Treatment Archives - Knowing Neurons

Workout your worries – how exercise can protect your mental health

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

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

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Neuro Primer: Gene Therapy

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

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

Cognition Neuroscience Technologies

Biomarkers for Alzheimer’s Disease

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

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

Knowing Migraines – Not “Just” Headaches

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

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

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A Close Up Look 16 – scRNA-seq

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

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

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

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

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

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El Efecto Nocebo

June 26, 2021April 17, 2023 Elizabeth Burnette Bias, Classical Conditioning, Drug, negative symptoms, Placebo effect, Treatment

Artículo original: The Nocebo Effect, Elizabeth Burnette Traducido por Ángela Hernández ~~~ Es probable que la mayoría de los lectores ya hayan escuchado sobre el efecto placebo – un efecto psicológico,… Read more

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The Nocebo Effect

January 3, 2021June 3, 2021 Elizabeth Burnette Bias, Classical Conditioning, Drug, negative symptoms, Placebo effect, Treatment

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

Big Ideas Did You Know? Neurological and Psychiatric Disorders

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

March 1, 2018April 18, 2019 Caitlin Aamodt 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

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

The Quest for a Successful TBI Treatment

September 14, 2017September 14, 2017 Shuhan He 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

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 a… Read more

Neurological and Psychiatric Disorders

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

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

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