Brain Injury News

Posted April 26, 2008:

• New 3-D Ultrasound Could Improve Stroke Diagnosis, Care

Posted April 25, 2008:

• Major Step Forward In Understanding How Memory Works

Posted April 23, 2008:

• Improving Quality Of Life For Brain Tumor Patients

Posted April 22, 2008:

• Chemotherapy Causes Delayed Severe Neural Damage, Study Shows

Posted April 19, 2008:

• One In Five Iraq And Afghanistan Veterans Suffer From PTSD Or Major Depression

Posted April 17, 2008:

• How Big Is Your Brain? Its Size May Protect You From Memory Loss

Posted April 12, 2008:

• Methamphetamine Use In Pregnancy Damages Learning Ability Of Offspring, Study Suggests

Posted April 11, 2008:

• Closing In On Origins Of Main Ingredient Of Alzheimer's Plaques

Posted April 10, 2008:

• Brain Tissue Could Be Regenerated After Stroke By Inserting Microscaffolding And Stem Cells, Animal Study Suggests
• Methamphetamine Addiction Mechanism Discovered, Explains Why Cravings Last So Long

Posted April 9, 2008:

• Identification Of Dopamine 'Mother Cells' Could Lead To Future Parkinson's Treatments
• One Third Of Risk For Dementia Attributable To Small Vessel Disease, Autopsy Study Shows
• Mitochondria Play Role In Pathogenesis Of Alzheimer's And Estrogen-induced Neuroprotection
• A Novel Approach To Protein Variation In Synapses

Posted April 7, 2008:

• Damaged Brain Can Be Repaired And Cerebral Functions Restored, Neuronal Study Suggests

Posted April 5, 2008:

• Alzheimer's Vaccine Clears Plaque But Has Little Effect On Learning And Memory Impairment

Posted April 4, 2008:

• Promising New Nanotechnology For Spinal Cord Injury
• Unlocking Mysteries Of Brain Cancer, Stroke

Posted April 3, 2008:

• Cup Of Coffee A Day Could Help Protect Against Alzheimer's Disease, Study Suggests

Posted April 1, 2008:

• MRI Images Of Genes In Action In The Living Brain Captured For First Time
• Controlling Your Appetite Requires PI3K Signaling

Posted March 31, 2008:

• Neurons Hard Wired To Tell Left From Right

Posted March 30, 2008:

• How Color Vision Is Processed: Fly Brain Circuitry Mapped

Posted March 28, 2008:

• Key Culprit In Stroke Brain Cell Damage Identified

Posted March 27, 2008:

• Epilepsy Marked By Neural 'Hub' Network
• New Brain Cells Implicated In Machinery Of Cannabinoid Signaling

Posted March 20, 2008:

• Keeping The Brain Sharp: Stopping A Receptor Called 'Nogo' Boosts Synapses In Brain

Posted March 19, 2008:

• Does Stress Damage The Brain?

Posted March 18, 2008:

• New Aspirin-like Substances May Provide Safer Way To Fight Heart Disease

Posted March 17, 2008:

• Second Depth-perception Method Discovered In Brain
• Populations Of Brain Cells Adapt To Changing Images

Posted March 16, 2008:

• Paradoxical Alzheimer's Finding May Shed New Light On Memory Loss
• Post Brain Injury: New Nerve Cells Originate From Neural Stem Cells
• Study Raises Caution On New Painkillers

Posted March 14, 2008:

• Pain Receptor In Brain May Be Linked To Learning And Memory

Posted March 13, 2008:

• Short-term Stress Can Affect Learning And Memory

Posted March 11, 2008:

• Virtual Reality And Computer Technology Improve Stroke Rehabilitation

Posted March 10, 2008:

• Smoking And High Blood Pressure: Double Blow For Bleeding Stroke Risk

Posted March 7, 2008:

• Neural Progenitor Cells As Reservoirs For HIV In The Brain

Posted March 4, 2008:

• Head Injuries Result In Widespread Brain Tissue Loss One Year Later

Posted March 3, 2008:

• Two-protein Complex Protects Nerve Cells

Posted February 29, 2008:

• Neurons Use Chemical 'Chords' To Shape Signaling
• Building Brains: Mammalian-like Neurogenesis In Fruit Flies

Posted February 27, 2008:

• Autism's Origins: Mother's Antibody Production May Affect Fetal Brain
• Nano Scaffold Developed To Rebuild Nerve Damage

Posted February 26, 2008:

• Early Blood Pressure Reduction May Improve Stroke Outcomes, Study Suggests

Posted February 25, 2008:

• Computers Could Be Used To Diagnose Alzheimer's Disease

Posted February 22, 2008:

• Tumor-killing Virus Selectively Targets Diseased Brain Cells

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