Archive: 03/05/2017

Daily stress can trigger uptick in illegal drug use for those on parole, probation

A recent study finds that even small, day-to-day stressors can cause an increase in illegal drug use among people on probation or parole who have a history of substance use. The study could inform future treatment efforts ...

May 3, 2017

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The IASLC Atlas of PD-L1 Immunohistochemistry (IHC) Testing in Lung Cancer released

Media Contact: Becky Bunn, MSc Public Relations ManagerBecky.Bunn@IASLC.org | 720-325-2946

May 3, 2017

New technologies show brain tumor firmness, adhesion before surgery

It's not often that a fall saves someone's life. Helen Powell, 74, says that was the case for her. A computerized tomography scan that followed her fall revealed a cancerous brain tumor that led her to Mayo Clinic and surgery ...

May 3, 2017

You're not too old to learn that: New theory suggests that adults can combat cognitive aging by learning like an infant

One day, our brains will not work the way they used to, we won't be as "sharp" as we once were, we won't be able to remember things as easily.

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Stopping the brain's memory circuits from overheating

The highly interconnected zones of the brain's hippocampus mediate spatial and episodic memory, but to keep memories organized they need the right balance of exciting and calming input. A part of the hippocampus called CA2 ...

May 3, 2017

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Detailed images reveal interactions that affect signaling in the brain

Scientists at Columbia University have obtained the first detailed images of interactions between the AMPA receptor and molecules that regulate chemical signaling in the brain. Their findings may help understand the processes ...

May 3, 2017

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How neurons and glia cells are created in the developing brain

Neurons and glia are the cells that make up our brain. In the cortex, the brain area that enables us to think, speak and be conscious, neurons and most glia are produced by a type of neural stem cell, called radial glia progenitors ...

May 3, 2017

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First clear-cut risk genes for Tourette disorder revealed

Tourette disorder (also known as Tourette syndrome) afflicts as many as one person in a hundred worldwide with potentially disabling symptoms including involuntary motor and vocal tics. However, researchers have so far failed ...

May 3, 2017

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Study suggests genetic reason for impaired skilled movements

Scientists report in Neuron the lost function of two genes prevents infant laboratory mice from developing motor skills as they mature into adults. Researchers also suggest in their study that people with certain motor development ...

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Got hives? Hold the steroids

Despite standard use for the itching associated with urticaria (commonly known as hives), prednisone (a steroid) offered no additional relief to emergency patients suffering from hives than a placebo did, according to a randomized, ...

May 3, 2017

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