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Study Links PTSD to Hidden Head Injuries Suffered in Combat
June 6, 2012 — Even when brain injury is so subtle that it can only be detected by an ultra-sensitive imaging test, the injury might predispose soldiers in combat to post-traumatic stress disorder, according to a ... > full story -
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How Immune System, Inflammation May Play Role in Lou Gehrig's Disease
June 5, 2012 — In an early study, researchers found that the immune cells of patients with amyotrophic lateral sclerosis (ALS), or Lou Gehrig's disease, may play a role in damaging the neurons in the spinal cord. ... > full story -
Post-Stroke Depression Linked to Functional Brain Impairment
June 5, 2012 — Researchers studying stroke patients have found a strong association between impairments in a network of the brain involved in emotional regulation and the severity of post-stroke ... > full story -
How Does Exercise Affect Nerve Pain?
June 1, 2012 — Exercise helps to alleviate pain related to nerve damage (neuropathic pain) by reducing levels of certain inflammation-promoting factors, suggests an experimental ... > full story -
Diabetes Drug Could Be a Promising Therapy for Traumatic Brain Injury
May 29, 2012 — A researcher says that a common FDA-approved diabetes drug significantly minimizes brain damage when administered shortly after a traumatic injury suffered in an explosion or car ... > full story -
Locating Ground Zero: How the Brain's Emergency Workers Find the Disaster Area
May 24, 2012 — Scientists have discovered exactly how cells called microglia detect the site of brain injury – a finding that paves the way for new medical approaches to conditions where microglia's ability ... > full story -
Why Humans Don't Smell as Well as Other Mammals: No New Neurons in the Human Olfactory Bulb
May 24, 2012 — The human olfactory bulb – a structure in the brain that processes sensory input from the nose – differs from that of other mammals in that no new neurons are formed in this area after ... > full story -
From Stem Cell to Brain Cell: New Technique Mimics the Brain
May 24, 2012 — A new technique that converts stem cells into brain cells has just been developed. The method is simpler, quicker and safer than previous research has shown and opens the doors to a shorter route to ... > full story -
Chronic Pain Is Relieved by Cell Transplantation in Lab Study
May 23, 2012 — Chronic pain, by definition, is difficult to manage, but a new study shows how a cell therapy might one day be used not only to quell some common types of persistent and difficult-to-treat pain, but ... > full storyMore: -
Neuron-Nourishing Cells Appear to Retaliate in Alzheimer's
May 22, 2012 — When brain cells start oozing too much of the amyloid protein that is the hallmark of Alzheimer's disease, the astrocytes that normally nourish and protect them deliver a suicide package instead, ... > full story
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