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Thursday, July 17, 2014
Noninvasive Brain Control
Optogenetics, a technology that allows scientists to control brain activity by shining light on neurons, relies on light-sensitive proteins that can suppress or stimulate electrical signals within cells. Until now, this technique required a light source …
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Wednesday, July 16, 2014
Social Behavior Tied to Activity in Specific Brain Circuit
A team of Stanford University investigators has linked a particular brain circuit to mammals’ tendency to interact socially. Stimulating this one circuit instantly increases a mouse’s appetite for getting to know a strange mouse, while inhibiting …
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Wednesday, July 16, 2014
Study: Brain Bleed Outcomes No Worse With Dabigatran
A retrospective study out of the University of Minnesota, recently reported online in Stroke and discussed in a MedPageToday article, showed that the prognosis from intracranial bleeding did not appear to be poorer among patients with atrial fibrillation …
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Tuesday, July 15, 2014
Potential Alzheimer’s Drug Prevents Abnormal Blood Clots in the Brain
New experiments at Rockefeller University have identified a compound that might halt the progression of Alzheimer’s disease by interfering with the role amyloid-β plays in the formation of blood clots. By targeting the protein’s ability to bind …
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Monday, July 14, 2014
Blocking Key Enzyme Minimizes Stroke Injury
A drug that blocks the action of the enzyme Cdk5 could substantially reduce brain damage if administered shortly after a stroke, UT Southwestern Medical Center research suggests. The findings, recently reported in the Journal of Neuroscience, determined …
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Friday, July 11, 2014
3-D Computer Model for Deep Brain Stimulation to Treat Dystonia
Although deep brain stimulation (DBS) can be an effective therapy for dystonia, the treatment isn’t always effective, or benefits may not be immediate. Precise placement of DBS electrodes is one of several factors that can affect results, but few studies …
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Thursday, July 10, 2014
Study: TBI in Veterans May Increase Risk of Dementia
Older veterans who have experienced a traumatic brain injury (TBI) are 60 percent more likely to later develop dementia than veterans without TBI, according to a study recently published online in Neurology. The study also found that veterans with a …
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Wednesday, July 9, 2014
Cocoa Extract May Counter Specific Mechanisms of Alzheimer’s
A specific preparation of cocoa-extract called Lavado may reduce damage to nerve pathways seen in Alzheimer’s disease patients’ brains long before they develop symptoms, according to a study conducted at the Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai …
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Wednesday, July 9, 2014
Fatal Cellular Malfunction Identified in Huntington’s Disease
Researchers believe they have learned how mutations in the gene that causes Huntington’s disease kill brain cells. A study, reported online in Nature Neuroscience, found in mice and in mouse brain cell cultures that the disease impairs the transfer …
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Tuesday, July 8, 2014
Early Life Stress Can Leave Lasting Impacts on the Brain
A team of University of Wisconsin-Madison researchers recently showed that toxic stressors, such as poverty, neglect and physical abuse, experienced in early life, might be changing the parts of developing children’s brains responsible for learning …
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