- Brain Lesions More Common Than Previously Thought By : Health News
New research shows cerebral microbleeds, which are lesions in the brain, are more common in people over 60 than previously thought. - Sensing Danger By Smell By : Health News
Each human nose encounters hundreds of thousands of scents in its daily travels perched front and center on our face. Some of these smells are nearly identical, so how do we learn to tell the critical ones apart? - Pitt To Host Forum: Head Injury And Your Brain By : Health News
Each year, an estimated 1.4 million people sustain damage to the brain caused by blows to the head. - Adult Glioblastoma: Strategies, Challenges, And Opportunities By : Health News
Glioblastomas are the most common and most malignant type of glioma. Healthcare professionals face many challenges in the treatment of glioblastoma as therapy remains largely palliative, and mean length of survival in patients is less than one year. - Gene-Environment Interactions Study Looks For Links To Motor Neuron Disease By : Health News
Motor neuron disease is a rare, devastating illness in which nerve cells that carry brain signals to muscles gradually deteriorate. One form of it........ - Color Vision System Found To Be Independent Of Motion Detection By : Health News
The vision system used to process color is separate from that used to detect motion......... - Does Gingko Biloba Affect Memory? By : Health News
Taking the supplement ginkgo biloba had no clear-cut benefit on the risk of developing memory problems......... - Synthetic Blood Announces Department Of Defense Grant For Traumatic Brain Injury Clinical By : Health News
Synthetic Blood International, Inc. (OTCBB:SYBD) announced that The United States Department of Defense (DoD) has approved the award of a $1.9 million grant to M. Ross Bullock, M.D., Ph.D., of the University of Miami Miller School of Medicine........... - Neurofeedback Helping Those With Autistic Disorders By : Health News
Research on autistic spectrum disorder (ASD) shows that neurofeedback (EEG biofeedback) can remediate anomalies in brain activation, leading to symptom reduction and functional improvement. - Spinal Cord Injury May Not Increase Risk Of Heart Disease By : Health News
Americans who live with spinal cord injury do not appear to be at greater risk of developing carbohydrate and lipid disorders such as insulin resistance, diabetes.......... - Researchers Identify New Receptor Complex In Brain By : Health News
Mount Sinai researchers have identified a new receptor complex in the brain that responds to several types of antipsychotic drugs............ - Guidelines For Evaluation Of Psychological Side-effects Of Brain Injury By : Health News
In her PhD, defended at the University of the Basque Country, Maria Luisa de Francisco Maiz provided a clinical-forensic evaluation of brain injuries and also a study on the variables that influence the length of "legal time period - Yale Lab Engineers Virus That Can Kill Deadly Brain Tumors By : Health News
A laboratory-engineered virus that can find its way through the vascular system and kill deadly brain tumors has been developed by Yale School of Medicine researchers.......... - Intranasal Insulin May Lower Food Intake In Men, Improve Memory Function In Women By : Health News
Insulin administered intranasally, acutely decreases food intake in men but not women and in contrast......... - Diseased Brain Cells Selectively Targeted By Tumor-Killing Virus By : Health News
New findings show that a specialized virus with the ability to reproduce its tumor-killing genes can selectively target tumors in the brains of mice and eliminate them. - Noted Neurologist To Chair MDA Medical Advisory Committee By : Health News
The Muscular Dystrophy Association announces that it has appointed neurologist Stanley H. Appel as chairman of its Medical Advisory Committee. - Scientists Shed Light On Long Distance Signaling In Developing Neurons By : Health News
A longstanding puzzle in neurodevelopment may have yielded up a key secret. - Mammalian-Like Neurogenesis Seen In Fruit Flies By : Health News
A new way of generating brain cells has been uncovered in Drosophila. - Clues About Neuromuscular Disease Provided By 2-Way Cell Talk By : Health News
It's a scientific given that neurons tell other cells what to do, but new evidence suggests that, like with any good relationship, these target cells also have much to contribute, scientists say. - Scientists Explore Consciousness By : Health News
