Diabetes
Relief for diabetics with painful condition
Walking barefoot on sand "felt like walking on glass" for Keith Wenckowski, who has lived with type-one diabetes for more than two decades.
Mar 5, 2015
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Page 5 - News tagged with nerve growth factor
Parkinson's & Movement disorders
New growth factor indicates possible regenerative effects in Parkinson's disease
Researchers have long sought treatments that can slow the progression of Parkinson's disease. Current treatments have for decades been only symptomatic in nature, supplying the neurotransmitter dopamine, which the dying nerve ...
Feb 18, 2015
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Alzheimer's disease & dementia
Promising results for new Alzheimer therapy
Scientists at Karolinska Institutet have evaluated a new Alzheimer's therapy in which the patients receive an implant that stimulates the growth of a certain type of nerve cell. The results, which are published in the scientific ...
Feb 13, 2015
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Neuroscience
How rabies "hijacks" neurons to attack the brain
Rabies causes acute inflammation of the brain, producing psychosis and violent aggression. The virus, which paralyzes the body's internal organs, is always deadly for those unable to obtain vaccines in time. Some 55,000 people ...
Oct 6, 2014
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Medical research
From bite site to brain: How rabies virus hijacks and speeds up transport in nerve cells
Rabies (and rabies virus, its causative agent) is usually transmitted through the bite of an infected animal into muscle tissue of the new host. From there, the virus travels all the way to the brain where it multiplies and ...
Aug 28, 2014
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Medical research
Boosting neural pathway from gut to brain could play part in weight control
A Purdue University study found an increase in sensory nerve fibers that send signals from the gut to the brain reduces the time spent eating a meal, which could help regulate body weight.
Jul 31, 2014
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Psychology & Psychiatry
Stress tied to change in children's gene expression related to emotion regulation, physical health
Children who have been abused or neglected early in life are at risk for developing both emotional and physical health problems. In a new study, scientists have found that maltreatment affects the way genes are activated, ...
Jul 24, 2014
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Neuroscience
Researchers develop a protein to protect and restore nerve cell communications
(Medical Xpress)—A structure called "the microtubule network" is a crucial part of our nervous system. It acts as a transportation system within nerve cells, carrying essential proteins and enabling cell-to-cell communications. ...
Jun 13, 2013
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Health
Medical myth: Stress can turn hair grey overnight
The belief that nervous shock can cause you to go grey overnight (medically termed canities subita) is one of those tales which could nearly be true. There are certainly cases in medical literature of rapid greying over quite ...
Feb 27, 2013
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Health
Tai Chi increases brain size, benefits cognition in randomized controlled trial of Chinese elderly
Scientists from the University of South Florida and Fudan University in Shanghai found increases in brain volume and improvements on tests of memory and thinking in Chinese seniors who practiced Tai Chi three times a week, ...
Jun 19, 2012
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