sponsored by the Spastic Paraplegia Foundation(SPF)(to PB).Professor PB is also supported by the Health Research Board(HRB EIA-2017-019&JPND-Cofund-2-2019-1);the Irish Institute of Clinical Neuroscience(IICN);the EU Joint Programme-Neurodegenerative Disease Research(JPND);the Andrew Lydon Scholarship,The Hayes Family Charitable Fund and the Iris O’Brien Foundation.
Advances in clinical care and recent research achievements:Primary lateral sclerosis(PLS)has traditionally been regarded as a pure upper motor neuron condition,a view perpetuated by most medical textbooks.
The neuronal ceroid lipofuscinoses(NCLs),also known as Batten disease,are a group of inherited,neurodegenerative,lysosomal storage diseases typically manifesting in childhood.There are currently 13 known forms of NCL ...
supported by funding from the Bluesand Foundation and Dementia Australia to ED,and Philippe Chatrier Foundation to GP.
Two of the most common causes of dementia are Alzheimer’s disease(AD)and frontotemporal dementia(FTD).AD is an irreversible,progressive neurodegenerative disorder that is clinically characterized by severe memory los...
Health care systems in industrialized countries are built around acute health problems(Etzwiler,1997).This approach is successful when the goal is to improve or overcome pathologies that result in severe health issues...
provided by grants from CONACYT(252808)to GF;CONACYT scholarship(575264)to HTB
Antipsychotics are the prescribed drugs for schizophrenia.The first substance used for antipsychotic purposes appeared in 1952 and it was a general anesthetic:chlorpromazine.The use of this drug was mainly because of ...
supported by a seed grant from Parkinson’s NSW;an Early Career Fellowship from the National Health and Medical Research Council of Australia(NHMRC)
There is increasing evidence that consumption of saffron,a spice derived from the flower of the Crocus savitus plant,has various therapeutic effects,including protection of the central nervous system.
supported by grants from the Spanish Ministry of Science and Innovation(SAF2009-11257);the Spanish Ministry of Economy and Competitivity(SAF2012-40126);grants PI2008/19 and PI2009/51 from the FISCAM-Castilla-La Mancha Community
Neurological diseases and the neuroinflammatory response:Neurological diseases are usually accompanied by dramatic changes in the tissue homeostasis,inducing a neuroinflammatory environment that leads to the progress...
supported by the Research Foundation-Flanders (FWO);the Concerted Research Actions (GOA) of Ghent University;the Belgian Science Policy (Interuniversity Attraction Pools-IAP7/07);the Belgain Foundation of Alzheimer's Researoh (SAO);the Ministry of Education,Science and Technological Development of the Republic of Serbia (Grant ON173056) and COST Action BM1402
The choroid plexus is a complex structure which hangs inside the ventricles of the brain and consists mainly of choroid plexus epithelial(CPE) cells surrounding fenestrated capillaries.These CPE cells not only form ...