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Daily Dose Of Ginkgo May Prevent Brain Cell Damage After Stroke, Mouse Studies Suggest
Working with genetically
engineered mice, researchers
at Johns Hopkins have shown
that daily doses of a
standardized extract from
... > full story
Antioxidants Could Help Huntington’s Disease Sufferers, Study Suggests
Therapeutic strategies to
strengthen antioxidant
defenses could help to
prevent the progression of
Huntington's Disease. New
... > full story
Neuroscientist Finds Transplanted Hand-to-brain Mapping 35 Years After Loss Of Limb
Four months after a
successful hand transplant
-- 35 years after amputation
in an industrial accident at
age 19 -- a 54-year-old
... > full story
Stabilizing Force For Good Communication Between Neurons And Muscle Cells Found
A neuron sends a message, or
neurotransmitter, to a
muscle cell to tell it what
to do. To get the message,
the receiving cell must have
... > full story
- Daily Dose Of Ginkgo May Prevent Brain Cell Damage After Stroke, Mouse Studies Suggest
- Antioxidants Could Help Huntington’s Disease Sufferers, Study Suggests
- Neuroscientist Finds Transplanted Hand-to-brain Mapping 35 Years After Loss Of Limb
- Stabilizing Force For Good Communication Between Neurons And Muscle Cells Found
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Discovery May Lead To Treatment For Neurodegenerative Diseases
October 9, 2008 — Over the past several decades, many laboratories have studied the communication between nerve cells and muscle fibers that are crucial to form and maintain neuromuscular synapses. Now, researchers ... > full story -
Keeping Herpes Infection In Check: Researchers Describe Immune System Strategies
October 9, 2008 — Herpes simplex virus type I can cause bouts of cold sores, blindness and potentially lethal encephalitis when it reawakens from a quiescent state in the nerve cells it infects. To prevent these ... > full story -
Traumatic Brain Injury Common Amongst Homeless People
October 8, 2008 — Traumatic brain injury is common amongst homeless people and is associated with poorer health, found a study of more than 900 homeless men and women in ... > full story -
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Neurotransmitter Defect May Trigger Autoimmune Disease
October 8, 2008 — A potentially blinding neurological disorder, often confused with multiple sclerosis, has now become a little less mysterious. A new study may have uncovered the cause of Devic's disease. The ... > full story -
Fine Balance: Class Of Spinal Cord Neurons Makes Sure That Sides Of Body Don't Get Ahead Of One Other
October 8, 2008 — Once a toddler has mastered the art of walking, it seems to come naturally for the rest of her life. But walking and running require a high degree of coordination between the left and right sides of ... > full story -
Thinner Cortex In Cocaine Addicts May Reflect Drug Use And A Pre-existing Disposition To Drug Abuse
October 8, 2008 — New research findings suggest that structural abnormalities in the brains of cocaine addicts are related in part to drug use and in part to a predisposition toward addiction. The research maps the ... > full story -
Occasional Memory Loss Tied To Lower Brain Volume
October 7, 2008 — People who occasionally forget an appointment or a friend's name may have a loss of brain volume, even though they don't have memory deficits on regular tests of memory or dementia, according to new ... > full story -
Individuals With Social Phobia See Themselves Differently
October 7, 2008 — Magnetic resonance brain imaging reveals that patients with generalized social phobia respond differently than others to negative comments about themselves, according to a new ... > full story -
Protein Shown To Play A Key Role In Normal Development Of Nervous System
October 7, 2008 — A protein that enables nerve cells to communicate with each other plays a key role in controlling the developing nervous system. Research into how that protein helps precise connections to form among ... > full story -
Memory Improves If Neurons Are New
October 7, 2008 — The birth of new neurons (neurogenesis) does not end completely during development but continues throughout all life in two areas of the adult nervous system, i.e. subventricular zone and ... > full story
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