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A new report shows that chronic pain leads to accumulation of pathological forms of tau protein in the hippocampus, resulting in neuronal atrophy and cognitive impairment.
A new study indicates that cerebrospinal fluid levels of specific reactive astrocyte biomarkers reflect different Alzheimer disease pathologies in the brain.
Responding to increasing concerns around adverse brain health outcomes among former football (soccer) players, the Football Association of England recently announced a trial ban on heading in matches for players aged under 12 years. This is a step in the right direction, but wider interventions to preserve brain health should not be forgotten.
Two research teams in China have developed new local therapy approaches that are designed to eliminate brain tumour cells while minimizing damage to the surrounding healthy tissue.
Low-resource settings lag behind the rest of the world in achieving good health, in part owing to poor translation of clinical evidence into practice. Focusing on neurological disorders — in particular, stroke — this Comment identifies barriers to translation at the individual, provider and health systems levels and proposes theory-driven mitigating solutions.