News tagged with brain research
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Next-generation treatments for Fragile X syndrome
A potential new therapeutic strategy for treating Fragile X syndrome is detailed in a new report appearing in the current issue of Biological Psychiatry, from researchers led by Dr. Lucia Ciranna at University of Catania in Ita ...
Psychology & Psychiatry
Nov 29, 2012 |
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Suvorexant drug may offer new approach to treating insomnia
A new drug may bring help for people with insomnia, according to a study published in the November 28, 2012, online issue of Neurology, the medical journal of the American Academy of Neurology.
Neuroscience
Nov 28, 2012 |
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Re-learning words lost to dementia
A simple word-training program has been found to restore key words in people with a type of dementia that attacks language and our memory for words.
Alzheimer's disease & dementia
Nov 27, 2012 |
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Scientists identify promising target for development of new alcohol abuse medications
(Medical Xpress)—Decreasing the level of a key brain protein led to significantly less drinking and alcohol-seeking behavior in rats and mice that had been trained to drink, according to a study by researchers ...
Neuroscience
Nov 27, 2012 |
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Dramatic rise in autism prevalence parallels research explosion
Autism Speaks Chief Science Officer Geraldine Dawson, Ph.D. describes how the dramatic progress in autism research has paralleled increased recognition of autism's prevalence and financial impact in the December issue of ...
Autism spectrum disorders
Nov 26, 2012 |
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Patient's own immune cells may blunt viral therapy for brain cancer
Doctors now use cancer-killing viruses to treat some patients with lethal, fast-growing brain tumors. Clinical trials show that these therapeutic viruses are safe but less effective than expected.
Cancer
Nov 25, 2012 |
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One cell does it all: Sensory input to motor output in one worm neuron
Caenorhabditis elegans, with just 302 neurons, has long been considered an ideal model system for the study of the nervous system. New research, however, is suggesting that the worms' "simple" nervous system may be much m ...
Neuroscience
Nov 21, 2012 |
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Gender differences in PTSD risk may be due to heightened fear conditioning in women, study finds
(Medical Xpress)—Women exposed to trauma may be at greater risk of developing post-traumatic stress disorder because of a heightened fear response, according to a new study. ...
Psychology & Psychiatry
Nov 20, 2012 |
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Discovery of ways to optimize light sources for vision could lead to billions of dollars in energy savings
Vision researchers at Barrow Neurological Institute have made a groundbreaking discovery into the optimization of light sources to human vision. By tuning lighting devices to work more efficiently with the human brain the ...
Neuroscience
Nov 15, 2012 |
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Neurons made from stem cells drive brain activity after transplantation in laboratory model
(Medical Xpress)—Researchers and patients look forward to the day when stem cells might be used to replace dying brain cells in Alzheimer's disease and other neurodegenerative conditions. Scientists are ...
Neuroscience
Nov 15, 2012 |
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Compensation in the brain could lead to new treatment
New evidence indicates that Parkinson's disease is preceded by a period during which healthy regions of the brain take over the functions of damaged ones. Neurologist Bart van Nuenen performed a unique study involving people ...
Parkinson's & Movement disorders
Nov 13, 2012 |
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Discovery shows medications can treat inflammation without increasing risk for infection
In a discovery that can fundamentally change how drugs for arthritis, and potentially many other diseases, are made, University of Utah medical researchers have identified a way to treat inflammation while potentially minimizing ...
Inflammatory disorders
Nov 11, 2012 |
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Hunting neuron killers in Alzheimer's and traumatic brain injury
Levels of the protein appoptosin in the brain skyrocket in Alzheimer's disease and traumatic brain injury. Appoptosin is known for helping the body make heme, the molecule that carries iron in the blood. In a study published ...
Neuroscience
Nov 09, 2012 |
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Canada and Europe fund intelligent senior homes
Technology may soon be helping seniors to live longer, healthier lives. A trio of researchers, including Simon Fraser University's Andrew Sixsmith, is working to develop intelligent, interactive sensors to be embedded in ...
Health
Nov 08, 2012 |
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Research advances understanding of autism
(Medical Xpress)—Research by scientists from the Centre for Brain Research at the University of Auckland has uncovered new information about the mechanisms underlying autism spectrum disorders (ASDs), to be published in ...
Autism spectrum disorders
Nov 07, 2012 |
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