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Life Stressors Trigger Neurological Disorders, Researchers Find
Apr. 22, 2014 — When mothers are exposed to trauma, illness, alcohol or other drug abuse, these stressors may activate a single molecular trigger in brain cells that can go awry and activate conditions such as ... full story -
Commonly Available Blood-Pressure Medication Prevents Epilepsy After Severe Brain Injury
Apr. 22, 2014 — A team of neuroscientists has shown in rats that a drug commonly prescribed for hypertension can nearly eliminate the epilepsy that often follows severe head injury. The drug blocks a receptor on ... full story -
Child's Autism Risk Accelerates With Mother's Age Over 30
Apr. 22, 2014 — Older parents are more likely to have a child who develops an autism spectrum disorder than are younger parents. A recent study provides more insight into how the risk associated with parental age ... full story -
New Way to Enhance Nerve Growth Following Injury Discovered
Apr. 22, 2014 — A mechanism to promote growth in damaged nerve cells as a means to restore connections after injury has been uncovered by scientists who have discovered a key molecule that directly regulates nerve ... full story -
First Brain Images of African Infants Enable Research Into Cognitive Effects of Nutrition
Apr. 22, 2014 — Brain activity of babies in developing countries could be monitored from birth to reveal the first signs of cognitive dysfunction, researchers say. The cognitive function of infants can be visualized ... full story -
Sleep Behavior Disorder Linked to Brain Disease
Apr. 22, 2014 — A sleep disorder that causes people to act out their dreams is the best current predictor of brain diseases like Parkinson’s and Alzheimer’s, research suggests. In this disorder, the disturbance ... full story -
Safer Alternatives to Nonsteroidal Antinflamatory Pain Killers
Apr. 21, 2014 — Building on previous work that showed that deleting an enzyme in the COX-2 pathway in a mouse model of heart disease slowed the development of atherosclerosis, researchers have now extended this ... full story -
Physicists Push New Parkinson's Treatment Toward Clinical Trials
Apr. 21, 2014 — The most effective way to tackle debilitating diseases is to punch them at the start and keep them from growing. Research shows that a small 'molecular tweezer' keeps proteins from ... full story -
Mental Illness Not Usually Linked to Crime, Research Finds
Apr. 21, 2014 — In a study of crimes committed by people with serious mental disorders, only 7.5 percent were directly related to symptoms of mental illness, according to new research. Researchers analyzed 429 ... full story -
Novel Function of Protein Linked to Alzheimer's Disease Discovered
Apr. 21, 2014 — A novel function of the Amyloid Precursor Protein, one of the main pathogenic culprits of Alzheimer's disease, has been discovered by researchers. This discovery may help researchers understand ... full story -
Proposal: Managing Most Troubling Symptoms of Dementia, Lessen Use of Drugs
Apr. 21, 2014 — A new approach to handling agitation, aggression and other unwanted behaviors by people with dementia may help reduce the use of antipsychotics and other psychiatric drugs in this population, and ... full story -
'Chaperone' Compounds Offer New Approach to Alzheimer's Treatment
Apr. 20, 2014 — A wholly new approach to the treatment of Alzheimer's disease involving the so-called retromer protein complex has been devised by researchers. Retromer plays a vital role in neurons, steering ... full story -
Treating Depression in Parkinson's Disease Patients: New Research
Apr. 18, 2014 — Interesting new information has been found from a study on depression and neuropsychological function in Parkinson's disease. The study, which assessed cognitive function in depressed and ... full story -
Finding Turns Neuroanatomy on Its Head: Researchers Present New View of Myelin
Apr. 18, 2014 — Neuroscientists have made a discovery that turns 160 years of neuroanatomy on its head. Myelin, the electrical insulating material long known to be essential for the fast transmission of impulses ... full story -
ADHD: Scientists Discover Brain's Anti-Distraction System
Apr. 18, 2014 — Psychologists have made a brain-related discovery that could revolutionize doctors' perception and treatment of attention-deficit disorders. This discovery opens up the possibility that ... full story -
Better Way to Deal With Bad Memories Suggested
Apr. 18, 2014 — A simple and effective emotion-regulation strategy that has neurologically and behaviorally been proven to lessen the emotional impact of personal negative memories, researchers have shown. ... full story -
Impact of Childhood Bullying Still Evident After 40 Years
Apr. 17, 2014 — The negative social, physical and mental health effects of childhood bullying are still evident nearly 40 years later, according to new research. The study is the first to look at the effects of ... full story -
Progressive Neurodegenerative Disorder Linked to R-Loop Formation
Apr. 17, 2014 — A new feature of the genetic mutation responsible for the progressive neurodegenerative disorder, fragile X-associated tremor/ataxia syndrome -- the formation of 'R-loops,' has been ... full story -
Is Parkinson's an Autoimmune Disease?
