Major advance promises to accelerate the understanding and improved treatment of a wide range of brain disorders, including stroke, cerebral vascular disorders, brain cancer, Alzheimer's disease, ...

Our brain is an extremely complex and delicate organ. Our body fiercely protects it by holding onto things that help it and keeping harmful things out, such as bugs that can cause infection and toxins ...

Manganese is not a metal most people think much about. Unlike lead or mercury, it has a benign reputation. Small amounts of ...

Researchers developed an innovative approach -- demonstrated in mouse models and isolated human brain tissue -- to safely and effectively deliver therapeutics into the brain, providing new ...

Peter Searson is leading a Johns Hopkins University team that is unravelling how Alzheimer's and other diseases disrupt the blood-brain barrier, the complex interface that allows or blocks the passage ...

The cells that line the blood vessels in our brains are highly selective. By deciding which molecules are allowed in and out of our most important organ, the barrier these cells form is critical for ...

The right approaches are demonstrating that it is possible to breach the defensively designed blood-brain barrier despite its ...

A study recently published in Nature has identified a key factor in the age-related breakdown of the blood-brain barrier (BBB) and has demonstrated that this damage may be reversible, potentially ...

Repeated head knocks cause long-term damage to the delicate blood-brain barrier, potentially driving chronic traumatic encephalopathy (CTE), a neurodegenerative condition that affects some former ...

The Alpencamper is a compact, towable camper designed to be pulled by a bicycle, ...