Sunday, November 24, 2024

Safeguarding the brain from oxidative damage

Kyung Hee Lee, Un Jeng Kim, Bae Hwan Lee, Myeounghoon Cha, Safeguarding the brain from oxidative damage, Free Radical Biology and Medicine, Volume 226, 2025, Pages 143-157, ISSN 0891-5849, doi:10.1016/j.freeradbiomed.2024.11.019. 

This paper aims to provide a concise and objective review of the oxidative and antioxidant pathways and their potential therapeutic applications in treating oxidative injury in the brain.

Exploring neuropsychiatric symptoms in Friedreich ataxia

Karamazovova, S., Stovickova, L., Jester, D.J. et al. Exploring neuropsychiatric symptoms in Friedreich ataxia. Sci Rep 14, 29076 (2024). doi:10.1038/s41598-024-80258-9 

 In conclusion, our findings show that NPS are common in FRDA and manifest not only as depression and anxiety but also as decreased motivation. It is difficult to distinguish whether these NPS are due to the neurodegenerative process or to the burden of living with a progressive, devastating disease, but in any case they need to be considered in clinical care.