Molecular therapeutics advance fight against brain cancer
...a, PA) -- An estimated 41,000 new cases of primary brain tumors are expected to be diagnosed in 2004, accor...h System now offer several promising approaches to brain tumor treatment, including novel imaging for oncologic neurosurgery and refined genetic testing for ...News tips from the Journal of Neuroscience
... This plasticity was thought to center on only one brain area--the inferior colliculus (ICX), the initial site in which the map is formed. Now DeBello and Knudsen identify a second site of plasticity: the superficial layers of the optic tectum (OT), an area that corresponds to the superior colliculus in ma...Depression traced to overactive brain circuit
A brain imaging study by the NIH's National Institute of M...Health (NIMH) has found that an emotion-regulating brain circuit is overactive in people prone to depression even when they are not depressed. Researchers d...Related productivity tools complement computed tomography in lung cancer detection
... that can help in not only outlining tumors in the brain but also lesions that might have otherwise gone unobserved. The product has the potential to help in image-guided surgeries and improve diagnosis of lesions caused by multiple sclerosis, stroke, and residual tumors. Scientists have also pioneered the...JCI table of contents, 2 August, 2004
...ed by the limited repair capacity of nerves in the brain and the unique properties of brain vasculature. Akihiko Taguchi and colleagues, of the National Cardiovascular Center in Japan, make g......ed by the limited repair capacity of nerves in the brain and the unique properties of brain vasculature. Akihiko Taguchi and colleagues, of the National Cardiovascular Center in Japan, make g...Two enzymes key to calorie-burning, Brown research shows
...eins in the hypothalamus, the small segment of the brain controlling hunger. But those peptides can't perfo...emical forerunner of TRH, but on several metabolic brain messengers, researchers say. These include insulin, the hormone that controls blood sugar. This find...Dr. Brenda Milner promoted to Companion of the Order of Canada
...p at the MNI, focuses on the specialization of the brain hemispheres. She and her colleagues are using sophisticated brain imaging technologies to examine differences between the right and left hemispheres. Dr. Milner is p......uronal cells from the hippocampus (the area of the brain where leptin acts), leptin treatment led to a significant increase in the expression of these two enzymes at both the genetic and protein level. Rats that were starved, and thus had low levels of leptin in their blood serum levels also had lower lev...Study: Mothers turn fearless when peptide level drops
...eptide, or small piece of protein, released in the brain that normally activates fear and anxiety, accordin...eleasing hormone (CRH), a peptide that acts on the brain to control behavior. About six days after a group of mice gave birth, the new mothers rece...Clusters of alterations on PIK3CA gene found in brain cancers
...e to a variety of mutations found in five types of brain cancers, according to a report published in the Au...the gene PIK3CA occur spontaneously as part of the brain tumor development rather than being passed genetically between generations, said Hai Yan, M.D., Ph.D......in is implicated in the effects of stroke to cause brain damage, but whether JIP1 plays a more general role in the response of the body to stress is unclear. One form of stress that may be relevant to JIP1 is obesity. The goal of this study was to test whether JIP1 contributes to the effects of obesity o...New UCF researchers, college will help fight Alzheimer's disease, cancer
...row in a patient's hip and injecting them into the brain can help fight Alzheimer's and Lou Gehrig's diseas... from dying and how to replace dead neurons in the brain with newly stimulated ones as therapies for diseases such as Alzheimer's and Parkinson's and strokes...Epilepsy: Signals 'brake' in brain impaired
... there are 600,000 people whose nerve cells in the brain occasionally switch from healthy chaos to common mode. The result of the uncontrolled mass discharge of neurons is loss of consciousness and spastic convulsions of the muscles, during which those affected can seriously injure themselves. Yet how this...Casanova or caveman: Scientists isolate nerve cells that choreograph male fly's courtship behavior
... may eventually help scientists understand how the brain orchestrates sexual behavior in a variety of speci...said. "This circuit, which is built into the fly's brain and ventral nerve cord, is comprised of about 1,500 neurons - roughly one percent of the total numbe...Scientists build on case connecting inflammatory disease and depression
...rs, have identified how a molecular pathway in the brain may explain why some patients suffering from infla...sion has been linked to low levels of serotonin, a brain chemical that regulates mood. Drugs called selective serotonin reuptake inhibitors (SSRIs) such as ...NIH renews funding for continued Rb2 tumor suppressing gene research at Temple
...ies leading to a cure for ovarian, endometrial and brain cancers. His research is funded by several NIH grants, as well as by individual and program project grants and by the Sbarro Health Research Organization. Since 1992, Giordano has been awarded nine patents. Six additional patents have been filed and...Putting GPS to work, researchers shed light on road-following by pigeons
...ing could form because easier navigation may allow brain processing-time and power to be directed to other tasks, such as watching for predators. The pigeons appeared to be attracted to the SS Aurelia, Italy's old coastal highway, to a greater extent than the newer and larger highway A12 or the railway. Th......he hypothalamus, the small area in the base of the brain that controls hunger and metabolism. Researchers s...ter signals, sending a fast, strong message to the brain to burn calories. This message is then sent to another part of the hypothalamus, where another pept......the formation of synapses, the junctions that link brain cells, called neurons, to each other. The molecules initiate the development of these connections, forming the circuitry of the mammalian nervous system. Scientists from Harvard University and Washington University in St. Louis describe the findings ...