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Thursday, January 16, 2014
Study Shows Caffeine’s Enhancing Effects on Long-term Memory
Researchers at Johns Hopkins University conducted a double-blind study on participants who did not regularly drink caffeinated products and found that caffeine has a positive effect on long-term memory, at least up to 24 hours after it is consumed. Until …
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Thursday, January 16, 2014
Sodium May Be Key Regulator for Drugs Used to Treat Some Brain Diseases
Findings published in a recent study conducted by scientists at the UNC School of Medicine and The Scripps Research Institute show how sodium acts as a regulator for drugs used to treat brain diseases such as Parkinson’s disease and depression. The …
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Wednesday, January 15, 2014
Recurrent Glioblastoma Multiforme May Be Improved by Immunotherapy Treatment
In a recent study, researchers investigated the safety and efficacy of a vaccine called heat-shock protein peptide complex-96 (HSPPC-96) for patients with recurrent glioblastoma multiforme (GBM), a common brain malignancy with a universally poor prognosis …
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Wednesday, January 15, 2014
Study Results Provide New Insight Into Treatment for Spinal Muscular Atrophy
A recent study led by a research team from the National University of Singapore identified a possible new route for treatment of spinal muscular atrophy (SMA). With no known cure for SMA currently available, the new discovery gives a strong boost to …
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Tuesday, January 14, 2014
Gene Found to be Crucial for Formation of Certain Brain Circuitry
Researchers at Johns Hopkins University report they have identified a gene involved in building the circuitry that relays signals through the brain by using a powerful gene-hunting technique. The gene is a likely player in the aging process in the mammalian …
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Tuesday, January 14, 2014
Rare Gene Variant Doubles Risk for Alzheimer’s Disease
Newly-identified variations of a gene that doubles a person’s risk of developing Alzheimer’s disease later in life have been discovered by a team of researchers at Washington University School of Medicine. Over the past 20 years, scientists have …
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Monday, January 13, 2014
Damage from Childhood Prolonged Seizures Less than Previously Thought
Findings in a recent study reported at the American Epilepsy Society’s 67th Annual Meeting show that not all children who experience childhood convulsive status epilepticus (CSE) have impaired hippocampal growth years after a prolonged seizure, contrary …
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Monday, January 13, 2014
New Study Shows Where Alzheimer’s Disease Starts, How it Spreads
Columbia University Medical Center researchers, through the use of high-resolution functional MRI (fMRI) imaging in patients with Alzheimer's disease and in mouse models of the disease, have clarified three fundamental issues about Alzheimer's: where …
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Friday, January 10, 2014
Study Results Suggest History of Concussion May Be Related to Alzheimer’s Disease
A new study suggests that a history of concussion involving at least a momentary loss of consciousness may be related to the buildup of Alzheimer’s-associated plaques in the brain. The research is published in the December 26, 2013, online issue of …
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Friday, January 10, 2014
Study Finds Vitamin E May Delay Decline in Mild-to-moderate Alzheimer’s Disease
Faculty of Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai in New York, working with Veterans Administration Medical Centers, have presented research that suggests alpha tocepherol, fat-soluble Vitamin E and antioxidant may slow functional decline (problems …
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