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NIH launches novel nationwide search for neuroprotective stroke therapies
Tuesday, September 3, 2019
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.
NINDS announces 2019 winners of the Landis Award for Outstanding Mentorship
Wednesday, August 14, 2019
The National Institute of Neurological Disorders and Stroke (NINDS), part of the National Institutes of Health, has announced the 2019 recipients of the Landis Award for Outstanding Mentorship.
Intensive blood pressure control may slow age-related brain damage
Tuesday, August 13, 2019
In a nationwide study, researchers used magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) to scan the brains of hundreds of participants in the National Institutes of Health’s Systolic Blood Pressure Intervention Trial (SPRINT) and found that intensively controlling a person’s blood pressure was more effective at...
Smoldering spots in the brain may signal severe MS
Monday, August 12, 2019
NIH study provides hope for diagnosing and testing effectiveness of new treatments for more disabling forms of multiple sclerosis
Aided by a high-powered brain scanner and a 3D printer, NIH researchers peered inside the brains of hundreds of multiple sclerosis patients and found that dark rimmed...
Researchers get a handle on how to control blood sugar after stroke
Wednesday, July 24, 2019
Hyperglycemia, or high levels of glucose, is common in patients with acute ischemic stroke and is associated with worse outcomes compared to normal blood sugar levels.
NIH scientists identify spasm in women with endometriosis-associated chronic pelvic pain
Thursday, July 11, 2019
Pelvic pain associated with endometriosis often becomes chronic and can persist (or recur) following surgical and hormonal interventions.
Our brains appear uniquely tuned for musical pitch
Monday, June 10, 2019
In the eternal search for understanding what makes us human, scientists found that our brains are more sensitive to pitch, the harmonic sounds we hear when listening to music, than our evolutionary relative the macaque monkey.
Emergency treatment guidelines improve survival of people with severe head injury
Wednesday, May 8, 2019
A large study of more than 21,000 people finds that training emergency medical services (EMS) agencies to implement prehospital guidelines for traumatic brain injury (TBI) may help improve survival in patients with severe head trauma.
Scientists translate brain signals into speech sounds
Wednesday, April 24, 2019
Scientists used brain signals recorded from epilepsy patients to program a computer to mimic natural speech—an advancement that could one day have a profound effect on the ability of certain patients to communicate.
