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… for Amblyopia Research to support his work on a potential treatment for the disorder, the most common cause of lost … patch to promote use of the formerly compromised eye. This treatment can help, but often only restores vision partially … “rebooting” a formerly deprived eye can occur after brief treatment of the retinas with a local anesthetic. This …

… type of dementia — and one for which there is no effective treatment or cure — causes a progressive and devastating loss … and cognition. For the past 25 years, efforts to develop a treatment for the disease have focused on the so-called …

… who can benefit and how to optimize their individual treatment.” Above: Researchers saw sharp increases in the … volunteers at MGH, 12 of whom had previously received DBS treatment for depression and the other two for OCD. The … because all of the participants were receiving DBS as a treatment, the exact stimulation settings were different …

… Research Findings Studies in mice show promise for human treatment of 16p11.2 deletion syndrome 16p11.2 R-baclofen … syndrome and ASD. “Our collaborative teams found that treatment with the drug R-baclofen improved scores on several … that R-baclofen may be an effective pharmacological treatment for some of the symptoms of human 16p11.2 deletion …

… and some have assessed that benefits endure even after treatment concludes. Some have shown effects on measures of … and global cognitive function even beyond the end of treatment.” Studying underlying mechanisms In parallel, …

… difficulties. Currently, there is no effective treatment for RTT. Jaenisch and his colleagues, led by first … researchers exposed RTT neurons and mouse models to KEEC treatment and found that some compounds can reverse certain … for discovering drugs that could significantly improve the treatment of neurological disease. And because we are …