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Myth or Fact? The brain is impenetrable to many important drugs.

October 12, 2015 knowingneurons 0 Comments 52 Brain Facts, BBB, Blood-brain barrier, Bouncer, Drug

Aging Neuro News Neurological and Psychiatric Disorders

Your Brain Breathes Too

January 29, 2014March 5, 2017 knowingneurons 8 Comments Aging, Air pollution, BBB, Blood-brain barrier, Brain, Breathe, Cell death, Dysfunction, Epidemiological, Los Angeles, Lungs, Neurotoxicity, Neurotoxocology, Oxidative stress, Pollution, Smog, Tight junctions

I live in Los Angeles and it’s unfortunate, but true, that the brown cloud of smog hanging over our city is as much an icon of LA as the Hollywood… Read more

Neuro News Neurological and Psychiatric Disorders Sleep

From Turkey Comas To New Disease Treatments

April 22, 2013March 5, 2017 Kate Fehlhaber 0 Comments 2013, Alzheimer's, Amino acid, BBB, Blood-brain barrier, Crystallography, Disease, Drug, Huntington's, KMO, Metabolism, Nature, Neurodegeneration, Neurodegenerative disease, Sleep, Structural basis of kynurenine 3-monooxygenase inhibition, Target, Therapy, Tryptophan, UPF648

Neurodegenerative disorders, like Huntington’s and Alzheimer’s disease, are devastating. As you can imagine, witnessing the slow and progressive loss of a loved one’s mental and emotional states is an extremely… Read more

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