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Category: Center for Neuroscience Discovery
August 7, 2017 • Center for Alzheimer’s and Neurodegenerative Disease Research, Center for Geriatrics, Center for Neuroscience Discovery, Institute for Healthy Aging
By Jan Jarvis Though she’s 100 years old, a little arthritis doesn’t do much to slow down Mae Cora Peterson. She lives alone, starts her day with a round of crossword puzzles and goes to church on Sunday. Sometimes she needs to be reminded to use her cane as she rambles around the Fort Worth…
July 17, 2017 • Center for Neuroscience Discovery, Research
By Jan Jarvis Prostate cancer patients who have lifesaving therapy to lower testosterone often survive the disease, only to face debilitating neurological symptoms of which hot flushes are the most common. Medications are available to address these hot flushes (also known as hot flashes), but they come with side effects that men often find…
December 1, 2016 • Center for Neuroscience Discovery, Health Institutes, Research, School of Public Health
By Jeff Carlton and Jan Jarvis At a glance The threat Mosquitos, ticks and other biting arthropods can transmit serious diseases to humans, ranging from West Nile virus to Lyme disease. The response UNTHSC researchers are seeking better preventative agents and more effective monitoring systems to counter these nasty disease-carriers. The bottom line Because…
November 8, 2016 • Center for Neuroscience Discovery, Health Institutes, Institute for Healthy Aging
By Jan Jarvis An eye drop that could prevent blindness caused by glaucoma is one step closer to becoming a reality. A novel pharmacological intervention to control retinal ganglion cell death caused by glaucoma is in preclinical development, said Katalin Prokai-Tatrai, PhD, Associate Professor in the Center for Neuroscience Discovery and the Department of Pharmaceutical Sciences…
September 16, 2016 • Center for Neuroscience Discovery, Institute for Healthy Aging
By Jan Jarvis When someone has an ischemic stroke - meaning a brain blood vessel is blocked - every minute counts in the race to reduce damage. But getting the clot-busting drug tPA in time is challenging for the 800,000 Americans who experience a stroke each year, said John A. Schetz, PhD, Professor of…
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