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Natural Alzheimer's Weapon Suggests Better Treatment
June 20, 2011 — Scientists have shown a molecular chaperone is working like a waste management company to collect and detoxify high levels of toxic amyloid beta peptide found in Alzheimer's disease. It was known ... > full story -
Fear Boosts Activation of Immature Brain Cells: Adult Neural Stem Cells Play Role in Creating Emotional Context of Memory
June 14, 2011 — Scientists have long known that fear and highly emotional experiences lead to incredibly strong memories. A new study describes one way by which emotions can affect memory: The brain's emotional ... > full story -
Sniffing out a New Source of Stem Cells
June 13, 2011 — New research in mice suggests that adult stem cells from immune system tissue in the smell-sensing region of the human nose (human olfactory ecto--mesenchymal stem cells [OE-MSCs]) could provide a ... > full story -
Eating a High-Fat Diet May Rapidly Injure Brain Cells That Control Body Weight
June 8, 2011 — Obesity among people who eat a high-fat diet may involve injury to neurons, or nerve cells, in a key part of the brain that controls body weight, according to the authors of a new animal ... > full story -
People Who Have Had Head Injuries Report More Violent Behavior
June 2, 2011 — Young people who have sustained a head injury during their lifetime are more likely to engage in violent behavior, according to an eight-year ... > full story -
Iron Key to Brain Tumor Drug Delivery
June 2, 2011 — Brain cancer therapy may be more effective if the expression of an iron-storing protein is decreased to enhance the action of therapeutic drugs on brain cancer cells, according to new ... > full story -
Blast-Related Injuries Detected in the Brains of US Military Personnel
June 1, 2011 — An advanced imaging technique has revealed that some US military personnel with mild blast-related traumatic brain injuries have abnormalities in the brain that have not been seen with other types of ... > full story -
Scientists Crack the Spiders' Web Code
May 31, 2011 — Decorative white silk crosses are an ingenious tactic used by orb-weaving spiders to protect their webs from damage, a new study has ... > full story -
Changes in Brain Circuitry Play Role in Moral Sensitivity as People Grow Up
May 27, 2011 — Moral responses to similar situations change as people age, says a study that combined brain scanning, eye-tracking and behavioral measures to understand how the brain responds to morally laden ... > full story -
New Procedure to Make Brain Surgery Safer
May 27, 2011 — To increase patient safety in clinical practice and minimize risks and damage that may arise during surgery, computer support and digital medical imaging are key technologies. Before brain ... > full story
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