News tagged with magnetic resonance spectroscopy
ECE: Abnormal metabolites found in cured cushing's patients
(HealthDay)—Patients with Cushing's syndrome have abnormal brain metabolites suggestive of neuronal dysfunction even after they appeared to have been cured, according to a study presented at the annual ...
Diseases, Conditions, Syndromes
May 03, 2013 |
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Alternative fuel for your brain
Tight control of blood glucose levels is critical to mitigating the long-term complications of diabetes; however, the intensive insulin therapy required for this control is frequently accompanied by recurrent episodes of ...
Medical research
Apr 01, 2013 |
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Vitamin D linked to mitochondrial oxidative function
(HealthDay)—For vitamin D deficient individuals, cholecalciferol therapy is associated with reduced phosphocreatine recovery half-time in skeletal muscle and with improvements in fatigue, according to a ...
Health
Mar 19, 2013 |
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Enhanced brain acetate metabolism may reward heavy drinkers
In addition to its well-known effects on the CNS, alcohol consumption has a significant impact on metabolism. After consumption, the body rapidly begins converting ethanol to acetate, which can serve as an energy source for ...
Addiction
Mar 08, 2013 |
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Ability to chart the molecular progress of diabetes brings personalized medicine closer to realization
Researchers in Singapore have succeeded in tracking, for the first time, the molecular changes caused by type 2 diabetes that affect how the body handles glucose production in the liver. In a series of experiments ...
Diabetes
Dec 19, 2012 |
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Research may have important implications for combating diabetes
(Medical Xpress)—Research by University of Notre Dame biochemist Anthony S. Serianni is providing new insights that could have important implications for understanding and treating diabetes.
Diabetes
Dec 11, 2012 |
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Researchers investigate the amyloid-beta peptide behind Alzheimer's
Using solid-state nuclear magnetic resonance (NMR) spectroscopy, researchers at Luleå University of Technology in collaboration with Warwick University in the UK for the first time in the world managed to ...
Alzheimer's disease & dementia
Nov 05, 2012 |
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Advanced imaging pinpoints prostate cancer faster, more accurately
It took Wayne Wentzel 14 years, multiple tissue biopsies and travel to four hospitals across multiple states to identify the underlying source of his rising prostate specific antigen (PSA) level. He finally ...
Cancer
Oct 05, 2012 |
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Latinos more vulnerable to fatty pancreas, Type 2 diabetes, study shows
Latinos are more likely to store fat in the pancreas and are less able to compensate by excreting additional insulin, a Cedars-Sinai study shows.
Diabetes
Sep 11, 2012 |
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Intranasal insulin linked to reduced food intake
(HealthDay) -- Intranasally administered insulin is associated with higher brain energy levels and reduced calorie intake, according to a study published online May 14 in Diabetes.
Diabetes
Jun 07, 2012 |
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Treatment of childhood obstructive sleep apnea reverses brain abnormalities
Treatment of obstructive sleep apnea (OSA) in children normalizes disturbances in the neuronal network responsible for attention and executive function, according to a new study.
Sleep apnea
May 20, 2012 |
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Scientists reveal early diagnostic clues for AD using advanced brain imaging technology
Alzheimer's disease (AD) is a major neurodegenerative disorder that affects millions of people worldwide. New and accurate techniques for early diagnosis are critical. Pravat K. Mandal, PhD, and his colleagues have developed ...
Alzheimer's disease & dementia
May 02, 2012 |
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Noninvasive imaging can detect mutations within a brain tumor
Researchers at Winship Cancer Institute have developed a technique for detecting an "oncometabolite", a chemical produced by some brain tumors' warped metabolism, via non-invasive imaging.
Cancer
Mar 22, 2012 |
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A step closer to understanding, averting drug resistance
(Medical Xpress) -- The multidrug transporter EmrE functions as an asymmetric antiparallel dimer (molecule with two subunits). Drug (blue) transport from the inside to the outside of the cell membrane is accomplished ...
Medical research
Jan 31, 2012 |
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Model of enzyme's structure could spur new therapies
In many pharmaceutical company and university laboratories, scientists are looking closely at kinase complexes because the enzymes play key roles in essential cell functions. By taking unusual steps to examine a kinase complex, ...
Medical research
Nov 06, 2011 |
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