Prof finds anesthetics affect nerve regeneration May 06, 2008 | User rating: 4.4 / 5 after 9 vote(s)
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A hair strand-thin worm is providing substantial clues on how nerves regenerate, offering insight and hope to finding genes that affect nerve generation and ultimately new drugs and therapies for human neurodegenerative diseases ... | |
Suspected cause of type 1 diabetes caught 'red-handed' for the first time May 09, 2008 | User rating: 4.4 / 5 after 27 vote(s)
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Scientists at Washington University School of Medicine in St. Louis working with diabetic mice have examined in unprecedented detail the immune cells long thought to be responsible for type 1 diabetes. | |
Does the brain control muscles or movements? May 07, 2008 | User rating: 4.4 / 5 after 7 vote(s)
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One of the major scientific questions about the brain is how it can translate the simple intent to perform an action—say, reach for a glass—into the dynamic, coordinated symphony of muscle movements required for that action. ... | |
 Scientists dig deeper into the genetics of schizophrenia by evaluating microRNAs May 11, 2008 | User rating: 4.4 / 5 after 10 vote(s)
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Researchers at Columbia University Medical Center have illuminated a window into how abnormalities in microRNAs, a family of molecules that regulate expression of numerous genes, may contribute to the behavioral ... | |
St. Jude finds 'dancing' hair cells are key to humans' acute hearing May 07, 2008 | User rating: 4.4 / 5 after 10 vote(s)
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St. Jude Children's Research Hospital investigators have found that an electrically powered amplification mechanism in the cochlea of the ear is critical to the acute hearing of humans and other mammals. The findings will ... | |
 Justice in the brain: Equity and efficiency are encoded differently May 08, 2008 | User rating: 4.4 / 5 after 10 vote(s)
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Which is better, giving more food to a few hungry people or letting some food go to waste so that everyone gets a share? A study appearing this week in Science finds that most people choose the latter, ... | |
New target for Alzheimer's disease identified May 07, 2008 | User rating: 4.4 / 5 after 8 vote(s)
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Alzheimer’s disease (AD) is an incurable disease that is increasing in prevalence and will increase even more rapidly as the Baby Boom generation enters the age of highest risk. The available AD drugs are only partially effective ... | |
Peer pressure, the new weapon against teen smoking May 10, 2008 | User rating: 4.3 / 5 after 6 vote(s)
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Enrolling an influential student to convey an anti-smoking message to schoolmates is a valuable way of getting youngsters to say no to cigarettes, a British study suggests. | |
Obesity can increase dementia risk by up to 80 percent May 07, 2008 | User rating: 4.3 / 5 after 6 vote(s)
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Being obese can increase the risk of Alzheimer’s Disease by as much as 80 per cent, according to a study in the May issue of Obesity Reviews. | |
Study uses music to explore the autistic brain's emotion processing May 07, 2008 | User rating: 4.3 / 5 after 6 vote(s)
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Music has a universal ability to tap into our deepest emotions. Unfortunately, for children with autism spectrum disorders (ASD), understanding emotions is a very difficult task. Can music help them? Thanks to funding from ... | |
Hunger hormone: Makes food more attractive May 06, 2008 | User rating: 4.3 / 5 after 13 vote(s)
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A new brain-imaging study by researchers at the Montreal Neurological Institute, McGill University reveals that ghrelin - a stomach hormone, acts on specific regions of the brain to enhance our response to food related cues ... | |
 New study finds number of fat cells stays constant throughout life May 09, 2008 | User rating: 4.3 / 5 after 15 vote(s)
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The radioactive carbon-14 produced by above-ground nuclear testing in the 1950s and '60s has helped researchers determine that the number of fat cells in a human's body, whether lean or obese, is established ... | |
Children better prepared for school if their parents read aloud to them 6 hours ago | User rating: 4.3 / 5 after 8 vote(s)
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Young children whose parents read aloud to them have better language and literacy skills when they go to school, according to a review published online ahead of print in the Archives of Disease in Childhood. | |
Do antidepressants enhance immune function? May 08, 2008 | User rating: 4.1 / 5 after 9 vote(s)
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Infection with human immunodeficiency virus (HIV), which leads to acquired immunodeficiency syndrome (AIDS), is an epidemic of global concern. According to the most recent estimates, released in November 2007, by the Joint ... | |
Model shows how mutation tips biochemistry to cause Alzheimer's May 12, 2008 | User rating: 4 / 5 after 13 vote(s)
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Your fate can be determined by tiny events. Imagine you live in the city and you walk everywhere to get exercise – you are healthy and not afraid of getting mugged. You almost never eat breakfast so you don’t stop at the ... | |
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