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Exercise rate related to improvements in Parkinson's disease

People with Parkinson's disease benefit from exercise programs on stationary bicycles, with the greatest effect for those who pedal faster, according to a study presented today at the annual meeting of the Radiological Society ...

Parkinson's & Movement disorders created Nov 26, 2012 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

A step forward in regenerating and repairing damaged nerve cells

A team of IRCM researchers, led by Dr. Frédéric Charron, recently uncovered a nerve cell's internal clock, used during embryonic development. The discovery was made in collaboration with Dr. Alyson Fournier's laboratory ...

Neuroscience created Nov 21, 2012 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

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 created Nov 21, 2012 | popularity 5 / 5 (5) | comments 0 | with audio podcast

Scientists identify inhibitor of myelin formation in the central nervous system

Scientists at the Mainz University Medical Center have discovered another molecule that plays an important role in regulating myelin formation in the central nervous system. Myelin promotes the conduction of nerve cell impulses ...

Medical research created Nov 20, 2012 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

Into the magnetic resonance scanner with a cuddly toy

For the first time, Bochum clinicians have been able to show on the basis of a large sample, that it is possible to examine children's heads in the MRI scanner without general anaesthesia or other medical sedation. In many ...

Other created Nov 16, 2012 | popularity 5 / 5 (1) | comments 0

Chronic fatigue syndrome—a system under stress

Australian researchers have discovered for the first time that reduced heart rate variability – or changes in heart beat timing – best predicts cognitive disturbances, such as concentration difficulties commonly reported ...

Diseases, Conditions, Syndromes created Nov 15, 2012 | popularity 4.3 / 5 (10) | comments 0 | with audio podcast

A new way of looking at Prader-Willi Syndrome

An Australian study reveals that people with the rare genetic disorder known as Prader-Willi Syndrome may have an impaired autonomic nervous system. This discovery opens up a new way of looking at the insatiable appetite ...

Diseases, Conditions, Syndromes created Nov 15, 2012 | popularity 5 / 5 (2) | comments 0

Community treatment of psych patients tied to less mortality

(HealthDay)—For patients with psychiatric disorders, community treatment orders correlate with a reduction in mortality, according to research published online Nov. 12 in CMAJ, the journal of the Canadi ...

Psychology & Psychiatry created Nov 13, 2012 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

Early clinical observations in the fungal meningitis outbreak

A new article being published early online in Annals of Internal Medicine describes the diagnosis and treatment protocol established in a Roanoke, Va. hospital to care for dozens of patients presenting with suspected fungal ...

Diseases, Conditions, Syndromes created Nov 12, 2012 | popularity 5 / 5 (1) | comments 0

Caffeine improves recognition of positive words

Caffeine perks up most coffee-lovers, but a new study shows a small dose of caffeine also increases their speed and accuracy for recognizing words with positive connotation. The research published November 7 in the open access ...

Neuroscience created Nov 07, 2012 | popularity 5 / 5 (3) | comments 0 | with audio podcast

Researchers create 'endless supply' of myelin-forming cells

(Medical Xpress)—In a new study appearing this month in the Journal of Neuroscience, researchers have unlocked the complex cellular mechanics that instruct specific brain cells to continue to divide. This d ...

Neuroscience created Nov 01, 2012 | popularity 4.6 / 5 (7) | comments 0 | with audio podcast

ADHD drugs do not raise risk of serious heart conditions in children, study shows

(Medical Xpress)—Children taking central nervous system stimulants such as Adderall and Ritalin do not face an increased risk of serious heart conditions during treatment, according to a new University of Florida study ...

Attention deficit disorders created Nov 01, 2012 | popularity 4 / 5 (1) | comments 0 | with audio podcast

Researchers at the doorstep of stem cell therapies for MS, other myelin disorders

When the era of regenerative medicine dawned more than three decades ago, the potential to replenish populations of cells destroyed by disease was seen by many as the next medical revolution. However, what followed turned ...

Alzheimer's disease & dementia created Oct 25, 2012 | popularity 5 / 5 (8) | comments 1 | with audio podcast

The screening of thousands of fluorescent molecules has revealed a specific label for neural stem cells

Neural stem cells are the precursors of cells in the nervous system. As well as being crucial for early development, they are present throughout life, contributing to flexibility and repair of the nervous ...

Medical research created Oct 24, 2012 | popularity 5 / 5 (1) | comments 0 | with audio podcast

Intermediate glucose control may be better than tight in neurocritical care patients

A new study in BioMed Central's open access journal Critical Care suggests that intensive glycemic control does not reduce mortality in neurocritical care patients and could, in fact, lead to more neurological damage. Compli ...

Other created Oct 21, 2012 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0