Neurology
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Low Oxygen May Enhance Energy Production in Patients with Mitochondrial Encephalomyopathies
Oxygen plays the single most important role in the biochemistry and physiology of living creatures. Given this, it would seem counterintuitive that depriving sick cells of oxygen might improve their viability. Yet a hypoxic…
Neurology
Researcher Links Blue-Green Algae Toxin in Dolphin Brains to Alzheimer’s Gene Expression and Neurodegeneration
A University of Miami Miller School of Medicine neurotoxicologist has found that exposure to toxins from blue-green algae leads to neurodegeneration and increased expression of gene markers in dolphin brains,…
Neurology
Evelyn F. McKnight Brain Institute Collaborates on $60M Initiative for the Precision Aging Network
Researchers at the University of Miami Miller School of Medicine Evelyn F. McKnight Brain Institute will join several top-tier institutions as part of a $60 million University of Arizona-led initiative…