Archive: 03/12/2015

Beneficial effects of interventions to raise intelligence in young children fade over time

The winner of a decades-old debate about what scientists call the fadeout effect—one of the most persistent research mysteries in intelligence and psychological development—may finally have been decided.

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Prenatal maternal iron intake shown to affect the neonatal brain

In the first study of its kind, researchers have shown that inadequate maternal iron intake during pregnancy exerts subtle effects on infant brain development. Their findings have been published online by the journal Pediatric ...

Dec 3, 2015

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Study explores spinal cord stimulation to treat paralysis

A Vanderbilt neurosurgeon is looking to recruit patients with paraplegia to investigate whether intraspinal microstimulation technology can restore complex body movements.

Dec 3, 2015

Micro-map of hippocampus lends big hand to brain research

A new detailed map of the hippocampal region of the brain, compiled by researchers at the Montreal Neurological Institute and Hospital-The Neuro at McGill University, is helping the scientific community accelerate research ...

Dec 3, 2015

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Brain receptors for hunger hormone control food intake, study shows

Activating receptors in the brain for the body's hunger hormone increases food-related behaviors, such as gathering, storing and consuming food, a finding that has implications for the treatment of obesity, according to researchers ...

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Neoadjuvant use of pertuzumab in HER2-positive breast cancer: Hint of lesser benefit

Pertuzumab (trade name: Perjeta) is approved for two therapeutic indications. Its use in combination with trastuzumab and docetaxel in adult patients with HER2-positive metastatic or locally recurrent unresectable breast ...

Dec 3, 2015

Overcoming immune exhaustion from chronic HIV infection

Chronic HIV infection results in exhaustion of the immune system, a phenomenon characterized by dysfunctional HIV-specific killer T cells. The exhausted T cells display inhibitory proteins on their surface, and scientists ...

Dec 3, 2015

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Increasing and accurately measuring rabies vaccination coverage in Tanzania

Canine mediated rabies is endemic in Tanzania despite the fact that the disease can be prevented entirely by mass dog vaccination. Since 2003 the Serengeti Health Initiative has been carrying out rabies vaccination campaigns ...

Dec 3, 2015