Brain-derived neurotrophic factor (BDNF): From maternal deprivation to manic depressive illness
...n be critical for brain development thus producing persistent changes in its function and increasing the vulnerability to psychiatric disorders. Such vulnerability is related to the coping ability under challenging situation, such as stress, which represent and important precipitating factor in psychiatric dise...Would 'race' disappear if the United States officially stopped measuring it?
... significant research findings that illustrate the persistent role of race in schools, labor markets, neighborhoods, and health care. ASA also goes on record as opposing the elimination of data collection on race, because sociological studies show that this practice does not eliminate its use in daily life, bot...Researchers discover how herpes tricks the immune system
...hen explored the role of complement and RCA during persistent and chronic infections. Historically, scientists b...hy mice infected with gHV68 rarely showed signs of persistent infection, this condition readily occurred in C3-deficient mice. This was evidence that complement h...Plant chemicals benefit both health and home
...from boosting our immune systems to safely killing persistent pests. At the 224th national meeting of the American Chemical Society, the worlds largest scientific society, the Division of Agricultural and Food Chemistry will host a number of presentations about natural chemicals. A few of the highlights are des...ADHD in a SNAP: The SNAP gene in attention deficit hyperactivity
...haracterized by hyperactive-impulsive behavior and persistent inattention. Individuals with this condition experience social and academic dysfunction. It is postulated that a developmental failure in the brain mechanism underlies self-control and inhibition in ADHD. ADHD affects approximately 3 to 6% of childre...Rory Cooper, PhD receives the highest award offered by U.S. Dept. Of Veterans Affairs
... of secondary disabilities among wheelchair users, persistent efforts to improve the availability of high quality products and services for veterans who use wheelchairs and improving community integration. Dr. Cooper is recognized as one of the world's foremost authorities in wheelchair design and technology. H...Opioid medications a good bet for shingles-related pain
...rescribe the painkillers for the treatment of such persistent pain. But reporting in the Oct. 8 issue of Neurology, a team of Hopkins pain researchers demonstrate that in 76 seniors, opiates provided relief for the nerve pain, called postherpetic neuralgia (PHN), without any of these side effects. "By compari...Researchers close in on natural solution to PCB contamination
...om decomposing PCBs (polychlorinated biphenyls), a persistent and potentially hazardous industrial chemical that has become nearly ubiquitous in the environment. While capitalizing on the discovery will take time, it could eventually show researchers how to teach microorganisms to break down PCBs into ecologica...A newly identified learning and memory area in the human brain
...last century. Since Scoville's report in 1957 of a persistent impairment of recent memory caused by bilateral medial temporal lobe resection in a patient, neuroscientists established the concept that different brain structures play different roles in learning and memory. Recently, several structures of the brai...Mole-rat Methuselahs push evolutionary theory of aging
...e." Evolutionary biologists define the term as the persistent decline in fitness components with age, due to internal physiological deterioration. In the paper, "Extraordinary life spans of naked mole-rats," Sherman and his South African colleague Jennifer U.M. Jarvis report that laboratory mole-rats have survi...Scientists identify gene that controls sex drive in male flies
...aracterized courtship behaviors, which include the persistent following of the female and the vibration of one wing to generate a mating song. Dr. Mattox and colleagues observed that adult male flies in which takeout is mutated maintained the ability to perform these behaviors, but did so less often apparently...Getting at the roots of terrorism
... of militarily powerful developed nations. Certain persistent socioeconomic and demographic factors seem to help create this kind of terrorism and make it easier to recruit terrorists, but the Bush administration seems not to recognize these factors, and the press all too often ignores them. Widespread poverty ...JCI Table of Contents, November 18, 2002
...h can act alone or in concert in thedevelopment of persistent and sometimes lethal infections such as sepsis,toxic shock syndrome, food poisoning and severe skin diseases.Staphylococcal infections begin when the organism gains access to hosttissues or the adjoining blood supply through breaches in the skin. Mor...The growing Staphylococcus aureus arsenal
...h can act alone or in concert in thedevelopment of persistent and sometimes lethal infections such as sepsis,toxic shock syndrome, food poisoning and severe skin diseases. Staphylococcal infections begin when the organism gains access to hosttissues or the adjoining blood supply through breaches in the skin. Mo...Study may direct solutions for air pollution disease affecting agricultural, industrial workers
...eversible airflow obstruction and inflammation and persistent airway hyperreactivity and remodeling. Epidemiolog...) mice, subchronic inhalation of grain dust causes persistent airway hyperreactivity and remodeling, which suggests that endotoxin is one of the principal compone...Study employs backyard scientists to document global warming impact
... "The studies we reviewed often obtained data from persistent individuals, people who were curious about the wildlife around them and wrote down what they saw," she said. "Often the analyses that you can do with these types of data are pretty crude, but when they are combined with information from many other l...Scientists target microorganisms to break down toxic pesticide
...redient. Endosulfan and its breakdown products are persistent in the environment with an estimated half-life of 9 months to 6 years. Because it is a persistent organic pollutant (POP) that enters the air, water, and soil during its use and manufacture, scienti...Sick Kids researchers pinpoint link between diabetes and nervous system autoimmunity
...rch may also open a new door for understanding the persistent mystery in autoimmune diseases: why does the immune system attack its own tissue? It now seems possible that the nervous system and cells that separate nervous system from other tissue in the body may play an unsuspected, critical role in this proces...Genetics, genes and intelligence
...g limited neonatal stages can result in severe and persistent cognitive-behavioral dysfunctions, which appear only in adulthood. Citation source: Molecular Psychiatry 2003 Volume 8, number 1, pages 19-29. For further information on this work, please contact Dr. Hiroyuki Nawa, Department of Molecular Neurobiolog...Barn owls steer Stanford researcher to clues about visual and auditory mapping
...n that are induced by early experience result in a persistent effect that can be reused later in life," he said. Owls that lacked the early experience could not form a new mental map. In a 1999 Science paper, Knudsen reported not on how owls learn, but how they forget - and the lasting changes within the brains...