Search Results for: Memory

November 18, 2019November 18, 2019

Brain compensation during visuospatial working memory in premanifest Huntington’s disease.

Publication date: Nov 14, 2019 Huntington’s disease (HD) is a progressive autosomal dominant disorder characterised by impairment of movement, cognitive decline and psychiatric impairment. During the premanifest stages of HD ... Read more

November 17, 2019November 17, 2019

Oxytocin protects against 3-NP induced learning and memory impairment in rats: sex differences in behavioral and molecular responses to the context of prenatal stress.

Huntington's Disease Literature

Publication date: Nov 13, 2019 Learning and memory impairment manifests years before the onset of motor impairments in Huntington’s disease (HD). Oxytocin (OXT), as a neurohypophyseal neuropeptide has a key ... Read more

November 14, 2019November 14, 2019

Depletion of hypothalamic hypocretin/orexin neurons correlates with impaired memory in a Parkinson’s disease animal model.

Parkinson's Disease Literature

Publication date: Nov 08, 2019 Parkinson’s disease (PD) is a progressive and chronic neurodegenerative disorder characterized by loss of dopaminergic neurons in the substantia nigra pars compacta (SNpc) and affects ... Read more

November 12, 2019November 12, 2019

Ask the Experts – Autobiographical Memory 101

Parkinson's Disease Media

Publication date: Nov 11, 2019 Dr. Margaret O’Connor, Lissa Kapust, LICSW and Kyle Kozelka, LICSW, from the Cognitive Neurology Division at BIDMC discuss strategies for maintaining meaningful memories for patients ... Read more

November 8, 2019November 8, 2019

Ask the Experts – Preventing and Treating Memory Problems in PD

Parkinson's Disease Media

Publication date: Nov 07, 2019 Dr. Daniel Press from the Cognitive Neurology Division of BIDMC discusses the prevalence and management of memory issues in patients with Parkinson’s disease. Concepts Keywords ... Read more

October 25, 2019October 25, 2019

Need to Know: How MS Affects Memory

Multiple Sclerosis News

Publication date: Oct 24, 2019 Have a comment or question about MS? This week’s question is inspired by the forum topic -Do you experience memory loss? Several factors might contribute ... Read more

October 3, 2019October 3, 2019

Identification of CD49a+ CD8+ resident memory T cells in vitiligo-like lesions associated with nivolumab treatment for melanoma.

Melanoma Literature

Publication date: Sep 30, 2019 Immune checkpoint inhibitor (ICI) has brought major therapeutic advances in melanoma care, but ICI can cause unique side effects, often termed immune-related adverse events (irAEs), ... Read more

September 29, 2019September 29, 2019

Tissue-resident memory CD8 T cells amplify anti-tumor immunity by triggering antigen spreading through dendritic cells.

Melanoma Literature

Publication date: Sep 27, 2019 Tissue-resident memory CD8 T (Trm) cells mediate potent local innate and adaptive immune responses and play a central role against solid tumors. However, whether Trm ... Read more

September 21, 2019September 21, 2019

Selective inhibition of low-affinity memory CD8 T cells by corticosteroids.

Melanoma Literature

Publication date: Sep 19, 2019 Patients treated with immune checkpoint blockade (ICB) sometimes experience immune-related adverse events (irAEs), requiring immuno-suppressive drugs such as corticosteroids despite the possibility that immunosuppression may ... Read more

September 21, 2019September 21, 2019

Study Suggests Differences in How Memory Is Used in People with Manifest Huntington’s

Huntington's Disease News

Publication date: Sep 20, 2019 This post was originally published on this site People with Huntington’s disease tend to use their own memories less in engaging with those around them, ... Read more