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The use of cannabis to treat the symptoms of post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD) is on the rise, but this increase isn’t yet supported by the evidence, suggests a new study from University College London (UCL)

In a new study, a team of researchers from the University of Texas Dallas have explored ghrelin's potential role in the neurodegenerative disorder, Alzheimer's disease (AD).

The neurobiological pathophysiology of schizophrenia differs significantly between males and females, according to a new study. The findings suggest a possible need for more sex-specific treatments for schizophrenia

A theory that Parkinson's disease can arise in the intestinal system and from there migrate to the brain has now gained support from new research.

Recently the National Institutes of Health called on researchers to make the standards and practices for conducting early stage, or preclinical, medical research on animals more like those used for clinical trials. To facilitate this change, NIH will fund a nationwide preclinical trial platform designed to test novel treatments for acute ischemic stroke in rodents.

In a new study, researchers at the Michigan State University have explored further how cocaine exposure affects the expression of a gene known as FosB in the mouse hippocampus.

Protein aggregates have been observed in the nerve tissue of patients with Parkinson's disease. Researchers are looking for approaches to prevent fibril formation and potentially cure the diseases. Researchers have now unraveled how a class of engineered binding-proteins, β-wrapins, are able to prevent α-synuclein aggregation.

In a new study published in the Journal of Neuroscience, researchers show how in genetic forms of Alzheimer’s, a process called neurogenesis, or the creation of new brain cells, can be disrupted by the brain’s own immune cells.

Prosthetic technology has taken huge strides in the last decade, but accurately simulating human-like sensation is a difficult task. New “electronic skin” technology could help replicate advanced “pain” sensations in prosthetics, and enable robots to understand tactile feedback, like the feeling of being pricked, or that of heat on skin.

For the first time, scientists have pinpointed the location of dysfunctional brain networks that lead to impaired sentence production and word finding in primary progressive aphasia (PPA), a form of dementia in which patients often lose their language rather than their memory or thought process.