did you know that your gym membership could improve your memory? Chris Gomez from the University of Chicago, a Faculty Member in our Neuronal Signalling Mechanisms section, has highlighted as ‘must read’ a study that confirms earlier studies in animals that exercising improves spatial memory. Continue reading
The awakening
A simple bedside technology supports findings that up to 20% of vegetative state patients have been misdiagnosed.
Adrian Owen’s pioneering research into the consciousness of physically unresponsive patients has captured widespread media attention in recent years, including from Jerome Groopman, who described Owen’s work in a 2007 New Yorker article. Continue reading