Neuroscience
Multiple sclerosis patients could benefit from brain boost
Multiple sclerosis patients could one day benefit from treatments that boost their brain function, a study suggests.
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Enhancing mechanism of capsaicin-evoked pain sensation
Drs. Takayama and Tominaga in National Institute for Physiological Sciences (NIPS) (Okazaki Institute for Integrative Bioscience) clarified that an interaction between capsaicin receptor TRPV1 and chloride channel anoctamin ...
Apr 6, 2015
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Scientists get one step closer to finding how to repair damaged nerve cells
A team of researchers at the IRCM led by Frédéric Charron, PhD, in collaboration with bioengineers at McGill University, uncovered a new kind of synergy in the development of the nervous system, which explains an important ...
Mar 31, 2015
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Cancer drug promotes regeneration of damaged neurons
Damage to the spinal cord rarely heals because the injured nerve cells fail to regenerate. The regrowth of their long nerve fibers is hindered by scar tissue and molecular processes inside the nerves. An international team ...
Mar 12, 2015
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New drug target for multiple sclerosis discovered
Scientists at the Centre for Addiction and Mental Health (CAMH) have discovered a promising new approach to treat multiple sclerosis (MS). In a new study, they've identified a previously unknown change in the spinal cord ...
Feb 17, 2015
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Study on dopamine neurons could instruct research into mobility and neurological disorders
Scientists studying hatchling fish have made a new advance in studying a chemical in the brain that impacts on movement.
Jan 29, 2015
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Toxin from tobacco smoke could increase pain in spinal cord injury
A neurotoxin called acrolein found in tobacco smoke that is thought to increase pain in people with spinal cord injury has now been shown to accumulate in mice exposed to the equivalent of 12 cigarettes daily over a short ...
Dec 3, 2014
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Blows to head damage brain's 'garbage truck,' accelerate dementia
A new study out today in the Journal of Neuroscience shows that traumatic brain injury can disrupt the function of the brain's waste removal system. When this occurs, toxic proteins may accumulate in the brain, setting the ...
Dec 2, 2014
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Researchers identify chemical compound that decreases effects of multiple sclerosis
Multiple sclerosis (MS), an autoimmune disease of the brain and spinal cord, affects about 2.3 million people worldwide (400,000 in the United States). Affecting more women than men, it can be seen at any age, although it ...
Dec 1, 2014
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Laboratory breakthrough offers promise for spinal cord injury patients to breathe on their own again
Case Western Reserve researchers have developed a procedure that restores function to muscles involved in the control of breathing – even when they have been paralyzed for more than a year. The breakthrough offers hope ...
Nov 18, 2014
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