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A Possible Cause of Parkinson's Disease Discovered
February 1, 2011 — When a person has Parkinson's disease, the dopamine-producing nerve cells in the brain die. Scientists have discovered that this group of nerve cells of patients with Parkinson's contains defective ... > full story -
The Changing Roles of Two Hemispheres in Stroke Recovery
January 31, 2011 — Most people who survive a stroke recover some degree of their motor, sensory and cognitive functions over the following months and years. This recovery is commonly believed to reflect a ... > full story -
Snakes and Spiders: Revealing the Wiring That Allows Us to Adapt to the Unexpected
January 31, 2011 — Wouldn't life be easy if everything happened as we anticipated? In reality, our brains are able to adapt to the unexpected using an inbuilt network that makes predictions about the world and monitors ... > full story -
Mini-Strokes Leave 'Hidden' Brain Damage
January 28, 2011 — A transient ischemic attack is sometimes known as a mini-stroke. New research shows these attacks may not be transient at all. They in fact create lasting damage to the ... > full story -
Retired NFL Players Misuse Painkillers More Than General Population, Study Finds
January 28, 2011 — Retired NFL players use painkillers at four times the rate of the general population, according to a new study. The researchers say the brutal collisions and bone-jarring injuries associated with ... > full story -
New Era of Advances in Brain Research: As Recording Technology Rapidly Improves, Neurons Give Up Their Secrets Cell by Cell
January 26, 2011 — Thanks to improvements in technology and data analysis, our understanding of the functional principles that guide the development and operation of the brain could improve drastically in the next few ... > full story -
Small Bowel Blood Flow in Healthy Subjects Receiving Low-Dose Aspirin
January 25, 2011 — A research team from Japan investigated the relationship between low-dose aspirin-induced small bowel mucosal damage and blood flow, and the effect of rebamipide. They found that short-term ... > full story -
A Psychopath Lacks Empathy Just Like a Person With Frontal Head Injury, Study Suggests
January 25, 2011 — People diagnosed as psychopathic have difficulty showing empathy, just like patients who have suffered frontal head ... > full story -
Culprit Found for Increased Stroke Injury With Diabetes
January 23, 2011 — Strokes that involve intracerebral hemorrhage (bleeding in the brain) are especially deadly, and there are no effective treatments to control such bleeding. Moreover, diabetes and hyperglycemia (high ... > full story -
A Novel Function of Anti-Diuretic Hormone Vasopressin in the Brain
January 20, 2011 — The anti-diuretic hormone "vasopressin" is released from the brain, and known to work in the kidney, suppressing the diuresis. Now, researchers have clarified that the novel function of "vasopressin" ... > full story
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