NODE SMITH, ND Extremely premature infants are at a high risk for brain damage. Researchers have now found possible targets for the early treatment of such damage outside the brain: Bacteria in [...]

NODE SMITH, ND Our motivation to put effort for achieving a goal is controlled by a reward system wired in the brain. However, many neuropathological conditions impair the reward system, [...]

NODE SMITH, ND At this very moment, the billions of neurons in your brain are using their trillions of connections to enable you to read and comprehend this sentence. Now, by studying the neurons [...]

NODE SMITH, ND The psychedelic drug psilocybin, a naturally occurring compound found in some mushrooms, has been studied as a potential treatment for depression for years. But exactly how it [...]

2021 Student Scholarship – Second Place Case Study MATTHEW RENSHAW RUDDELL, ND LESLIE FULLER, ND Paroxysmal kinesigenic dyskinesia (PKD) is the most common paroxysmal movement disorder and is [...]

NODE SMITH, ND More than 80 percent of people around the world consider themselves to be religious or spiritual. But research on the neuroscience of spirituality and religiosity has been sparse. [...]

2021 Student Scholarship – First Place Case Study HEIDI CODINO  ANGELA HARDIN, ND Multiple sclerosis (MS) is the most common demyelinating, chronic, inflammatory disease of the central [...]

Node Smith, ND Tiny changes in the microscopic structure of the human brain may affect how patients respond to an emerging therapy for neurological problems. Non-invasive electrical brain [...]

Naturopathic Perspective Greg Eckel, ND, LAc In 1817, James Parkinson published an essay on The Shaking Palsy. In 1911, levodopa was first synthesized by Casimir Funk, though it didn’t enter into [...]

Node Smith, ND A recent research study suggests that changing the gut microbiome in children with autism could reduce the severity of the symptoms they experience.1 This is part of a longer [...]