…transporter – a neurotransmitter, or brain chemical long associated with positive mood, appetite and sleep – and to look at the amyloid-beta protein (Aβ) distribution in the brain. Aβ is thought to play a central role in the pathology of AD. Studies in mice done at Johns Hopkins have shown that serotonin degeneration occurs before the development of widespread beta-amyloid…

Charlotte R. Bloomberg Children’s Center 1800 Orleans Street, 9th Floor Baltimore, MD 21287 410-614-6365 Services The unit provides both inpatient and outpatient pediatric care. The PCRU includes a 7-bed inpatient unit, an 8-room outpatient clinic, a multi-purpose procedure room, pediatric phlebotomy laboratory, spirometry, metabolic formula room, and pediatric sleep lab. Pediatric-oriented nursing support and child life services are also provided….

…exit the brain via the glial-lymphatic (glymphatic) system — the vascular network that helps clear waste materials during sleep from the central nervous system. “This observation supports the hypothesis that the glymphatic system contributes to the clearance of amyloid beta from the brain, and that failure to do so may lead to plaque formation,” Troncoso says. The findings were first…

…U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. But for people with the most severe form of the condition, chronic rhinosinusitis with nasal polyps, it isn’t your average stuffy nose. Patients with this disorder are more susceptible to developing nasal obstruction, asthma or asthma like symptoms, sleep apnea, or loss of taste and smell. Corticosteroids are sometimes prescribed to treat severe…