New results published in the Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences. - Missing Chromosome Predicts Brain Tumor Patients' Response To Treatment By : Health News
People with a highly aggressive type of brain tumor who are missing a specific chromosome live longer and respond better to the chemotherapy drug temozolomide than people without this genetic abnormality............ - Aspects Of 'Humaniqueness' Differentiating Human And Animal Cognition By : Health News
Shedding new light on the great cognitive rift between humans and animals, a Harvard University scientist has synthesized four key differences in human and animal cognition into a hypothesis on what exactly differentiates human and animal thought. - Neural Basis of Pitch Processing from a Tone-Language Perspective By : Health News
More of the brain is busy processing pitch from language and other sounds than previously thought, according to a researcher in neurophonetics at Purdue University. - NIH Report On Intracranial Stent Points Out Need For Upcoming Large-scale Clinical Trial By : Health News
A preliminary study funded by the National Institutes of Health found that a stent designed to open clogged arteries in the brain was successfully deployed in nearly all cases and significantly reduced arterial blockage in the short term. - Smoking Marijuana Impairs Cognitive Function In MS Patients By : Health News
People with multiple sclerosis (MS) who smoke marijuana are more likely to have emotional and memory problems............ - Scientists Research Delivering Drugs Direct To The Brain By : Health News
Scientists at the University of Portsmouth have won nearly half a million pounds to try and develop a way of allowing drugs to be delivered straight to the brain. - Sex Differences In The Brain's Serotonin System By : Health News
A new thesis from the Swedish medical university Karolinska Institutet shows that the brain's serotonin system differs between men and women. - Pixantrone Shows Activity In A Preclinical Study Of Experimental Autoimmune Myasthenia Gravis (EAMG) By : Health News
Cell Therapeutics, Inc. (CTI) (Nasdaq and MTAX: CTIC) announced that pixantrone was shown to reduce the severity of clinical manifestation in the animal model of the autoimmune disease myasthenia gravis (MG). - Don't Lose Sleep Over Daylight Saving Time By : Health News
Daylight saving time can wreak havoc on the millions of people already affected by sleep problems, but a few simple sleep habits can make all the difference this March 9. - Don't Lose Sleep Over Daylight Saving Time By : Health News
Daylight saving time can wreak havoc on the millions of people already affected by sleep problems, but a few simple sleep habits can make all the difference this March 9. - 'Best Practices For Protecting Researchers And Research' Released By Society For Neuroscience By : Health News
The Society for Neuroscience (SfN), the world's largest organization of scientists and physicians who study the brain and nervous system......... - Fear Memories Processed In Unique Way By Very Young By : Health News
Very young brains process memories of fear differently than more mature ones, new research indicates. - Worried About Family Or Friends Falling? New Guideline Identifies Those Most At Risk By : Health News
A new guideline developed by the American Academy of Neurology finds certain neurology patients are at a high risk of accidental falls and should be regularly screened to help prevent the high number of fall-related injuries and deaths in the United States each year. - Worried About Family Or Friends Falling? New Guideline Identifies Those Most At Risk By : Health News
A new guideline developed by the American Academy of Neurology finds certain neurology patients are at a high risk of accidental falls and should be regularly screened to help prevent the high number of fall-related injuries and deaths in the United States each year. - Chemical Chaperone Could Open Door To Treatment Of Neurological Disorder By : Health News
An unexpected finding turned out to be a clue leading researchers at Washington University School of Medicine in St. Louis to propose a new treatment approach for Niemann-Pick disease, a rare, deadly neurodegenerative disorder. - Gene Essential For Prenatal Development Of Nervous System Characterized By Trainor Lab By : Health News
