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Medical Xpress / New mechanism explains how spinal stimulation improves arm movement after stroke

Researchers in the Neuromechatronics Lab at Carnegie Mellon University have already proven that spinal cord stimulation can help people regain movement after stroke, but until now they didn't quite know how.

Jul 17, 2026
Medical Xpress / Extra SORLA protein shields brain connections from tau tangles in mouse models

Alzheimer's disease and many other forms of neurodegeneration share a common culprit. In these diseases, tau proteins that normally stabilize neuronal microtubule filaments within our nervous system networks instead form ...

Jul 17, 2026
Medical Xpress / Dendrites may be key to learning and memory, study suggests

Branchlike structures called dendrites that extend from neurons appear to make their own computations independent of the cell body, helping individual brain cells store memories of the past, respond to the present and anticipate ...

Jul 17, 2026
Medical Xpress / Early warning signs of potential drug resistance in schistosomiasis parasite revealed

Scientists have identified genetic changes in wild populations of the parasitic worm that causes schistosomiasis that may reduce its response to praziquantel, the only available treatment. The study provides an early warning ...

Jul 17, 2026
Medical Xpress / Which genes make people more susceptible to depression and other psychiatric disorders?

A study by the University of Barcelona has identified nearly 20 genes that could contribute to some people being more susceptible to depression, anxiety and traits such as irritability and neuroticism. These genes are regulated ...

Jul 17, 2026
Medical Xpress / Researchers uncover novel pathway that causes epilepsy

Researchers have uncovered a novel biological pathway that can lead to seizures when disrupted. The findings also provide a new approach to improve the diagnosis of epilepsy, for which a genetic cause cannot be found in about ...

Jul 17, 2026
Medical Xpress / Missing metabolite may drive rare childhood brain disorder, new biosensor reveals

Scientists at Children's Medical Center Research Institute at UT Southwestern (CRI) have discovered why babies born with a rare inborn error of metabolism called GPT2 deficiency suffer from severe neurological impairment. ...

Jul 17, 2026
Medical Xpress / GLP-1 shows promise for patients with advanced fatty liver disease

Researchers at the University of California San Diego School of Medicine have reported results from a large international clinical trial showing that semaglutide, a medication in the GLP-1 class of drugs widely used to treat ...

Jul 17, 2026
Medical Xpress / Brain circuits may help explain cognitive symptoms in progressive supranuclear palsy

Researchers at Japan's National Institutes for Quantum Science and Technology (QST) have found that tau buildup in progressive supranuclear palsy (PSP) may affect brain networks involved in thinking and behavior. The findings ...

Jul 17, 2026
Medical Xpress / Two studies advance sudden cardiac arrest prediction

Warning symptoms, recurrent heart events may identify people at risk for this often-deadly event. Two studies from investigators at Cedars-Sinai Health Sciences University move the medical field closer to solving a longstanding ...

Jul 17, 2026
Medical Xpress / Experimental drug may protect the heart in Duchenne muscular dystrophy

Researchers at the USF Health Morsani College of Medicine have identified a potential pathway that could protect cardiac function in people with Duchenne muscular dystrophy (DMD), a progressive and fatal genetic disease that ...

Jul 17, 2026
Medical Xpress / Medical spas and pharmacies offering compounded weight-loss drugs despite regulatory concerns

Despite the end of federal shortages of popular GLP-1 weight-loss medications, the market for compounded alternatives remains strong—and some patients may unknowingly be receiving products from pharmacies with concerning ...

Jul 17, 2026