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New Hope for Reversing the Effects of Spinal Cord Injury
March 12, 2013 — New hope for reversing the effects of spinal cord injury may be found in a combination of stem cell therapy and physical therapy according to new ... > full story -
Brain Spikes: Synchrony May Be Key to Cracking Brain's Neural Code
March 12, 2013 — Biomedical engineers have detailed research progress toward “reading and writing the neural code.” The neural code details how the brain’s roughly 100 billion neurons turn raw ... > full story -
Drug Shows Potential to Delay Onset or Progression of Alzheimer's Disease
March 11, 2013 — An anti-atherosclerosis drug greatly reduced blood-brain barrier (BBB) leaks in animal models with diabetes and hypercholesterolemia and linked BBB permeability with amyloid peptide deposits at the ... > full story -
Mutated Gene Causes Nerve Cell Death
March 10, 2013 — The British astrophysicist Stephen Hawking is likely to be the world's most famous person living with amyotrophic lateral sclerosis (ALS), also known as Lou Gehrig's disease. ALS is a progressive ... > full story -
Scientists Identify Buphenyl as a Possible Drug for Alzheimer's Disease
March 8, 2013 — Studies in mice with Alzheimer’s disease (AD) have shown that sodium phenylbutyrate, known as Buphenyl, successfully increases factors for neuronal growth and protects learning and memory, ... > full story -
Star-Shaped Glial Cells Act as the Brain's 'Motherboard'
March 7, 2013 — Researchers have found that the star-shape glial cells that act as the brain's "motherboard" also connect different neuronal circuits in various regions of the brain. The research introduces a new ... > full story -
When Food Is Scarce, a Smaller Brain Will Do
March 7, 2013 — A new study explains how young brains are protected when nutrition is poor. The findings reveal a coping strategy for producing a fully functional, if smaller, brain. The discovery, which was made in ... > full story -
Even Mild Traumatic Brain Injuries Can Kill Brain Tissue
March 7, 2013 — Scientists have watched a mild traumatic brain injury play out in the living brain, prompting swelling that reduces blood flow and connections between neurons to ... > full story -
Some Brain Cells Are Better Virus Fighters
March 7, 2013 — Natural immune defenses that resist viral infection are turned on in some brain cells but switched off in others, scientists have ... > full story -
Short Bouts of Exercise Boost Self Control
March 6, 2013 — Short bouts of moderately intense exercise seem to boost self control, indicates an analysis of the published ... > full story
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