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Friday, May 18, 2012
Scientists Reveal Positive Effects of Transplanted Gene-Modified Blood Stem Cells in Glioblastoma Patients
Scientists at Fred Hutchinson Cancer Research Center have transplanted brain cancer patients’ own gene-modified blood stem cells in order to protect their bone marrow against the toxic side effects of chemotherapy. Initial results of the ongoing, small …
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Thursday, May 17, 2012
Response to First Drug Treatment May Be Indication of Future Epileptic Seizures
A new study has found that how well people with newly diagnosed epilepsy respond to their first drug treatment may signal the likelihood that they will continue to have more seizures. The results of this research appear in the May 9, 2012, online issue …
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Tuesday, May 15, 2012
Fossil Offers Indications of Human Brain Evolution
Florida State University evolutionary anthropologist Dean Falk and a group of anthropological researchers have found two significant features in the Taung fossil — the first australopithecine ever discovered — suggesting that brain evolution was …
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Monday, May 14, 2012
Music Lessons May Have Brain Benefits for Young Children
Very early musical training can benefit children even before they can walk or talk, say researchers at McMaster University, who just completed the first study of its kind in this area. Results show that one-year-old babies who participate in interactive …
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Friday, May 11, 2012
Willingness to Work and the Human Brain
Research now reveals why some people are willing work harder than others. A new brain imaging study has found that an individual’s willingness to work hard to earn money is strongly influenced by the chemistry in three specific areas of the brain. …
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Thursday, May 10, 2012
American Academy of Neurology Announces New Guidelines for Migraine Prevention
Many treatments can help prevent migraine in certain people, yet few candidates for these preventive treatments actually use them, according to the American Academy of Neurology (AAN). The AAN announced new guidelines for migraine prevention, which …
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Wednesday, May 9, 2012
University of California Scientists Share New Alzheimer’s Study Results
The neuron-killing pathology of Alzheimer’s disease (AD) — which begins before clinical symptoms appear — requires the presence of both amyloid-beta (a-beta) plaque deposits and elevated levels of an altered protein called p-tau, a new study reports …
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Friday, May 4, 2012
Study Shows Brain Surgery for Epilepsy Still Not Widely Used
Ten years ago, a landmark clinical trial in Canada demonstrated the unequivocal effectiveness of brain surgeries for treating uncontrolled epilepsy. However, since then, the procedure has not been widely adopted — in fact, it is dramatically underutilized …
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Thursday, May 3, 2012
New Research Studies Possible Preventions for Stress-Related Disorders
A cellular protein called HDAC6 has been newly characterized as a gatekeeper of steroid biology in the brain. As such, it may provide a novel target for treating and preventing stress-linked disorders like depression and post-traumatic stress disorder …
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Wednesday, May 2, 2012
Project to Examine Link Between Bipolar Disorder and Abnormalities in a Mammal’s Internal Clock
In humans, this grain-of-rice-sized timepiece is a cluster of 20,000 neurons located right behind the eyes. It's called the suprachiasmatic nucleas (SCN) of the brain's hypothalamus and is responsible for keeping our bodies in synch with our planet's …
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