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Friday, April 3, 2015
New Fluorescent Protein Permanently Marks Active Neurons
A new tool developed at the Howard Hughes Medical Institute’s Janelia Research Campus lets scientists shine a light on an animals’ brain to permanently mark neurons that are active at a particular time. The tool — a fluorescent protein called Campari …
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Friday, April 3, 2015
Eye-tracking Test Shown Effective in Diagnosing Concussion in Student Athletes
A simple eye tracking test which can easily be administered on the sidelines of youth sports events can determine immediate symptoms of concussion in children as young as five-years old. A study by the NYU Langone Concussion Center published in the Journal …
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Thursday, April 2, 2015
Groundbreaking Technique Developed to Measure Oxygen in Deep-sited Tumors
A novel Electron Paramagnetic Resonance (EPR) oximetry technique will help clinicians directly measure oxygen and schedule treatments at times of high oxygen levels in cancer and stroke patients to improve outcomes, according to a recent study published …
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Thursday, April 2, 2015
Skin Test May Shed New Light on Alzheimer’s and Parkinson’s Disease
New research has determined that a simple skin biopsy may be able to detect physical indicators of both Parkinson’s and Alzheimer’s disease. Researchers from the University of San Luis Patosi in San Luis, Mexico are presenting their study at the …
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Wednesday, April 1, 2015
Several Mental Disorders Share Changes in Certain Brain Regions
A new study published in the journal JAMA Psychiatry, revealed that many mental disorders share a common structure in the brain. Six conditions were examined and found to be connected by the loss of gray matter in three specific areas related to cognitive …
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Tuesday, March 31, 2015
Migraine Sufferers May Have Double Stroke Risk
Researchers from Loyola University Medical center have proposed possible explanations for the various studies indicating strong correlation between migraine sufferers (with auras) and elevated risks of ischemic stroke. In the text Headache and Migraine …
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Tuesday, March 31, 2015
Electrical Stimulation ‘Tunes’ Visual Attention
New findings published in the journal Proceedings of the National Academy of Science challenge scientists’ current understanding of how visual attention is focused and the roles of short and long-term memory. Researchers have long known that attention …
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Monday, March 30, 2015
Understanding Traumatic Brain Injury in Prisons
A new study reports a high rate of past traumatic brain injury within incarcerated individuals, surpassing rates found in previous studies, which also reported a high correlation. Students from the University of Denver screened inmates from a “high …
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Monday, March 30, 2015
Broca’s Area is the Brain’s Scriptwriter
For 150 years, scientists have known that a brain region called Broca’s area plays a key role in speech production, but its exact functions have been a mystery. However, a study recently conducted at the Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine …
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Friday, March 27, 2015
Cerebral Palsy — It Can be in Your Genes
In recent findings published in the journal Molecular Psychiatry, researchers from the Australian Collaborative Cerebral Palsy Research Group, based at the University of Adelaide’s Robinson Research Institute, discovered at least 14 percent of cerebral …
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