Early Detection of Parkinson’s Disease Using a Simple Blood Test?
Neurodegenerative diseases like Parkinson's are among the hardest to detect early and effectively treat. Clinical tests that allow doctors to diagnose...
Adult Neurogenesis with Respect to Blood Proteins
Here is a very interesting article in Nature which takes a look at adult neurogenesis with respect to blood proteins. The researchers demonstrated a l...
Neuropsychiatric drug dev fraught with devastating late-stage failures
Despite the impact on society of these diseases and the overwhelming need for treatments, an increasing number of pharmaceutical companies are abandon...
VSNL1 gene and visinin-like-protein-1 Associated with Schizophrenia
Morphological changes in the developing brain may account for some of the cognitive deficits and psychosis present in patients with schizophrenia. The...
Brain Overgrowth & Increased Anabolic Pathway Activity Linked to Autism
Autism is a complex disease with a diverse phenotype and it is often described as a spectrum disorder due to this behavioral heterogeneity. While auti...