Neurology Content / Neurology Content for ٺƵ en Brain-Computer Interface Allows Man With ALS to ‘Speak’ /news/brain-computer-interface-allows-man-als-speak A brain-computer interface (BCI) developed by ٺƵ Health accurately translates brain signals into speech. The device implanted in the brain of a man with ALS is the most accurate system of its kind. August 14, 2024 - 3:23pm Andy Fell /news/brain-computer-interface-allows-man-als-speak New Method Tracks How Psychedelics Affect Neurons in Minutes /news/new-method-tracks-how-psychedelics-affect-neurons-minutes <p><span>Researchers at the University of California, Davis have developed a rapid, noninvasive tool to track the neurons and biomolecules activated in the brain by psychedelic drugs. The protein-based tool, which is called Ca<sup>2+-</sup>activated Split-TurboID, or CaST, is described in research published in </span><a href="https://www.nature.com/articles/s41592-024-02375-7"><span>Nature Methods</span></a><span>.&nbsp;</span></p> August 05, 2024 - 10:22am Andy Fell /news/new-method-tracks-how-psychedelics-affect-neurons-minutes Exploring Early Stage Alzheimer’s Disease /news/exploring-early-stage-alzheimers-disease <p>Research in nonhuman primates is opening the possibility of testing treatments for the early stages of Alzheimer’s and similar diseases, before extensive brain cell death and dementia set in. <a href="https://alz-journals.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1002/alz.13868">A study published</a> June 21 in Alzheimer’s &amp; Dementia: The Journal of the Alzheimer’s Association shows up to a six-month window in which disease progress could be tracked and treatments tested in rhesus macaques.&nbsp;</p> June 24, 2024 - 12:30pm Andy Fell /news/exploring-early-stage-alzheimers-disease COVID-19 Virus Infects Neurons, Induces Inflammation in the Brains of Rhesus Macaques /health/news/covid-19-virus-infects-neurons-induces-inflammation-brains-rhesus-macaques <p><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span lang="EN"><span><span><span>SARS-CoV-2, the COVID-19 virus, caused significant neuron damage and inflammation within a week of infection in rhesus macaque monkeys, according to a new study. The researchers from the California National Primate Research Center at the University of California, Davis, also discovered that aged monkeys with Type 2 diabetes experienced worse virus-induced neurological damage. The findings, published in <a href="https://doi.org/10.1016/j.celrep.2022.111573">Cell Reports</a> Oct.</span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></p> October 13, 2022 - 11:00am Andy Fell /health/news/covid-19-virus-infects-neurons-induces-inflammation-brains-rhesus-macaques Clinical Trial Aims to Develop New Methods to Restore Speech With Brain-Computer Interface /news/clinical-trial-aims-develop-new-methods-restore-speech-brain-computer-interface <p>ٺƵ Health is recruiting people for a clinical trial with the goal of building a “neurological prosthesis” for restoring speech to people who have lost — or are losing — the ability to speak. The research is aimed at people who have neurological injuries or progressive neurological diseases, such as spinal cord injury, stroke and amyotrophic lateral sclerosis, or ALS.</p> August 19, 2022 - 10:19am Andy Fell /news/clinical-trial-aims-develop-new-methods-restore-speech-brain-computer-interface Air Quality Impacts Early Brain Development /news/air-quality-impacts-early-brain-development <p>Researchers at the University of California, Davis, have found a link between traffic-related air pollution and an increased risk for changes in brain development relevant to neurodevelopmental disorders. Their study, based on rodent models, corroborates previous epidemiological evidence showing this association.</p> June 17, 2020 - 10:15am Katherine E Kerlin /news/air-quality-impacts-early-brain-development