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Neurology

A sensor attached to a patient's left arm

Wearable motion sensors help predict outcomes for patients with severe brain injury

Published Dec 17, 2021

These devices record motor signals found to be correlated with levels of patient consciousness and purposeful movement and can help doctors predict patient outcomes

In study, transplanted brain stem cells survive without anti-rejection drugs

Published Oct 2, 2019

By exploiting a feature of the immune system, researchers potentially open the door for stem cell transplants to repair the brain

Bacteria under a microscope

Infectious disease

Schizophrenia linked with abnormal immune response to mono

Published Jan 9, 2019

Researchers say schizophrenia might alter the immune system to make patients susceptible to the virus, or the virus might cause the psychological disorder

Brain health

Illness and infection linked to dementia-related brain changes

Published Sept 27, 2018

Hospitalization, critical illness, and major infection may diminish brain structures that are most commonly affected by Alzheimer's disease

Close-up of prosthetic hand with sensory sleeve on fingertips

Biomedical engineering

Bringing a human touch to prosthetics

Published June 20, 2018

When layered on top of prosthetic hands, e-dermis device brings back a real sense of touch through the fingertips

Traditional Japanese-style illustration shows an octopus hunting shrimp

Brain science

Think tank

Published Summer 2018

Scientists write about what they'd most like the public to understand about the human brain / Johns Hopkins Magazine

Computer generated image shows neurons interacting with each other, the gaps between them illuminated in white

Neurology

Rare genetic variation may be linked to schizophrenia

Published Jan 3, 2018

Scientists successfully reverse anti-social behavior in mice by targeting 'thunder' protein

Autism

Overcoming language challenges

Published March 3, 2017

Study shows how some adults with autism compensate for childhood language difficulties associated with the disorder / School of Medicine

Neuroscience

The brain's 'black box'

Published Jan 19, 2017

Study identifies protein that maintains, protects adult neurons responsible for learning, memory

Zika virus

New evidence links Zika, Guillain-Barré

Published Oct 5, 2016

Johns Hopkins neurologist collaborates with scientists in Colombia to document biological, viral association