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New Genetic Brain Disorder in Humans Discovered
Apr. 24, 2014 — A newly identified genetic disorder associated with degeneration of the central and peripheral nervous systems in humans, along with the genetic cause, has been reported by researchers. By performing ... full story -
Fruitfly Study Identifies Brain Circuit That Drives Daily Cycles of Rest, Activity
Apr. 24, 2014 — Researchers describe a circuit in the brain of fruit flies that controls their daily, rhythmic behavior of rest and activity. They also found that the fly version of the human brain protein known as ... full story -
Paying Closer Attention to Attention
Apr. 24, 2014 — There may be an overreporting of attention problems in children with fetal alcohol spectrum disorder (FASD), simply because parents and teachers are using a misplaced basis for comparison. They are ... full story -
Motor Skill Deficiencies Linked to Autism Severity, Reseearch Says
Apr. 24, 2014 — A relationship between motor skill deficiencies and the severity of the symptoms of autism spectrum disorder has been found in very young children. The findings indicate that development of motor ... full story -
Recurrent Violence Linked to Substantially Higher Rates of Mental Disorders in Post-Conflict Communities
Apr. 23, 2014 — In the aftermath of war, communities who continue to experience repeated violence could have a major escalation in rates of post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD) and severe distress, suggests new ... full story -
Finding Safe Drugs to Treat Neurodegenerative Diseases
Apr. 23, 2014 — 'Mutant' protein clusters, long blamed for the progression of Huntington's and other neurodegenerative diseases, have been the primary focus of therapies in development by ... full story -
Hearing Quality Restored With Bionic Ear Technology Used for Gene Therapy: Re-Growing Auditory Nerves
Apr. 23, 2014 — Researchers have for the first time used electrical pulses delivered from a cochlear implant to deliver gene therapy, thereby successfully regrowing auditory nerves. The research also heralds a ... full story -
Physical Activity Keeps Hippocampus Healthy in People at Risk for Alzheimer's Disease
Apr. 23, 2014 — Moderate physical activity may preserve the hippocampus -- the brain region responsible for memory and spatial orientation that is attacked first in Alzheimer's disease, a study of older adults ... full story -
Toward Unraveling the Alzheimer's Mystery: New Step Points to Proteins
Apr. 23, 2014 — Getting to the bottom of Alzheimer's disease has been a rapidly evolving pursuit with many twists, turns and controversies. In the latest crook in the research road, scientists have found a new ... full story -
Researchers Compare Hip Width and Sexual Behavior
Apr. 23, 2014 — Hip width and risk of birth-related trauma may play a role in a woman's decision to have sex. Women who were more inclined to have one-night stands had wider hips, reveals a study into how a ... full story -
Loss of Memory in Alzheimer's Mice Models Reversed Through Gene Therapy
Apr. 23, 2014 — Alzheimer's disease is the most common cause of dementia and affects some 400,000 people in Spain alone. However, no effective cure has yet been found. One of the reasons for this is the lack of ... full story -
Brain Circuits Involved in Emotion Discovered by Neuroscientists
Apr. 22, 2014 — A brain pathway that underlies the emotional behaviors critical for survival have been discovered by neuroscientists. The team has identified a chain of neural connections which links central ... full story -
Newly-Approved Brain Stimulator Offers Hope for Individuals With Uncontrolled Epilepsy
Apr. 22, 2014 — A recently FDA-approved device has been shown to reduce seizures in patients with medication-resistant epilepsy by as much as 50 percent. When coupled with an innovative electrode placement planning ... full story -
Depressed? Researchers Identify New Anti-Depressant Mechanisms, Therapeutic Approaches
Apr. 22, 2014 — Breakthroughs that could benefit people suffering from depression are being made by researchers. A team of physician-scientists has identified a major mechanism by which ghrelin (a hormone with ... full story -
Multiple Sclerosis: Review of Current Treatments for Physicians
Apr. 22, 2014 — A review of the literature on treating multiple sclerosis aims to provide physicians with evidence-based information on the latest treatments for this chronic disease. The article looks at the latest ... full story -
Almost One-Third of Canadian Adults Have Experienced Child Abuse
Apr. 22, 2014 — Almost one-third of adults in Canada have experienced child abuse -- physical abuse, sexual abuse or exposure to intimate partner (parents, step-parents or guardians) violence in their home. As well, ... full story -
Report Recommends Insurers Use Prescription Monitoring Data to Reduce Opioid Abuse, Deaths
Apr. 22, 2014 — A ground-breaking report has been published recommending that medical insurers use prescription monitoring data to reduce the overdoses, deaths and health care costs associated with abuse of opioids ... full story -
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 genetic brain disorder in humans discovered
- Fruitfly study identifies brain circuit that drives daily cycles of rest, activity
- Paying closer attention to attention
- Motor skill deficiencies linked to autism severity, reseearch says
- Recurrent violence linked to substantially higher rates of mental disorders in post-conflict communities
- Finding safe drugs to treat neurodegenerative diseases
- Hearing quality restored with bionic ear technology used for gene therapy: Re-growing auditory nerves
- Physical activity keeps hippocampus healthy in people at risk for Alzheimer's disease
- Toward unraveling the Alzheimer's mystery: New step points to proteins
- Researchers compare hip width and sexual behavior
- Loss of memory in Alzheimer's mice models reversed through gene therapy
- Brain circuits involved in emotion discovered by neuroscientists
- Newly-approved brain stimulator offers hope for individuals with uncontrolled epilepsy
- Depressed? Researchers identify new anti-depressant mechanisms, therapeutic approaches
- Multiple sclerosis: Review of current treatments for physicians
- Almost one-third of Canadian adults have experienced child abuse
- Report recommends insurers use prescription monitoring data to reduce opioid abuse, deaths
- 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
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