http://medicalxpress.com/ en-us Medical Xpress internet news portal provides the latest news on Health and Medicine. Neurological disorders can have a devastating impact on the lives of sufferers and their families. http://medicalxpress.com/news/2013-05-deep-brain-drugs-dont.html Neuroscience Fri, 17 May 2013 09:29:38 EST news288001707 A team of researchers at the University of Calgary's Hotchkiss Brain Institute (HBI) have discovered that adult brain cell production might be determined, in part, by the early parental environment. The study suggests that dual parenting may be more beneficial than single parenting. http://medicalxpress.com/news/2013-05-brain-parents.html Medical research Wed, 01 May 2013 17:00:02 EST news286628529 Children prenatally exposed to methadone or Subutex (buprenorphine) are prone to developing cognitive difficulties. According to one researcher, these children still need close follow-up after they begin school. http://medicalxpress.com/news/2013-04-methadone-children-problems-school.html Psychology & Psychiatry Tue, 16 Apr 2013 06:00:02 EST news285309982 One of the indicators of a cell's health is the state of its DNA and containers—the chromosomes—so when these fuse together or suffer anomalies, they can become the source of illnesses like cancer and/or ageing processes. http://medicalxpress.com/news/2013-01-caloric-restriction-effect-chromosomes.html Medical research Wed, 23 Jan 2013 13:57:12 EST news278171824 Scientists searching for ways to develop treatments for Huntington's disease (HD) just got a roadmap that could dramatically speed their discovery process. Researchers at the Buck Institute have used RNA interference (RNAi) technology to identify hundreds of "druggable" molecular targets linked to the toxicity associated with the devastating, ultimately fatal disease. The results from this unprecedented genome-scale screen in a human cell model of HD are published in the November 29, 2012 edition of PLOS Genetics. The work was is a collaboration between Buck Institute faculty members Robert E. Hughes, Ph.D., Sean Mooney, Ph.D., Lisa Ellerby, Ph.D. and Juan Botas, Ph.D. at the Baylor College of Medicine. http://medicalxpress.com/news/2012-11-genome-scale-hundreds-potential-drug-huntington.html Genetics Thu, 29 Nov 2012 17:32:16 EST news273432726 Prenatal and childhood exposure to flame retardant compounds are linked to poorer attention, fine motor coordination and IQ in school-aged children, a finding by researchers at the University of California, Berkeley, that adds to growing health concerns over a chemical prevalent in U.S. households. http://medicalxpress.com/news/2012-11-flame-retardants-linked-neurodevelopmental-children.html Health Thu, 15 Nov 2012 03:00:02 EST news272129830 (Medical Xpress)—There's new hope in the fight against Huntington's disease. A group of researchers that includes scientists from the U.S. Department of Energy's Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory (Berkeley Lab) have designed a compound that suppresses symptoms of the devastating disease in mice. http://medicalxpress.com/news/2012-11-scientists-therapy-huntington-disease.html Neuroscience Thu, 01 Nov 2012 14:49:13 EST news271000132 Treatment with an agent that blocks the oxidation of an important component of the mitochondrial membrane prevented the secondary damage of severe traumatic brain injury and preserved function that would otherwise have been impaired, according to a research team from the University of Pittsburgh School of Medicine, Graduate School of Public Health and Department of Chemistry in a report published online today in Nature Neuroscience. http://medicalxpress.com/news/2012-08-oxidation-blocker-secondary-traumatic-brain-injury.html Neuroscience Sun, 26 Aug 2012 13:00:05 EST news265183316 Children who spend more than three-quarters of their time engaging in sedentary behaviour, such as watching TV and sitting at computers, have up to nine times poorer motor coordination than their more active peers, reveals a study published in the American Journal of Human Biology. http://medicalxpress.com/news/2012-08-children-physical-counteract-sedentary-lifestyles.html Health Wed, 15 Aug 2012 00:00:01 EST news264166095 Huntington's disease, the debilitating congenital neurological disorder that progressively robs patients of muscle coordination and cognitive ability, is a condition without effective treatment, a slow death sentence. http://medicalxpress.com/news/2012-03-stem-cells-hint-potential-treatment.html Neuroscience Thu, 15 Mar 2012 12:00:55 EST news251031617 Yale School of Medicine researchers have found that the likelihood of becoming disabled with age increases with the following factors: having a chronic condition or cognitive impairment; low physical activity; slower gross motor coordination; having poor lower-extremity function; and being hospitalized. Women are also more likely than men to become disabled in their later years. http://medicalxpress.com/news/2012-01-factors-difficulty-elderly.html Health Mon, 16 Jan 2012 17:50:04 EST news245958596 Exposure to light appears to have therapeutic effects on Alzheimer's disease patients, a Wayne State University researcher has found. http://medicalxpress.com/news/2012-01-treatment-benefits-alzheimer-patients.html Diseases, Conditions, Syndromes Wed, 11 Jan 2012 16:19:51 EST news245521137 In a paper published in the Nov. 9 issue of the Journal of Neuroscience, researchers at the University of California, San Diego School of Medicine and University of Washington describe in deeper detail the pathology of a devastating neurological disorder, but also reveal new cellular targets for possibly slowing its development. http://medicalxpress.com/news/2011-11-neurological-disorder-impacts-brain-cells.html Neuroscience Wed, 09 Nov 2011 13:06:16 EST news240066365 A scientist investigating why those with Down syndrome often have poor balance and motor coordination has found that key eye reflexes are substantially altered. http://medicalxpress.com/news/2011-08-cerebella-syndrome.html Medical research Wed, 24 Aug 2011 13:49:57 EST news233412573 Researchers at the Indiana University School of Medicine have discovered a peptide that short circuits a pathway for chronic pain. Unlike current treatments this peptide does not exhibit deleterious side effects such as reduced motor coordination, memory loss, or depression, according to an article in Nature Medicine posted online June 5, 2011. http://medicalxpress.com/news/2011-06-pain.html Neuroscience Sun, 05 Jun 2011 13:00:09 EST news226496956