The Stowers Institute's Trainor Lab has demonstrated the role of a gene important to the embryonic development of the nervous system, a process that requires coordination of differentiation of immature neural cells with the cycle of cell division that increases their numbers. - Protein In Common Virus Linked To Aggressive Brain Tumors By : Health News
A protein found in the common human virus cytomegalovirus (CMV) appears to be a key factor in making brain tumors more aggressive and faster spreading. - Different Patterns Of Brain Activity Exhibited By Creative And Noncreative Problem Solvers By : Health News
Why do some people solve problems more creatively than others? Are people who think creatively somehow different from those who tend to think in a more methodical fashion? - Learning And Memory Modulated By Newborn Brain Cells By : Health News
Boosted by physical and mental exercise, neural stem cells continue to sprout new neurons throughout life, but the exact function of these newcomers has been the topic of much debate. - Somaxon Pharmaceuticals Names David F. Hale Executive Chairman and Interim Chief Executive Officer By : Health News
Somaxon Pharmaceuticals, Inc. (Nasdaq: SOMX), a specialty pharmaceutical company focused on the in-licensing and development of proprietary product candidates for the treatment of diseases and disorders in the fields of psychiatry and neurology, today said that its current non-executive Chairman of the Board, David F. Hale,...... - Natus Medical Completes Acquisition of Excel-Tech Ltd. By : Health News
Natus Medical Incorporated (Nasdaq:BABY) today announced that it has completed its acquisition of Excel-Tech Ltd. (“Xltek”), based in Oakville, Ontario, Canada....... - Northstar Neuroscience Announces Updated Timeline for EVEREST Pivotal Trial Data Analysis and Plann By : Health News
Northstar Neuroscience, Inc. (NASDAQ: NSTR), a medical device company developing therapies for the treatment of neurological diseases and disorders, today announced an updated timeline related to data analysis of its EVEREST pivotal trial for stroke motor recovery and its planned PMA submission...... - Response Submitted to PACE Affirming Performance of Riata Leads By : Health News
St. Jude Medical, Inc. (NYSE:STJ) said that an article was submitted to Pacing and Clinical Electrophysiology (PACE) journal responding to an editorial concerning the Riata family of leads that is expected to be published on the PACE Web site today...... - Medtronic Announces Robert H. Pudenz Award Recipient By : Health News
The Neurosurgery business at Medtronic today announced that Miles Gregory Johnston, Ph.D. has been selected to receive the Robert H. Pudenz Award for Excellence in Cerebrospinal fluid Physiology for the year 2006. Presented annually since 1989, this award is named in honor of Robert H...... - Neurogen Announces Aplindore Preclinical Data to Be Presented at Neuroscience 2007 By : Health News
Neurogen Corporation (Nasdaq: NRGN), a drug discovery and development company, today announced that data from a preclinical study with aplindore, the Company’s compound for the treatment of Parkinson’s disease and restless legs syndrome (RLS), will be presented on November 6 in a poster at Neuroscience 2007, the Society for Neuroscience annual meeting in San Diego, California. - Patience Is Rewarded For Ipswich Teenager, UK By : Health News
An Ipswich teenager who since the age of 12 has been caring for his brain-injured father has been nominated for a national award from Headway UK - the brain injury association. - Highland 'Superman' Flying To National Glory, UK By : Health News
A Highland man who battled back from the brink of death after a road accident left him with a brain injury and partial paralysis has been nominated for a national award from Headway UK, the brain injury association. - Local Heroes Hoping For National Glory, UK By : Health News
Two Nottinghamshire people who defied serious physical disabilities as a result of brain injuries to complete incredible feats of endurance have been nominated for a national award from Headway UK, the brain injury association. - Abnormal Glutamine Repeats Interfere With Key Transcription Factor, Leading To Neurodegeneration By : Health News
Although repeating sequences of three nucleotides encoding some of the bodies' 20 amino acids are a normal part of protein composition............ - Back Pain Milestone: Tennessee Orthopedic Surgeon is First to Implant Two-Level ‘Motion Preserving By : Health News
