Tuesday, August 10, 2021
NCAN scientists Jonathan R. Wolpaw, MD, and Jonathan Carp, PhD, wrote a commentary (Wolpaw and Carp. eLife 2021;10:e72048. DOI: https://doi.org/10.7554/eLife.72048) on the article by Lukoyanov et al.
from the Bakalkin laboratory (eLife 10:e65247. doi:10.7554/eLife.65247) entitled, "Left-right side-specific endocrine signaling complements neural pathways to mediate acute asymmetric effects of brain injury." This important article provides evidence that neurohormones contribute to the contralateral effects of unilateral brain injury, challenging a fundamental assumption of basic neuroscience and clinical neurology.