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Gene Find Sheds Light On Motor Neuron Diseases Like ALS
October 27, 2008 — Scientists have identified a gene in mice that plays a central role in the proper development of one of the nerve cells that goes bad in amyotrophic lateral sclerosis, or Lou Gehrig's disease, and ... > full story -
Memory Function Varies After Damage To Key Area Of The Brain
October 27, 2008 — Scientists have discovered dramatic differences in the memory performance of patients with damage to the hippocampus, an area of the human brain key to ... > full story -
Building The Blood-brain Barrier
October 27, 2008 — Construction of the brain's border fence is supervised by Wnt/b-catenin ... > full story -
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New Hope For Multiple Sclerosis Sufferers
October 24, 2008 — A drug which was initially designed to treat a form of leukemia has also proven effective against combating the debilitating neurological disease multiple ... > full story -
Memories Selectively, Safely Erased In Mice
October 23, 2008 — Targeted memory erasure is no longer limited to the realm of science fiction. A new study describes a method through which a selected set of memories can be rapidly and specifically erased from the ... > full story -
Education Protects Against Pre-Alzheimer's Memory Loss
October 22, 2008 — People with more education and more mentally demanding occupations may have protection against the memory loss that precedes Alzheimer's disease, according to a study in ... > full story -
Viruses And 'Young Cuckoos' Lead The Way In The Brain
October 18, 2008 — Harmless viruses and genetic 'young cuckoos' are going to reveal the answers as to how the brain establishes where we are. The understanding of our sense of locality will be the first higher brain ... > full story -
Neuroscientist Finds Transplanted Hand-to-brain Mapping 35 Years After Loss Of Limb
October 17, 2008 — Four months after a successful hand transplant -- 35 years after amputation in an industrial accident at age 19 -- a 54-year-old man's emerging sense of touch is registered in the former "hand area" ... > full story -
New Look At Mini-strokes
October 17, 2008 — Like a burning fire, the brain is in constant need of oxygen, and when a blood vessel is blocked during a stroke, part of the brain becomes starved of oxygen and nutrients. When this happens, neurons ... > full story -
Blindsight: How Brain Sees What You Do Not See
October 16, 2008 — Blindsight is a phenomenon in which patients with damage in the primary visual cortex of the brain can tell where an object is although they claim they cannot see it. Scientists now provide ... > full story -
Movement Restored To Paralyzed Limbs In Monkeys Through Artificial Brain-muscle Connections
October 16, 2008 — Researchers have demonstrated for the first time that a direct artificial connection from the brain to muscles can restore voluntary movement in monkeys whose arms have been temporarily ... > full story -
Drinking Alcohol Associated With Smaller Brain Volume
October 14, 2008 — The more alcohol an individual drinks, the smaller his or her total brain volume. Brain volume decreases with age at an estimated rate of 1.9 percent per decade, accompanied by an increase in white ... > full story
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