News tagged with nerve fibers

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Study shows how early social isolation impairs long-term cognitive function

A growing body of research shows that children who suffer severe neglect and social isolation have cognitive and social impairments as adults. A study from Boston Children's Hospital shows, for the first time, how these functional ...

Neuroscience created Sep 13, 2012 | popularity 5 / 5 (1) | comments 2 | with audio podcast

Study: Hearing impaired ears hear differently in noisy environments

(Medical Xpress)—The world continues to be a noisy place, and Purdue University researchers have found that all that background chatter causes the ears of those with hearing impairments to work differently.

Neuroscience created Sep 11, 2012 | popularity 5 / 5 (1) | comments 0 | with audio podcast

Honey a sweet treatment for kids' night-time cough

(HealthDay) -- Instead of reaching for a commercial medicine when your child is coughing through the night because of a common cold, Israeli researchers suggest giving honey a try.

Pediatrics created Aug 06, 2012 | popularity 4.5 / 5 (2) | comments 0 | with audio podcast

Oligodendroglia cells protect neurons against neurodegeneration

(Medical Xpress) -- Johns Hopkins researchers say they have discovered that the central nervous system's oligodendroglia cells, long believed to simply insulate nerves as they "fire" signals, are unexpectedly also vital to ...

Neuroscience created Jul 11, 2012 | popularity 3.3 / 5 (3) | comments 0 | with audio podcast

Correlates of diabetic foot complications identified

(HealthDay) -- For patients with diabetes, increased poly(ADP-ribose) (PAR) immunoreactivity, reduced abundance of type 1 procollagen, and impaired skin structure correlate with foot complications, according ...

Diabetes created Jul 08, 2012 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

Mayo Clinic uses new approach to reverse multiple sclerosis in mice models

Mayo Clinic researchers have successfully used smaller, folded DNA molecules to stimulate regeneration and repair of nerve coatings in mice that mimic multiple sclerosis (MS). They say the finding, published today in the ...

Medical research created Jun 28, 2012 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0 | with audio podcast

Study shows omega-3 fatty acid, curry spice repair tissue damage, preserve walking in rats with spinal-cord injury

UCLA researchers discovered that a diet enriched with a popular omega-3 fatty acid and an ingredient of curry spice preserved walking ability in rats with spinal-cord injury. Published June 26 in the Journal of Neurosurgery: Sp ...

Neuroscience created Jun 26, 2012 | popularity 5 / 5 (4) | comments 1 | with audio podcast

Nerve growth factors elevated in pancreatic cancer model

Severe pain is a major symptom of pancreatic cancer. The results of a new study show that four different factors involved in the growth and maintenance of nerves are elevated in a mouse model of pancreatic cancer. This is ...

Cancer created Jun 19, 2012 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

Research shows mice brains are 'very wired up' at birth, suggests experience selects which connections to keep

Ask the average person the street how the brain develops, and they'll likely tell you that the brain's wiring is built as newborns first begin to experience the world. With more experience, those connections are strengthened, ...

Neuroscience created Jun 06, 2012 | popularity 5 / 5 (6) | comments 2 | with audio podcast

Ear delivers sound information to brain in surprisingly organized fashion: study

The brain receives information from the ear in a surprisingly orderly fashion, according to a University at Buffalo study scheduled to appear June 6 in the Journal of Neuroscience.

Neuroscience created Jun 05, 2012 | popularity 4.8 / 5 (8) | comments 1 | with audio podcast

Biologists identify a key enzyme involved in protecting nerves from degeneration

- A new animal model of nerve injury has brought to light a critical role of an enzyme called Nmnat in nerve fiber maintenance and neuroprotection. Understanding biological pathways involved in maintaining healthy nerves ...

Medical research created Mar 30, 2012 | popularity 5 / 5 (2) | comments 0 | with audio podcast

Computer model of spread of dementia can predict future disease patterns years before they occur

Researchers at Weill Cornell Medical College have developed a computer program that has tracked the manner in which different forms of dementia spread within a human brain. They say their mathematic model can be used to predict ...

Neuroscience created Mar 21, 2012 | popularity 5 / 5 (1) | comments 0 | with audio podcast

Experimental pill may ease multiple sclerosis disability

(HealthDay) -- Yet another orally taken medication shows some promise in preventing relapse and disability for people with relapsing-remitting multiple sclerosis, a new report suggests.

Diseases, Conditions, Syndromes created Mar 14, 2012 | popularity 5 / 5 (2) | comments 0 | with audio podcast

Finding unseen damage of traumatic brain injury

The soldier on the fringes of an explosion. The survivor of a car wreck. The football player who took yet another skull-rattling hit. Too often, only time can tell when a traumatic brain injury will leave ...

Neuroscience created Mar 02, 2012 | popularity 5 / 5 (5) | comments 3

Prediabetes may not explain diabetic polyneuropathies

In a reversal of two decades of medical reports, a Mayo Clinic study finds the frequency of nerve damage called diabetic polyneuropathy is similar in prediabetic patients and healthy people. Physicians should seek explanations ...

Diabetes created Feb 22, 2012 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0