Peruse this article on emerging therapeutic strategies for the eye disease retinitis pigmentosa. Includes research details.
Take a look at research indicating that blows to the head can create changes in mental function. Learn how this could lead to new treatment.
Learn about the potential of neurotrophic factors for reversing brain disorders, including Alzheimer's, Parkinson's, and Lou Gehrig's disease.
Explore how research on the pathways of free radical destruction could lead to therapies for Lou Gehrig's, Parkinson's, and Huntington's disease.
Enjoy a profile of transgenic models and what they are revealing about the role of genes in human disease.
Discover the therapeutic potential of venom. Learn how this may lead to new treatments for a number of nervous system ailments.
Describes how viruses may eventually be used in a form of gene therapy to carry gene cargo into targeted cells.
Review a tutorial on the pathology of central nervous system degenerative diseases, including Alzheimer's, Parkinson's, and Huntington's disease.
Explore an index of gross and microscopic images of various central nervous system diseases and abnormalities.
Collection of images that demonstrate gross and microscopic features for a variety of central nervous system diseases.
Explore cerebral vascular disease, CNS infections, CNS and PNS tumors, neurodegenerative diseases, and neonatal and pediatric neuropathology.
Learn about the neuropathology of Creutzfeldt-Jakob disease and Gerstmann-Straussler-Scheinker syndrome.
Take an anatomical tour through an atlas portraying the normal and diseased brain. View the effects of inflammation and degenerative disease.