Morgan Lorio, M.D., a board-certified orthopedic surgeon at Neuro-Spine Solutions, Bristol, Tenn., is the first physician in the United States to implant the Stabilimax NZ® Dynamic Spine Stabilization System across two spinal segments as part of a randomized, controlled, national research study.... - Study Shows Applied NeuroSolutions’ Test is the Strongest Predictor of the Decline from Mild Cogni By : Health News
Applied NeuroSolutions, Inc. (OTC BB:APNS)(www.appliedneurosolutions.com), a Company focused on the development of an integrated product portfolio for the treatment and diagnosis of Alzheimer’s disease (AD), today reported that a peer-reviewed paper, "Prediction and longitudinal study of CSF biomarkers in mild cognitive impairment,..... - New Guideline Recommends When To Use CT Scans In ER For Seizures By : Health News
A guideline developed by the American Academy of Neurology recommends immediate brain CT scans to screen certain emergency room patients with seizures. - Study Demonstrates Mindful Approach To Aging By : Health News
Posit Science Corporation announced that enrollment has completed in a clinical trial of an innovative computerized training program designed to enhance memory. - Deciphering Brain Activity Could Lead To Better Devices To Move Injured Or Artificial Limbs By : Health News
Neuroscientists at the Hebrew University of Jerusalem have developed a novel approach for measuring and deciphering brain activity that holds out promise of providing improved movements of natural or artificial limbs by those who have been injured or paralyzed. - Research Foundation To Honour Spinal Cord Injury Expert By : Health News
Dr. Wise Young, the Richard H. Shindell Professor of Neuroscience at Rutgers University and founding director of Rutgers' W.M. Keck Center for Collaborative Neuroscience, is receiving the Melvyn H. Motolinsky Research Foundation's 2007 Distinguished Service Award. - Micrus Endovascular Joins the NASDAQ NeuroInsights Neurotech Index By : Health News
Micrus Endovascular Corporation (Nasdaq:MEND) today announced that it has been added to the newly formed NASDAQ NeuroInsights Neurotech Index, launched September 25, 2007. The Nasdaq Stock Market Inc. (NDAQ) and NeuroInsights,.... - UCLA Neurosurgery Expert Notes Iraq War Reveals a Lot about Traumatic Brain Injury By : Health News
“For all of the right reasons, there has been an increase in awareness about traumatic brain injury in soldiers returning from Iraq and Afghanistan,” says David Hovda. As professor and vice chief of research affairs for UCLA’s Division of Neurosurgery and director of the UCLA Brain Injury Research Center, Hovda has several years experience in treating patients who have suffered traumatic.. - Memory Process Restored In Most Common Form Of Mental Disability By : Health News
University of California, Irvine scientists have discovered how to reverse the learning and memory problems inherent in the most common form of mental impairment. - Preventing Neurodegenerative Diseases By Studying Proteins In The Brain By : Health News
Researchers report in the October 2007 issue of Molecular & Cellular Proteomics the most complete list so far of the proteins present in the cerebral cortex the outermost layer of the brain that plays a central role in memory, language, cognition, and consciousness. - Brain Processes Involved In Humans' Behavioral Response To The Threat Of Punishment By : Health News
Researchers have identified brain structures that process the threat of punishment for violating social norms. - Mini Strokes Linked To Uric Acid Levels By : Health News
Researchers at Johns Hopkins have found that high normal uric acid (UA) levels may cause barely detectable mini strokes that potentially contribute to mental decline in aging adults. - Israeli Team Develops GPS Accuracy For Keyhole Neurosurgery Using Mini-robot By : Health News
A tiny robot shimmies into position on the skull and reaches out its arm to automatically target the best spot for keyhole neurosurgery. - Researchers Find Music And Language Are Processed By The Same Brain Systems By : Health News
Researchers have long debated whether or not language and music depend on common processes in the mind. - Chronic Fatigue Syndrome Symptoms Reduced By Dark Chocolate Consumption By : Health News
