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Monday, 03 October 2011 04:39 |
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Researchers at the Swedish medical university Karolinska Institutet have discovered a new inherited disorder that causes severe mental retardation and liver dysfunction.
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Friday, 30 September 2011 20:10 |
 Researchers at Barrow Neurological Institute at St. Joseph's Hospital and Medical Center have identified a new pathway of stem cell activity in the brain that represents potential targets of brain injuries affecting newborns.
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Friday, 30 September 2011 20:05 |
 UCLA scientists have created a mouse model for autism that opens a window into the biological mechanisms that underlie the disease and offers a promising way to test new treatment approaches.
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Wednesday, 28 September 2011 01:37 |
 Older people with low levels of vitamin B12 in their blood may be more likely to lose brain cells and develop problems with their thinking skills, according to a study published in the September 27, 2011, print issue of Neurology®, the medical journal of the American Academy of Neurology.
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Wednesday, 28 September 2011 01:28 |
 A protein linked to Alzheimer's disease kills nerve cells that detect odors, according to an animal study in the Sept. 28 issue of The Journal of Neuroscience.
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Monday, 26 September 2011 01:25 |
 Zinc has been found to play a critical role in regulating communication between cells in the brain, possibly governing the formation of memories and controlling the occurrence of epileptic seizures.
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Monday, 26 September 2011 01:16 |
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New research finds that the brains of patients with multiple sclerosis (MS) lack a group of chemicals called neurosteroids which help brain cells repair themselves and do other important things.
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Monday, 26 September 2011 01:10 |
 The human brain doesn't stop developing at adolescence, but continues well into our 20s, demonstrates recent research from the Faculty of Medicine & Dentistry at the University of Alberta.
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Friday, 23 September 2011 01:11 |
 Stimulating a specific region of the brain leads to the production of new brain cells that enhance memory, according to an animal study in the September 21 issue of The Journal of Neuroscience.
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Friday, 23 September 2011 01:01 |
 With tens of thousands of young athletes returning to the field of play for sports activities this fall, the leading practitioners of neurosurgical care have created a PowerPoint presentation titled "Concussion and Sports: Useful prevention and treatment information for your community from America's neurosurgeons" to help prepare and educate the public on this critical issue.
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Monday, 03 October 2011 04:35 |
 Johns Hopkins scientists investigating chemical modifications across the genomes of adult mice have discovered that DNA modifications in non-dividing brain cells, thought to be inherently stable, instead underwent large-scale dynamic changes as a result of stimulated brain activity.
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Friday, 30 September 2011 20:08 |
 Carnegie Mellon University biologists have developed an MRI-based technique that allows researchers to non-invasively follow neural stem cells in vivo.
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Friday, 30 September 2011 20:03 |
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Cognition is known to influence pain perception. As a result, several mind-body and psychological therapies are commonly used to treat chronic pain.
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Wednesday, 28 September 2011 01:31 |
 Researchers at the University of Missouri have identified a communication breakdown between nerves and muscles in mice that may provide new insight into the debilitating and fatal human disease known as spinal muscular atrophy (SMA).
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Wednesday, 28 September 2011 01:23 |
 Viewing two-dimensional images of the environment, as they occur in computer games, leads to sustained changes in the strength of nerve cell connections in the brain.
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Monday, 26 September 2011 01:16 |
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The human brain doesn't stop developing at adolescence, but continues well into our 20s, demonstrates recent research from the Faculty of Medicine & Dentistry at the University of Alberta.
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Monday, 26 September 2011 01:13 |
 Imagine tapping into the mind of a coma patient, or watching one's own dream on YouTube. With a cutting-edge blend of brain imaging and computer simulation, scientists at the University of California, Berkeley, are bringing these futuristic scenarios within reach.
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Friday, 23 September 2011 01:13 |
 Complex regional pain syndrome (CRPS), also known as Morbus Sudeck, is characterised by "disinhibition" of various sensory and motor areas in the brain.
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Friday, 23 September 2011 01:08 |
 Biologists at the University of California, San Diego have identified more than 70 genes that play a role in regenerating nerves after injury, providing biomedical researchers with a valuable set of genetic leads for use in developing therapies to repair spinal cord injuries and other common kinds of nerve damage such as stroke.
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Wednesday, 21 September 2011 00:46 |
 Neuroticism - the tendency to experience negative emotions - significantly affects brain processing during pain, as well as during the anticipation of pain, according to a new study in Gastroenterology, the official journal of the American Gastroenterological Association.
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