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Thursday, May 9, 2013
Study: Nerve Stimulation Changes Brain Function in Depression Sufferers
Researchers at Washington University School of Medicine in St. Louis have discovered that vagus nerve stimulation can incite changes in brain metabolism for patients suffering from severe treatment-resistant depression. For study participants, these …
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Thursday, May 9, 2013
Despite Slow-Growing Tumor, Student Appears on “Jeopardy”
For college student Taylor Roth, what began as trouble walking and numbness in her fingers became a slow-growing glioma. Due to the tumor’s location, treatment options have been limited. However, despite the diagnosis and its implications, Roth has …
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Wednesday, May 8, 2013
Five “Sudden Symptoms” of Stroke May Save a Young Life
As the fourth-leading cause of death in the United States, strokes are affecting more individuals earlier in life. Close to 20 percent of strokes occur in those under the age of 55, and in the last ten years, the average age of stroke occurrence has …
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Wednesday, May 8, 2013
Study: Video Game May Be the Key to Delaying Mental Decline
According to a study from the University of Iowa, playing a video game could slow down the natural decline of cognitive skills in the elderly. Research found that those who played ten hours of a game priming their mental processing capabilities delayed …
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Tuesday, May 7, 2013
DNA Once Thought to Be Junk May Not Be So, Scientists Say
Specific DNA once thought to be junk has been found to play an important role in brain development and in several neurological ailments, say researchers at the University of California, San Francisco. While the function of long, noncoding RNA molecules …
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Tuesday, May 7, 2013
Memory Loss Reversed in Animal Brain Cells
Neuroscientists at the University of Texas Health Science Center at Houston used sea snail nerve cells to reverse memory loss by determining when the cells were ready for learning. The researchers were able to help the cells make up for memory loss by …
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Monday, May 6, 2013
Unusual Creation of Toxic Protein May Explain ‘Fragile-X’ Brain Disorders
A strange twist on the way proteins are created may explain the mystery of symptoms in the grandparents of children with mental disabilities. Scientists at the University of Michigan Medical School have discovered findings that show promise in the …
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Monday, May 6, 2013
Fainting May Be Hereditary While Triggers May Not Be, Study Says
A study published in a recent edition of Neurology suggests that fainting may be genetic, with only one gene responsible for the episodes. It also is noted that triggers like emotional distress may not be inherited. Fainting, also known as vasovagal …
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Thursday, May 2, 2013
Can Brain Activity Reveal Autism?
Scientists from Case Western Reserve University School of Medicine and the University of Toronto have developed a means of reviewing brain activity to detect autism in children. By recording and analyzing patterns of brain activity with magnetoencephalography …
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Thursday, May 2, 2013
Researchers: New Brain Cancer Treatment May Be a Game Changer
The findings from a clinical trial at the University of California, San Francisco, may change the standard of care for primary lymphoma of the central nervous system. As reported by the Journal of Clinical Oncology, a combination of high-dose radiation …
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