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Even Without Dementia, Mental Skills Decline Years Before Death
A new study shows that older
people's mental skills start
declining years before
death, even if they don't
have dementia. ... > full story
Antidepressants Need New Nerve Cells To Be Effective, Researchers Find
Researchers have discovered
in mice that the brain must
create new nerve cells for
either exercise or
antidepressants to reduce
... > full story
Cocaine-induced Brain Plasticity May Protect The Addicted Brain: Findings May Lead To New Drug-abuse Treatments
Increased connections among
brain cells caused by
excessive drug use may
represent the body's defense
mechanism to combat
... > full story
Cells In Eye Could Help Control Sleep
A set of nerve cells in the
eye control our levels of
sleepiness according to the
brightness of our
surroundings, Oxford
University researchers have
discovered. The cells
... > full story
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Pregnancy Situations Have Impact On Brain Development In Pre-term Infants
August 29, 2008 — Brain development in infants who are born very prematurely is still incomplete. Factors that cause premature birth may have an impact on the development of the premature infant's brain both during ... > full story -
New Evidence On Addiction To Medicines: Diazepam Has Effect On Nerve Cells In The Brain Reward System
August 29, 2008 — Addictions to medicines and drugs are thought to develop over a relatively long period of time. The process involves both structural and functional changes in brain nerve cells that are still poorly ... > full story -
Researchers To Survey Students On Managing Psychiatric Medications In The Transition From Home To College
August 29, 2008 — An increasing number of students are packing more than their computers and iPods when leaving for college. They are bringing along prescribed psychiatric medications. Researchers at Case Western ... > full story -
Potential New Targets For Antidepressant Medications
August 29, 2008 — The news about antidepressant medications over the past several years has been mixed. The bad news from large multicenter studies such as STAR*D is that current antidepressant medications are ... > full story -
Army Personnel Show Increased Risk For Migraine; Condition Underdiagnosed, Mistreated
August 28, 2008 — Two new studies show that migraine headaches are very common among US military personnel, yet the condition is frequently underdiagnosed. The studies, appearing in Headache, the peer-reviewed journal ... > full story -
Unusual Ultrasonic Vocalization Patterns In Mice May Be Useful For Modeling Autism
August 28, 2008 — Scientists have found novel patterns of ultrasonic vocalizations in a genetic mouse model of autism, adding a unique element to the available mouse behaviors that capture components of the human ... > full story -
Biophysical Method May Help To Recover Hearing
August 28, 2008 — Scientists have created a biophysical methodology that may help to overcome hearing deficits, and potentially remedy even substantial hearing loss. The authors propose a method of retuning ... > full story -
All Types Of Antipsychotic Drugs Increase The Risk Of Stroke
August 28, 2008 — All drugs used to treat psychosis are linked to an increased risk of stroke, and dementia sufferers are at double the risk, according to a study published on bmj.com ... > full story -
Rapid Changes In Key Alzheimer's Protein Described In Humans
August 28, 2008 — For the first time, researchers have described hour-by-hour changes in the amount of amyloid beta, a protein that is believed to play a key role in Alzheimer's disease, in the human ... > full story -
Chronic Stress Alters Our Genetic Immune Response
August 27, 2008 — In the journal Biological Psychiatry, researchers shed new light on one link between stress and illness by describing a mechanism through which stress alters immune ... > full story
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