
Major Step Forward In Understanding How Memory Works
By blocking certain
mechanisms that control the
way that nerve cells in the
brain communicate,
scientists have been able to
prevent visual recognition
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How Big Is Your Brain? Its Size May Protect You From Memory Loss
From autopsies, researchers
have long known that some
people die with sharp minds
and perfect memories, but
their brains riddled with
the plaques and tangles of
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Identification Of Dopamine 'Mother Cells' Could Lead To Future Parkinson's Treatments
"Mother cells" which produce
the neurons affected by
Parkinson's disease have
been identified by
scientists. The new
... > full story

Damaged Brain Can Be Repaired And Cerebral Functions Restored, Neuronal Study Suggests
Scientists have shown that
it is possible to repair an
injured brain by creating a
small number of new,
specifically-targeted
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New Target For Alzheimer's Disease Identified
May 8, 2008 In a new study, published in the Journal of Neuroscience, researchers have determined in mouse models that modulating the activity of enkephalin peptides in the brain might reduce the cognitive ... > full story -
Pill Ingredient Could Prevent Brain Damage After Head Injury
May 2, 2008 A common component of the contraceptive pill could improve the neurologic outcome for patients with severe head injuries, according to a new study. Traumatic brain injury (TBI), such as that caused ... > full story -
Diabetes Link To Alzheimer's Disease Explained
May 2, 2008 Diabetic individuals have a significantly higher risk of developing Alzheimer's disease but the molecular connection between the two remains unexplained. Now, researchers have identified the probable ... > full story -
Chemotherapy Causes Delayed Severe Neural Damage, Study Shows
April 22, 2008 Cancer treatment with chemotherapeutic agents is often associated with delayed adverse neurological consequences -- an occurrence often referred to as "chemobrain" -- that may compromise the quality ... > full story -
One In Five Iraq And Afghanistan Veterans Suffer From PTSD Or Major Depression
April 19, 2008 Nearly 20 percent of military service members who have returned from Iraq and Afghanistan -- 300,000 in all -- report symptoms of post traumatic stress disorder or major depression, yet only slight ... > full story -
Methamphetamine Use In Pregnancy Damages Learning Ability Of Offspring, Study Suggests
April 12, 2008 Using a guinea pig model that can assess neural changes in offspring born to mothers given methamphetamine during an otherwise normal pregnancy, researchers provide new evidence for the cognitive ... > full story -
Closing In On Origins Of Main Ingredient Of Alzheimer's Plaques
April 11, 2008 The ability of brain cells to communicate and to take in substances from their surface is essential to the production of a key ingredient in Alzheimer's brain plaques, neuroscientists have ... > full story -
Brain Tissue Could Be Regenerated After Stroke By Inserting Microscaffolding And Stem Cells, Animal Study Suggests
April 10, 2008 Inserting tiny scaffolding into the brain could dramatically reduce damage caused by strokes, according to new research. Scientists from the Institute of Psychiatry have found that combining scaffold ... > full story -
Methamphetamine Addiction Mechanism Discovered, Explains Why Cravings Last So Long
April 10, 2008 Repeatedly stimulating the mouse brain with methamphetamine depresses important areas of the brain, and those changes can only be undone by reintroducing the drug, according to new research. It ... > full story -
One Third Of Risk For Dementia Attributable To Small Vessel Disease, Autopsy Study Shows
April 9, 2008 Alzheimer's disease may be what most people fear as they grow older, but autopsy data from a long-range study of 3,400 men and women in the Seattle region found that the brains of a third of those ... > full story
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