If you suffer from Chronic Fatigue Syndrome you may well find that your symptoms are significantly reduced if you regularly consume dark chocolate - that means chocolate with a high cocoa content and without any milk in it. - Neurogen Announces Adipiplon as Nonproprietary Name for NG2-73 By : Health News
Neurogen Corporation (Nasdaq: NRGN), a drug discovery and development company, today announced that the United States Adopted Names (USAN) Council, in consultation with the World Health Organization (WHO), has approved the nonproprietary name “adipiplon” for Neurogen’s wholly-owned drug candidate for treatment of insomnia, NG2-73....... - Neuromonics Launches First U.S. Clinical Study to Assess Long-Term Tinnitus Treatment By : Health News
Neuromonics today announced the initiation of the first post-market U.S. study, to evaluate long-term outcomes for the Neuromonics Tinnitus Treatment. This is an FDA-cleared therapy proven to interact, interrupt and desensitize tinnitus disturbance for long-term benefit.... - Researchers Lead Efforts To Prevent, Treat Brain Injuries Of Combat Troops By : Health News
Researchers from the Uniformed Services University of the Health Sciences (USU) are pursuing efforts to find new ways to prevent and treat the increasing numbers of combat troops who are suffering from injuries due to traumatic brain injury (TBI). - How Our Our Visual System Perceives And Preducts Objects In Movement By : Health News
International research co-led by professor Alejandro Maiche, of the Department of Basic........... - How Our Our Visual System Perceives And Preducts Objects In Movement By : Health News
International research co-led by professor Alejandro Maiche, of the Department of Basic........... - TYSABRI® Demonstrates Significant Health-Related Quality-of-Life Improvements for Multiple Sclerosis By : Health News
Biogen Idec (NASDAQ: BIIB) and Elan Corporation, plc (NYSE: ELN) announced today the publication of results demonstrating that patients treated with TYSABRI® (natalizumab) showed a significant improvement in health-related quality-of-life (HRQoL) measures when compared to placebo.... - A Molecule That Protects From Neuronal Disorders By : Health News
Researchers discover a protein required for the normal development of the cerebral cortex and to prevent defects associated with mental retardation. - Neuronal Conduction Of Excitation Without Action Potentials Based On Ceramide Production By : Health News
Researchers from the Laboratoire de Physiologie Neurovegetative (CNRS-INRA-Universite Paul Cezanne).............. - Neurobiology Of Human Intelligence By : Health News
A primary mystery puzzling neuroscientists -- where in the brain lies intelligence? -- just may have a unified answer. - Rochester Receives 1.2 Million To Battle Rare Childhood Disease By : Health News
A $1.2 million grant from the National Institutes of Health will bolster University of Rochester experts' research and care efforts for children suffering Batten disease............ - FDA Clears Unilateral Stimulation For The RT300 Functional Electrical Stimulation By : Health News
Restorative Therapies, Inc., advances its New Era in Treatment for Neurological Injury and Paralysis. - Royal Opening For Major New Brain Injury Service, UK By : Health News
The Disabilities Trust's flagship new brain injury rehabilitation centre in Slinfold, near Horsham, West Sussex, is being officially opened by His Royal Highness The Duke of Gloucester on Tuesday 18 September 2007. - The Link Between The Brain's Timing And Timescales Of The Natural Visual World By : Health News
Researchers have long attempted to unravel the cryptic code used by the neurons of the brain to represent our visual world. - Studying The Capacity For Change in The Adult Brain By : Health News
It is well established that a child's brain has a remarkable capacity for change, but controversy continues about the extent to which such plasticity exists in the adult human primary sensory cortex. - Headshots Do Not Cause Brain Damage By : Health News
Heading a soccer ball does not cause brain damage, at least not any damage that can be traced in the spinal fluid of soccer players. - Blood Flow Detector Software Shows Promise In Preventing Brain Damage By : Health News
Researchers from the Johns Hopkins Children's Center and Cambridge University in England.............. - 3-D Fruit Fly Images To Benefit Brain Research By : Health News
The fragile head and brain of a fly are not easy things to examine but MRC scientists have figured out how to make it a little simpler. - Clarian Health Earns Neuroscience Center Of Excellence Designation, USA By : Health News
