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A New Drug to Manage Resistant Chronic Pain
April 30, 2012 — Neuropathic pain is the culprit behind many cases of chronic pain, resistant to common drugs. A new drug inhibits the transmission of pain signals throughout the body, protecting against not only ... > full story -
Mechanism That Could Contribute to Problems in Alzheimer's Identified
April 26, 2012 — Scientists have unraveled a process by which depletion of a specific protein in the brain contributes to the memory problems associated with Alzheimer's disease. These findings provide new insights ... > full story -
Clues to Reverse Cognitive Deficits in People With Neurological Disorders
April 26, 2012 — The ability to navigate using spatial cues was impaired in mice whose brains were minus a channel that delivers potassium — a finding that may have implications for humans with damage to the ... > full story -
Learning Mechanism of the Adult Brain Revealed
April 26, 2012 — They say you can’t teach an old dog new tricks. Fortunately, this is not always true. Researchers have now discovered how the adult brain can adapt to new situations. Their study may be ... > full story -
Molecule Movements That Make Us Think: Ion Channel’s Voltage Sensor Can Change Its Form
April 24, 2012 — Every thought, every movement, every heartbeat is controlled by lightning-quick electrical impulses in the brain, the muscles, and the heart. But too much electrical excitability in the membranes of ... > full story -
Key Protein Responsible for Controlling Nerve Cell Protection Discovered
April 22, 2012 — A key protein, which may be activated to protect nerve cells from damage during heart failure or epileptic seizure, has been found to regulate the transfer of information between nerve cells in the ... > full story -
New Medication Offers Hope to Patients With Frequent, Uncontrollable Seizures
April 18, 2012 — A new type of anti-epilepsy medication that selectively targets proteins in the brain that control excitability may significantly reduce seizure frequency in people whose recurrent seizures have been ... > full story -
How Selective Hearing Works in the Brain: 'Cocktail Party Effect' Explained
April 18, 2012 — The longstanding mystery of how selective hearing works -- how people can tune in to a single speaker while tuning out their crowded, noisy environs -- has just been solved. Psychologists have known ... > full story -
One Person in Every 26 Will Have Epilepsy in Lifetime, Study Suggests
April 16, 2012 — Your chance of developing epilepsy at some point in your life is one in 26, according to a new study. Onset is highest in children and older adults. But epilepsy knows no boundaries —- it can ... > full story -
'Brain-Only' Mutation Causes Epileptic Brain Size Disorder
April 11, 2012 — Scientists have discovered a mutation limited to brain tissue that causes hemimegalencephaly, a condition where one half of the brain is enlarged and dysfunctional, leading to intellectual disability ... > full story
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