Treatment Archives - Knowing Neurons

Johanna Popp May 16, 2023May 14, 2023 Anxiety, BDNF, cortisol, depression, distraction hypothesis, Dopamine, Exercise, Hippocampus, Limbic system, mental health, neurochemicals, Norepinephrine, serotonin, Treatment

Workout your worries – how exercise can protect your mental health

by Johanna Popp Stressed lately? Low in energy? Too exhausted to meet up with friends after a long workday? These feelings could indicate early signs of declining mental health. According… Read More

Big Ideas Neuro Primer Neuroscience Technologies

Justin McMahon December 13, 2022December 15, 2022 Cells, CRISPR, DNA, Gene therapy, genes, proteins, RNA, therapeutics, Treatment, virus

Neuro Primer: Gene Therapy

By: Justin McMahon Academic laboratories and biotech companies around the world are racing to develop next-generation therapeutics. At the forefront of this scientific innovation is gene therapy: a medical approach… Read More

Neuroscience Technologies Cognition

Mariella Careaga September 28, 2022December 30, 2022 Alzheimers disease, Amyloid beta, Biomarker, Cognitive Decline, cognitive impariment, CSF, CT scan, dementia, diagnosis, Drugs, invasive testing, Metabolism, misdiagnosis, MRI, PET, Tau, tracer, Treatment

Biomarkers for Alzheimer’s Disease

By Mariella Careaga Alzheimer’s disease is a degenerative brain disorder that progressively impacts a person’s cognitive functioning and behavioral capacities, leading, ultimately, to the disruption of that person’s daily life.… Read More

Infographics

Federica Raguseo September 5, 2022September 7, 2022 anti-sickness drugs, chronic migraine, environment, episodic migraine, Genetics, light sensitivity, migraine, nausea, postdrome, prodrome, Sleep, Treatment

Knowing Migraines – Not “Just” Headaches

For Migraine Awareness Week, from September 5-14 this year, Federica Raguseo created an infographic to raise awareness – click here to read more.… Read More

Infographics A Close Up Look Big Ideas Neuro News Neuroscience Technologies

Gil Torten July 11, 2022July 11, 2022 cancer, cell count, Disease, DNA, mutation, Protein, RNA, Treatment, tumor

A Close Up Look 16 – scRNA-seq

In this new infographic, Gil Torten discusses single cell RNA sequencing (scRNA-seq). Read more to find out about what this process looks like and how scRNA-seq can be used in… Read More

Aging Cognition Learning and Memory

Diana Ortega Cruz May 10, 2022June 15, 2022 Alzheimer’s disease, dementia, Drugs, Memory decline, Treatment

Will this new drug change the way we manage and understand Alzheimer’s?

Written by Diana Ortega Cruz In June of 2021, the US Food and Drug Administration (FDA) approved aducanumab, the first drug for the treatment of Alzheimer’s Disease (AD) that targets… Read More

Big Ideas Brain Basics Did You Know?Mental Health Neuro News Neurological and Psychiatric Disorders

Elizabeth Burnette January 3, 2021November 11, 2023 Bias, Classical Conditioning, Drug, negative symptoms, Placebo effect, Treatment

The Nocebo Effect

Most of us have heard of the placebo effect – the phenomenon in which patients experience improvements in health simply due to their belief in the efficacy of a medical… Read More

Did You Know?Big Ideas Neurological and Psychiatric Disorders

Caitlin Aamodt March 1, 2018April 18, 2019 Addiction, Alzheimer's, Alzheimer’s disease, Autism, depression, Drugs, Immune System, Law of Attraction, Parkinson's, Parkinson's Disease, placebo, Placebo effect, Social experiment, Surgery, Synapses, Treatment

The Law of Attraction, the Placebo Effect, and the Immune-Brain Connection

[dropcap]B[/dropcap]iomedical researchers call it “the most replicated experiment in the history of science.” Simply put, the placebo effect is a phenomenon where people who believe they are being treated for… Read More

Neurological and Psychiatric Disorders

Shuhan He September 14, 2017September 14, 2017 Brain, citocoline, clinical trial, Concussion, dexanabinol, erythropoietin, Glasgow Coma Scale, hypothermia, Neuro-QOL, Neuro-Quality of Life assessment, NIH, Patient Reported Outcomes Measurement Information System, Pharmacology, placebo, prelinical stage, progesterone, PROMIS, SmartHealth IT, TBI, TBI-QOL, Traumatic brain injury, Treatment

The Quest for a Successful TBI Treatment

[dropcap]A[/dropcap] military veteran who survived a gunshot wound to the head suffers from frequent seizures and memory problems. A motorcycle crash survivor experiences chronic depression and is unable to hold… Read More

Neurological and Psychiatric Disorders

Anita February 22, 2017June 30, 2017 Awareness, Disorder, Manage, obsessive compulsive disorder, OCD, OCD Action, Outreach, Society, Symptom, Therapy, Treat, Treatment

A “Little Bit” of OCD: When Words Trivialize a Disorder

Sheldon Cooper, a beloved character in a television series, knocks on a door exactly three times before his roommate opens it — and if the door is opened earlier, he… Read More