Researchers at the Université de Montreal and the Montreal Neurological Institute, McGill University have discovered that cells which normally support nerve cell survival also play an active and major role in the death of neurons in the eye. The findings, published this week in The Journal of Neuroscience, may lead to more streamlined therapies for a variety of acute and chronic neurological diseases, including glaucoma and retinal artery occlusion.

Greystone Associates Analysis Reveals Growing Interest and Development Activity in Inhaled Drugs for Central Nervous System Disorders

Researchers at the University of Pennsylvania School of Medicine have discovered that introns, or junk DNA to some, associated with RNA are an important molecular guide to making nerve-cell electrical channels.

A recent study in Journal of Neuroimaging suggests that cognitively normal adults exhibiting atrophy of their temporal lobe or damage to blood vessels in the brain are more likely to develop Alzheimer’s disease. Older adults showing signs of both conditions were seven-times more likely to develop Alzheimer’s than their peers.