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New ketamine-like drug offers antidepressant benefits without psychedelic side effects
Posted in Medicine on 21st Apr, 2019
by Alex Muller
"Recent research has raised the possibility that a new drug, such as NV-5138, could be developed that is rapid-acting but also more efficacious and safer than current formulations of ketamine,"
Age-related memory decline reversed with magnetic pulses to the brain
Posted in Medicine on 19th Apr, 2019
by Alex Muller
"Older people's memory got better up to the level that we could no longer tell them apart from younger people," says Voss. "They got substantially better."
Stanford team develops brain-rejuvenating antibodies that let old mice think like youngsters
Posted in Medicine, Science on 5th Apr, 2019
by Alex Muller
Researchers were able to improve the cognitive function of older mice after blocking a protein's activity on brain cells known as microglia
BrainScope Completes Large-Scale Clinical Studies of Concussion in Universities, High Schools and Concussion Clinics
Posted in Medicine, Science on 29th Mar, 2019
by Alex Muller
BrainScope, announced that it had concluded both algorithm development and clinical validation studies in adolescent and young adult populations using its objective, EEG-based technology.
New drug target to control onset of neurodegenerative diseases
Posted in Highlights from UCL, Medicine on 17th Feb, 2019
by Alex Muller
UCL researchers have discovered a new checkpoint that prevents a certain type of cell death from occurring.