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Monday, March 18, 2013
Brain Activity Map Project Hopes to Unlock Keys to Mental Disorders
Neuroscientists are advocating a project that would map brain activity and potentially highlight the causes of mental disorders like depression and schizophrenia. The Brain Activity Map project (BAM) will include the efforts of six scientists and aims …
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Monday, March 18, 2013
Study: Deep Brain Stimulation Promising for Treatment-Resistant Eating Disorder
As published in The Lancet, researchers have discovered that deep brain stimulation (DBS) can help patients with severe, treatment-resistant anorexia nervosa gain improvements in body weight, mood and anxiety levels. After treatment, a number of study …
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Friday, March 15, 2013
Increased Stroke Risk Among Effects of Sleep Deprivation
Here’s a reason to clock seven to nine hours of nightly shut eye: It can decrease your stroke risk. According to a report from the Huffington Post, adults who sleep for fewer than six hours a night were four times as likely to exhibit stroke symptoms …
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Friday, March 15, 2013
Mice Get Smarter After Human Brain Cell Transplant, Study Reveals
A study published in the March 7 edition of Cell Stem Cell reveals that transplanting human brain cells into mice can make mice smarter. Researchers implanted human glial progenitor cells into the brains of newborn mice. In addition to revealing how …
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Thursday, March 14, 2013
Imaging in Brain Waste Removal Technique May Lead to Alzheimer’s Diagnostic
According to research published in The Journal of Clinical Investigation, an innovative means to image the brain’s glymphatic pathway – a process that clears waste from the brain that might otherwise lead to the development of Alzheimer’s disease …
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Thursday, March 14, 2013
Second-Generation Clot Removal Devices May Revamp Standard Stroke Treatment
Doctors at the Stony Brook Medicine’s Cerebrovascular and Stroke Center are treating patients with novel blood clot removal devices, including those with large vessel blockages. The Solitaire Flow Restoration Device and the Trevo Device showed improved …
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Wednesday, March 13, 2013
Time Intervals of Scans Monitoring Small Aneurysms Can Be Increased, Studies Say
The February 27 issue of JAMA reports that contrary to the typical surveillance intervals adopted in abdominal aortic aneurysm (AAA) screening programs, intervals of several years may be acceptable when monitoring patients with small AAA. While AAA is …
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Wednesday, March 13, 2013
Study: Video Game May Curtail Cognitive, Physical Effects of Multiple Sclerosis
A study conducted by researchers at the Ohio State University Wexner Medical Center have demonstrated that the Dance Dance Revolution (DDR) video game may help curb the cognitive and physical effects of multiple sclerosis (MS). In an ongoing trial, …
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Tuesday, March 12, 2013
Researchers Note How Genetic Mutations in Familial Parkinson’s Kill Brain Cells
Researchers at the Albert Einstein School of Medicine at Yeshiva University have encountered how common genetic mutations in inherited Parkinson’s disease damage brain cells. The study, published in the online version of the journal Nature, hints at …
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Tuesday, March 12, 2013
Functional Electrical Stimulation Cycling Promotes Physical, Neurological Recovery in Spinal Cord Injury Patients
Researchers at the Kennedy Krieger Institute’s International Center for Spinal Cord Injury have found a link between long-term lower extremity functional electrical stimulation (FES) cycling and significant improvements in patients with chronic spinal …
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