Clarian Neurosciences has been recognized among the national's top neuroscience programs and designated as a Neuroscience Center of Excellence (COE)............... - A Balanced Memory Network By : Health News
Ever wonder how much information we put in our heads? The answer: a lot. For starters, a typical vocabulary is 50,000-250,000 words. - Specific Brain Protein Required For Nerve Cell Connections To Form And Function By : Health News
Neurons, or nerve cells, communicate with each other through contact points called synapses. - Studying Neural Signals In The Brain By : Health News
Our brains are buzzing with electrical activity created by sodium and potassium ions moving in and out of neurons through specialized pores. - 3D Fruit Fly Images To Benefit Brain Research By : Health News
The fragile head and brain of a fly are not easy things to examine but MRC scientists have figured out how to make it a little simpler. - Mammalian Neurons In Culture By : Health News
Researchers at the University of Illinois have developed a method for culturing mammalian neurons in chambers not much larger than the neurons themselves. - FDA Approves New Drug To Treat Rare Disease, Acromegaly By : Health News
The U.S. Food and Drug Administration approved Somatuline Depot (lanreotide acetate injection) for the treatment of acromegaly............... - Einstein's Dr. Solomon Moshe Receives International Honor For His Contributions & Achievements By : Health News
Solomon Moshe, M.D., professor of neurology, of pediatrics, and of neuroscience at the Albert Einstein College of Medicine of Yeshiva University............ - New Study On Neurotransmitters Overturns Previous Theory By : Health News
In studying how neurotransmitters travel between cells -- by analysis of events in the dimensions of nanometers.............. - BrainZ Launches Latest Model Infant Brain Monitor In Europe - CE Approval Granted And First Sales By : Health News
BrainZ Instruments will launch its upgraded bedside infant brain monitor BRM3 in Europe next month with immediate sales expected. - Leading Experts Meet To Help Advance Motor Neurone Research, UK By : Health News
World renowned experts on motor neurone disease will share their work at an international symposium hosted.............. - Dr. Samuel L. Pfafft Receives Javits Neuroscience Investigator Award By : Health News
Dr. Samuel L. Pfaff, a professor in the Molecular Neurobiology Laboratory at the Salk Institute for Biological Studies............... - Noninvasive Diagnostic Tool For Brain Diseases Discovered By U Of Minnesota Researchers By : Health News
Researchers from the University of Minnesota Medical School and Brain Sciences Center at the Minneapolis VA Medical Center have identified a noninvasive and painless way to diagnose complex brain diseases. - Out Of Body Experiences Induced In The Laboratory By : Health News
People who have come close to death sometimes report what are known as out of body experiences, in which they have seen themselves from somewhere else in the room. - Potential New Therapy For The Treatment Of Neurodegenerative Conditions By : Health News
Researchers have provided new information about how communication among neurons may be prevented from deteriorating in conditions such as Alzheimer's disease (AD). - Long-Term Effects Of Pediatric Brain Tumors And Treatment Study Funded By American Cancer Society By : Health News
A team of researchers from Emory and Georgia State Universities has been awarded a four-year.............. - Functioning Neurons From Human Embryonic Stem Cells To Be Used To Create Models Of Neurological By : Health News
Scientists with the Institute of Stem Cell Biology and Medicine at UCLA were able to produce from human embryonic stem cells a highly pure............. - Fragile X Tremor/Ataxia Syndrome Linked To Binding Protein In RNA By : Health News
Scientists have discovered a key protein in the toxic brain pathway that leads to fragile X tremor/ataxia syndrome (FXTAS), an inherited neurodegenerative disorder. - Javits Award Received By Doernbecher Children's Hospital Scientist By : Health News
Stephen A. Back, M.D., Ph.D., an internationally recognized expert in pediatric neurology at Doernbecher Children's Hospital, Oregon Health & Science University...............
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