Scientists discover new cause of fatal brain injury from acute viral meningitis November 17, 2008 | User rating: not shown ( 4 vote(s) ) | User comments: 1
In a November 16 advance, online publication of the journal Nature, the researchers say their discovery revamps common beliefs about how such potentially lethal infections may be ravaging the brain and suggests the ... | |
Drug-related preference in cocaine addiction extends to images November 17, 2008 | User rating: not shown ( 1 vote(s) ) | No comments yet
When given a choice between viewing pictures of cocaine and a variety of other images, cocaine addicted individuals, as compared to healthy, non-addicted research subjects, show a clear preference for the drug-related images. ... | |
Scientists Seek to Block Progression of Alzheimer’s Disease with Novel Medication that Targets the Source November 17, 2008 | User rating: not rated yet | No comments yet
(PhysOrg.com) -- Researchers at the University of California, San Diego Shiley-Marcos Alzheimer’s Research Center (ADRC) are conducting studies on an experimental medication to block nerve damage and inflammation in the brain ... | |
 Brain reorganizes to adjust for loss of vision November 20, 2008 | User rating: not shown ( 4 vote(s) ) | No comments yet
A new study from Georgia Tech shows that when patients with macular degeneration focus on using another part of their retina to compensate for their loss of central vision, their brain seems to compensate ... | |
 Enzyme discovery may lead to better heart and stroke treatments November 19, 2008 | User rating: not shown ( 3 vote(s) ) | No comments yet
A Queen's University study sheds new light on the way one of our cell enzymes, implicated in causing tissue damage after heart attacks and strokes, is normally kept under control. | |
Ginkgo proves ineffective in preventing dementia, Alzheimer's disease November 18, 2008 | User rating: not shown ( 3 vote(s) ) | No comments yet
One of the most widely used herbal supplements for improving memory and cognition has no impact on the development of dementia or Alzheimer's disease, according to new results from a $30 million, multi-center study. | |
Color perception shifts from right brain to left November 18, 2008 | User rating: 4.3 / 5 after 8 vote(s)
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(AP) -- Learning the name of a color changes the part of the brain that handles color perception. | |
Researchers to use patient's own stem cells to treat heart failure November 17, 2008 | User rating: not shown ( 1 vote(s) ) | No comments yet
Researchers at the University of Utah are enrolling people in a new clinical trial that uses a patient's own stem cells to treat ischemic and non-ischemic heart failure. | |
Memory mission explores new territory in neuroscience November 21, 2008 | User rating: not shown ( 3 vote(s) ) | User comments: 1
Astrophysicists peer into the far corners of deep space for dark matter, but for neuroscientists at the Queensland Brain Institute (QBI) exploring the unknown is much closer to home. | |
Researchers find link between nicotine addiction and autism November 17, 2008 | User rating: not shown ( 3 vote(s) ) | No comments yet
Scientists have identified a relationship between two proteins in the brain that has links to both nicotine addiction and autism. The finding has led to speculation that existing drugs used to curb nicotine addiction might ... | |
Misreading of damaged DNA may spur tumor formation November 20, 2008 | User rating: not shown ( 1 vote(s) ) | No comments yet
The DNA in our cells is constantly under assault from oxygen, the sun's radiation and environmental stresses. Most of the time, our cells can repair the damage before it gets copied into a permanent mutation that could lead ... | |
Ability to quit smoking may depend on ADHD symptoms, Columbia researchers find November 21, 2008 | User rating: not rated yet | No comments yet
Tobacco use is more prevalent and smoking cessation less likely among persons with Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder (A.D.H.D.) In a study of smokers with attention deficit and hyperactivity symptoms, those who exhibited ... | |
Gene chips accurately detect pneumonia in ICU patients on ventilators November 17, 2008 | User rating: not rated yet | No comments yet
Even seasoned doctors have a difficult time diagnosing pneumonia in hospitalized patients breathing with the assistance of a ventilator. That's because a patient's underlying illness often skews laboratory test results and ... | |
Researchers define ideal time for stem cell collection for Parkinson's disease therapy November 19, 2008 | User rating: not shown ( 1 vote(s) ) | No comments yet
Researchers have identified a stage during dopamine neuron differentiation that may be an ideal time to collect human embryonic stem cells for transplantation to treat Parkinson's disease, according to data presented at Neuroscience ... | |
Study shows how social support may protect brain during stroke November 18, 2008 | User rating: not shown ( 2 vote(s) ) | No comments yet
New research in mice suggests that high levels of social support may provide some protection against strokes by reducing the amount of damaging inflammation in the brain. | |
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