Apr. 17, 2014 — The cause of neuronal death in Parkinson's disease is still unknown, but a new study proposes that neurons may be mistaken for foreign invaders and killed by the person's own immune system, ... full story -
Connecting Sleep Deficits Among Young Fruit Flies to Disruption in Mating Later in Life
Apr. 17, 2014 — Mom always said you need your sleep, and it turns out, she was right. According to a new study, the lack of sleep in young fruit flies profoundly diminishes their ability to do one thing they do ... full story
- Life stressors trigger neurological disorders, researchers find
- Commonly available blood-pressure medication prevents epilepsy after severe brain injury
- Child's autism risk accelerates with mother's age over 30
- New way to enhance nerve growth following injury discovered
- First brain images of African infants enable research into cognitive effects of nutrition
- Sleep behavior disorder linked to brain disease
- Safer alternatives to nonsteroidal antinflamatory pain killers
- Physicists push new Parkinson's treatment toward clinical trials
- Mental illness not usually linked to crime, research finds
- Novel function of protein linked to Alzheimer's disease discovered
- Proposal: Managing most troubling symptoms of dementia, lessen use of drugs
- Treating depression in Parkinson's Disease patients: New research
- Finding turns neuroanatomy on its head: Researchers present new view of myelin
- ADHD: Scientists discover brain's anti-distraction system
- Better way to deal with bad memories suggested
- Impact of childhood bullying still evident after 40 years
- Progressive neurodegenerative disorder linked to R-loop formation
- Is Parkinson's an autoimmune disease?
- Connecting sleep deficits among young fruit flies to disruption in mating later in life
- Boosting depression-causing mechanisms in brain increases resilience, surprisingly
- Anti-seizure drug may reduce alcohol consumption, study shows
- New cause of brain bleeding immediately after stroke identified
- Unraveling the 'black ribbon' around lung cancer
- Discovery could lead to novel therapies for Fragile X syndrome
- Neurons in brain tune into different frequencies for different spatial memory tasks
- Common links between neurodegenerative diseases identified
- 'Brain training' overcomes tics in Tourette syndrome, study finds
- Atypical brain connectivity associated with autism spectrum disorder
- Off-season doesn't allow brain to recover from football hits, study says
- Beating the clock for ischemic stroke sufferers
- Intravenously administered ketamine shown to reduce symptoms of chronic post-traumatic stress disorder
- In old age, lack of emotion, interest may signal brain is shrinking
- How kids' brain structures grow as memory develops
- Eavesdropping on brain cell chatter
- Cancer drugs block dementia-linked brain inflammation, study finds
- Scientists explain how memories stick together
- Modified stem cells offer potential pathway to treat Alzheimer's disease
- Rare disease of the inner ear: New insights
- Functional brain imaging reliably predicts which vegetative patients have potential to recover consciousness
- Brain anatomy differences between deaf, hearing depend on first language learned
- Teenagers who have had a concussion also have higher rates of suicide attempts
- Brain changes associated with casual marijuana use in young adults, study finds
- SSRI use during pregnancy linked to autism and developmental delays in boys
- Osteoporosis risk heightened among sleep apnea patients
- New method of screening children for autism spectrum disorders works at 9 months old
- Girls' mental health suffers when romances unfold differently than they imagined
- MRI pinpoints region of brain injury in some concussion patients
- New therapy helps to improve stereoscopic vision in stroke patients
- Outcome of stroke worse for people with infection
- Gene variant puts women at higher risk of Alzheimer's than it does men, study finds
- Collaborative care model manages depression, anxiety in patients with heart disease
- Severe sleep apnea linked to increased risk of stroke, cancer, death
- Lashing out at your spouse? Check your blood sugar
- Dog ownership benefits families of children with autism
- Identifying children with emotional behavior difficulties
- Young dads at high risk of depression, too
- Neuroscientists: Brain activity may mark beginning of memories
- Domestic abuse linked to mental health problems in new mothers
- Detrimental effects of television viewing on sleep in young children
- New clinical definition for epilepsy improves diagnosis accuracy
- Young people with epilepsy at significantly more risk of injury
- New mouse model could revolutionize research in Alzheimer's disease
- Hereditary trauma: Inheritance of traumas and how they may be mediated
- Green space keeps you from feeling blue
- Brain cell discovery could open doors to targeted cancer therapies
- Protein researchers closing in on the mystery of schizophrenia
- Confirmation of neurobiological origin of attention-deficit disorder
- Splice variants reveal connections among autism genes
- Researchers search for earliest roots of psychiatric disorders
- Too much protein may kill brain cells as Parkinson's progresses
- Getting to the root of Parkinson's disease
- Head injuries can make children loners
- Obsessive-Compulsive Disorder May Reflect a Propensity for Bad Habits
- Neurofinance study confirms that financial decisions are made on an emotional basis
- Older people with faster decline in memory and thinking skills may have lower risk of cancer death
- Bone marrow stem cells show promise in stroke treatment
- Toward a faster, more accurate way to diagnose stroke
- Reality of adoption breakdowns revealed by new research
- Human protein may trigger Parkinson's disease
- Proprioceptive feedback helps rehab patients learning to operate robotic prosthetic
- Mental health toll exacted on civilians working with military in war zones
- Regular aerobic exercise boosts memory area of brain in older women
- Perception that eating disorders women's problem delays men getting help
- Processing new information during sleep compromises memory
- Google Glass puts the focus on Parkinson's
- Chronic smoking can diminish postural stability
- Online registry to drive brain disease research
- Brain changes can result from participation in one year of contact sports, evidence shows
- Lipid levels during prenatal brain development impact autism, study shows
- Intranasal ketamine confers rapid antidepressant effect in depression
- What songbirds tell us about how we learn
- DNA modifications measured in blood signal related changes in the brain
- Innovative, coordinated brain care could save billions of health care dollars
- Back to basics: Redesigning systems of care for older adults with Alzheimer's disease
- Grandmas stay sharp when they care for grandkids once a week
- Higher blood pressure linked to lower tendency to worry
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