Archive for the ‘Neurology / Neuroscience’ Category
Sunday, July 20th, 2008
A federal grant will allow Johns Hopkins researchers to purchase a powerful $2 million computer that will speed up their efforts to find new ways to diagnose and treat brain disease, heart illnesses, cancer and other medical ailments.The Institute for Computational Medicine, based at Johns Hopkins' Homewood campus in Baltimore, ...
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Sunday, July 20th, 2008
For suffers of neurological disorders such as Parkinson's disease daily trembling and shaking can be unbearable however, new UQ research could assist in helping patients regain control. A team of UQ researchers is using their skills from across a number of different disciplines to help improve the success rate of ...
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Wednesday, July 16th, 2008
Our study shows that measuring the degree of convergence/divergence through the connections is an effective tool in exploring integrative properties of the network elements. We used this tool to study cortical integration in the network of areas. It was found that convergent and divergent connections are predominantly reciprocal and they ...
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Wednesday, July 16th, 2008
Observers viewed pairs of slightly different photographs of natural scenes, rating the perceptual difference between them. If an image pair differs in two ways, how big is the perceptual difference compared to when images differ in only one way? It is well established that detection thresholds for combinations of sinusoidal ...
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Wednesday, July 16th, 2008
For the first time, Weill Cornell scientists have learned important details illustrating how neuronal cells in the brain communicate at a microcellular level. Such knowledge may help in the development of drug compounds used to treat disorders caused by malfunctions in communication between brain cells, such as schizophrenia, epilepsy, Parkinson's ...
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Wednesday, July 16th, 2008
BACKGROUND:Every cell contains a tiny clock called a telomere, which shortens each time the cell divides. Short telomeres are linked to a range of human diseases, including HIV, osteoporosis, heart disease and aging. Previous studies show that an enzyme within the cell, called telomerase, keeps immune cells young by preserving ...
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Wednesday, July 16th, 2008
For children with neurofibromatosis type 1 (NF1), a genetic disorderthat often leads to learning disability, cognitive function is notimproved by the statin simvastatin, according to an article released onJuly 15 in JAMA. NF1 is characterized by the development of tumors in Schwann cells inthe nervous system. It is genetically transmitted ...
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Wednesday, July 16th, 2008
Biological Psychiatry is particularly proud to announce the publication of an issue dedicated to the product of the National Institute of Mental Health (NIMH) Cognitive Neuroscience Approaches to the Treatment of Impaired Cognition in Schizophrenia, or CNTRICS, initiative. This July 1, 2008 issue includes eight articles on CNTRICS: one commentary, ...
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Tuesday, July 15th, 2008
Closing coal-fired power plants can have a direct, positive impact on children's cognitive development and health according to a study released by the Columbia Center for Children's Environmental Health (CCCEH) at Columbia University's Mailman School of Public Health. The study allowed researchers to track and compare the development of two ...
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Tuesday, July 15th, 2008
Micrus Endovascular Corporation (Nasdaq: MEND) announced receipt of Shonin approval from the Ministry of Health, Labour and Welfare (MHLW) to market in Japan its Cerecyte® microcoil product line, including the MicruSphere®, Presidio®, HeliPaq® and UltiPaq® Cerecyte embolic coils, for the endovascular treatment of cerebral aneurysms. Sales of the Company's ...
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Tuesday, July 15th, 2008
The American Society of Neuroradiology (ASNR) recently awarded Robert Lukin, MD, the organization's highest honor: the Gold Medal.The University of Cincinnati (UC) professor of radiology and former chair accepted the award at the society's annual meeting in New Orleans.The Gold Medal was established in 1995 to honor individuals who have ...
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Monday, July 14th, 2008
A typical symptom of Parkinson's disease is tremor in patients. A group of scientists, including Professor Peter Tass from Forschungszentrum Julich have succeeded in demonstrating the mechanisms which cause the so-called tremor: neuron clusters in the depths of the brain drive the tremor. This discovery supports Tass' research activities aiming ...
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Friday, July 11th, 2008
In addition to helping protect us from heart disease and cancer, a balanced diet and regular exercise can also protect the brain and ward off mental disorders."Food is like a pharmaceutical compound that affects the brain," said Fernando Gomez-Pinilla, a UCLA professor of neurosurgery and physiological science who has spent ...
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Friday, July 11th, 2008
Female soccer players and soccer players who have had a previous concussion recuperate differently from males or players without a history of concussion, new research released at the 2008 American Orthopaedic Society for Sports Medicine Annual Meeting at JW Marriott Orland Grande Lakes shows. The study found that prior history ...
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Thursday, July 10th, 2008
OptumHealth announced that it has signed a three-year agreement to exclusively license Brain Resource Ltd.'s behavioral health technology in the U.S. managed care market. Brain Resource provides an innovative Web-based assessment of an individual's "brain health" that can be used by health professionals to make better treatment decisions. ...
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