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Cover illustration for the Journal of Neurosurgery. Article describes errors in image-guided placement of drug infusion cannulae.

Cover illustration for the Journal of Neurosurgery. Article describes relationship of tumor to the venous drainage of the pituitary gland.

Cover illustration for Proteomics Clinical Applications. Article describes mass spectrometric phosphoproteome analysis of HIV-infected brain.

Researchers Get a Handle on How to Control Blood Sugar After Stroke

Hyperglycemia, or high levels of glucose, is common in patients with acute ischemic stroke and is associated with worse outcomes compared to normal blood sugar levels. Animal studies also pointed to an effect of high blood sugar in worsening stroke injury. Stroke experts have debated whether intensive glucose management after acute ischemic stroke leads to better outcomes but a new study in JAMA…

Perhaps Dr. Judith Walters is such a good mentor because she had good mentors when she was a young scientist in the 1960s–1970s.  Now that she is Chief of the Neurophysiological Pharmacology Section, NINDS, Walters encourages her staff to find a work–life balance that benefits them, which benefits science too.  A neuropharmacologist — someone who studies how drugs affect the brain — Walters is known for her studies of mechanisms in the brain that mediate dysfunctions associated with neurological diseases and disorders such as Parkinson’s Disease.  She became a Fellow of the American Association for the Advancement of Science in 2018.  A skilled scientist and mentor, Walters was the perfect candidate to give an Anita B. Roberts Lecture. Watch “Inside the Parkinsonian Brain: Is Too Much Rhythm a Bad Thing?”  https://bit.ly/2V8DjdQ  

Hmmm…when and where was this photo of Dr. Ichiji Tasaki (left) taken?  There’s a plethora of possibilities.  The photo of Tasaki hard at work with an unknown colleague comes to us courtesy of his son, Keiji Tasaki, and daughter-in-law, Ann Rossilli.  While working in his native Japan, Tasaki demonstrated that a myelin sheath insulates nerve cells and speeds the conduction of nerve impulses.  Keiji and Ann believe Tasaki is in his 30s in this photo (c. 1940). We’re still trying to find out what it is he’s working on though

August 2018

Illustration depicting organelle interactions in an axon.