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Friday, January 13, 2012
Researchers Seek to Diagnose Alzheimer’s Earlier
Scientists are reporting development and initial laboratory tests of an imaging agent that may detect the tell-tale signs of Alzheimer’s disease in the brain — signs that currently can’t confirm a diagnosis until after patients die. The researchers …
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Friday, January 13, 2012
The Jan and Dan Duncan Neurological Research Institute Celebrates Successful First Year
In December of 2010, Texas Children's Hospital in Houston opened the Jan and Dan Duncan Neurological Research Institute (NRI), one of the world's first basic research institutes for childhood neurological diseases. Its goal: to speed up the pace of discoveries …
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Thursday, January 12, 2012
Johns Hopkins Researchers Discover How Sense of Touch Affects Brain
Neuroscientists at the Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine have uncovered how the sense of touch is wired in the skin and nervous system, opening new doors to understanding how the brain collects and processes information from hairy skin. The …
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Thursday, January 12, 2012
Use of Nicotine Patch Linked to Improvement in Mild Memory Loss Among Older Adults
Nicotine has been shown to improve cognitive performance in smokers who have stopped smoking. In addition, previous short-term studies with nicotine have revealed improvement of both attention and memory in those who suffer from Alzheimer’s disease …
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Wednesday, January 11, 2012
Review Addresses Effects of Heading in Soccer on Brain Injury
Whether or not heading the ball in soccer could lead to degenerative brain disease, like that seen in athletes in other sports, is the question being addressed by a review in the January issue of Neurosurgery — the official journal of the Congress …
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Wednesday, January 11, 2012
Scientists Study Songbird Brain Synapses to Learn About the Hormone Estrogen
American University biology professor Colin Saldanha — along with colleagues from the University of Massachussetts, Amherst, and the University of California, Los Angeles — recently published research that introduced a new method of estrogen synthesis …
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Tuesday, January 10, 2012
National Academy of Sciences Names Two New Council Members from the Brain & Behavior Research Foundation
Two Brain & Behavior Research Foundation scientific council members are among 72 new members elected to the National Academy of Sciences (NAS) — a non-profit organization of scientists and engineers dedicated to advancing science and promoting its …
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Tuesday, January 10, 2012
Researchers Link Low Levels of Vitamin D to Depression
In what is believed to be one of the largest investigations ever undertaken on the subject, UT Southwestern Medical Center psychiatrists working with the Cooper Center Longitudinal Study have linked low levels of Vitamin D to depression. The results …
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Monday, January 9, 2012
Wake Forest Baptist to Participate in Clinical Trial of Brain Tumor Vaccine
Wake Forest Baptist Medical Center in Winston-Salem, N.C., is the only facility in the Southeast U.S. participating in a national clinical trial that tests the efficacy of a novel brain tumor vaccine. The vaccine will be tested in patients with newly …
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Monday, January 9, 2012
Society for Women’s Health Research Offers New Neuroscience Fellowship
The Society for Women’s Health Research’s (SWHR’s) new Donald G. and Darel Stein Fellowship promotes the study of sex differences in neuroscience, granting a travel award opportunity for four full-time students in this field. The award can be used …
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