Neurodegenerative Disease

Spiritual care should be routine for patients with neurological diseases

August 24, 2026

On the surface, amyotrophic lateral sclerosis (ALS), frontotemporal dementia (FTD) and limbic-predominant age-related TDP-43 encephalopathy (LATE) might seem…

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Machine learning unlocks blood test secrets for spinal cord injury

July 22, 2026

Researchers from Universidad Carlos III de Madrid (UC3M) and Hospital Universitario Severo Ochoa in Leganés, part of the…

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Study: Sleep and Parkinson’s disease: a population-based study from the CHARLS cohort.

July 7, 2026

A large Chinese cohort study suggests that sleep patterns, especially short sleep and poor sleep quality, may help…

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Electrical stimulation predicts recovery potential after acute nerve injuries

July 3, 2026

Amyotrophic Lateral Sclerosis, or ALS, received widespread awareness in the summer of 2014 thanks to an Ice Bucket…

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Researchers identify new molecular switch involved in programmed cell death

June 30, 2026

Published in the open-access journal Ferroptosis and Oxidative Stress, the review by Giovanni Cravin and Giorgio Cozza from the University of…

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Study: Hyperglycosylation is a metabolic driver of Alzheimer’s disease. Image Credit: Atthapon Raksthaput / Shutterstock

June 15, 2026

A widely used joint-health supplement is under scrutiny after researchers linked glucosamine to worsened memory in Alzheimer’s mice…

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Scientists reveal how cGAS-STING fuels brain inflammation and neurodegeneration

June 11, 2026

A major immune pathway once known for detecting DNA damage is now being linked to brain aging, glial…

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Brain circuit identified as key to repetitive and compulsive behaviors in mice

June 2, 2026

The Allen Institute, together with partner organizations, today launched the Brain Health accelerator: an ambitious global research initiative seeking to identify the specific brain cells and circuits affected in neurodegenerative disease and other brain disorders and use that…

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April 28, 2026

Massachusetts Institute of Technology researchers discovered a paradoxical phenomenon in optical physics that could enable a new bioimaging…

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April 23, 2026

Cells long thought to play a secondary role in brain function build their own far-reaching connections, a new…

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Women with isolated REM sleep behavior disorder show lesser brain atrophy than men

April 21, 2026

Analysis of microbes in the gut can reveal whether a person faces an elevated risk of Parkinson’s disease,…

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April 7, 2026

Gladstone Institutes investigator Ryan Corces, PhD, has been named a 2026 winner of the Pershing Square Foundation’s MIND Prize, a…

Shared protein pathology redefines treatment for multiple neurodegenerative diseases

New study uses sleep monitoring and AI to detect Alzheimer’s

Short sleep and poor sleep quality track with Parkinson’s risk

Experimental drug shields nerve cells from damage caused by ALS

Review links iron-dependent cell death to pathogenesis of Friedreich’s Ataxia

Glucosamine may worsen Alzheimer’s by fueling abnormal brain glycosylation

Scientists reveal how cGAS-STING fuels brain inflammation and neurodegeneration

Allen Institute launches global research initiative to accelerate new treatments for brain disorders

MIT’s optical paradox redefines high-resolution imaging

Astrocytes form complex networks across the mouse brain

Gut microbiome analysis may help detect Parkinson’s before symptoms appear

Gladstone investigator wins MIND Prize to decode hidden Alzheimer’s genetics