According to Takeshi Sakurai, 57, a sleep expert and professor at Tsukuba University whom I interviewed, the brain seems to engage in maintenance work while we sleep. “It ‘saves’ important ...
Their device restores visual responses in blind mice, bringing potential treatment for patients with retinal degenerative diseases. Blood-brain barrier defects and cerebrovascular dysfunction ...
who is also a professor in the Graduate School of Medicine of the University of Tokyo in Japan. “But in the case of the brain, mice lack a large frontal cortex. So if you want to understand the ...
has published its first paper on herbal medicine, unveiling a study on a compound that is widely used in China for treating brain bleeds. And the results were disappointing. In the large ...
He is an expert on surgery of all brain tumors including gliomas, acoustic neuromas, and meningiomas, and on microsurgical and skull-base operations for the treatment of these tumors. Dr. Jacob Mandel ...
A functioning brain requires healthy astrocytes, and finding strategies to heal or replace damaged astrocytes could help in the treatment of neurological diseases. Cell replacement therapy ...
Transform care of brain-related diseases at UAB and across the nation by leveraging precision medicine, informatics, and novel therapies to inform patient care. These goals will accelerate the pace of ...