Imaging study provides new information on how the brain processes sounds of different tones
...moderate change in waveshape at higher rates (from sustained to one showing a moderate peak just after train on...curred in response waveshape--low rates elicited a sustained response, whereas high rates elicited an unusual phasic response that included prominent peaks just ...New theory explains economic growth in terms of evolutionary biology
...rom centuries of economic stagnation to a state of sustained economic growth, according to the first theory tha...ggering the takeoff from an epoch of stagnation to sustained economic growth," the authors wrote in their study. The evolution of the human brain in the transiti...Identification of genes causing defects in vitamin B12 metabolism
...enetics Group has existed since 1972, a record for sustained federal funding for such research....Could an anti-marijuana compound hold the key to body weight and appetite control?
... administration. In contrast, SR141716 induced a sustained effect on body weight, which remained low until th...ed body weight and adiposity of obese mice without sustained lower eating rates, and improved their insulin resistance. These effects were already seen at three ...Clinical study results published in NEJM show promising data on Antegren (natalizumab)
...arly as one month after the first infusion and was sustained during the treatment period. A mean of 9.6 new enhancing lesions developed during the treatment period in the placebo group (n= 71) versus 0.7 and 1.1 in the 3 mg/kg (n= 68) and 6 mg/kg groups (n=74), respectively. There was a reduction of approxi...Pain and the brain: Sex, hormones & genetics affect brain's pain control system
...pain disorder, but is also a useful human model of sustained pain, and physical and psychological stress. Subje...eed to think about pain, particularly prolonged or sustained pain, as the result of complex interfaces between injury and our own capacity to regulate its severi...Alcohol researchers identify a genetic basis of pain response
...enetic variant on neurochemical brain responses to sustained pain. The researchers also used questionnaires that measure pain-related sensory and affective qualities and internal emotional state to link the neurochemical responses to participants' psychological and physical experience of the pain challenge. T...Can't stand the pain? Your genes may be to blame
...molecular brain imaging techniques and controlled, sustained jaw pain, the researchers were able to see how wel... the more physiologically significant prolonged or sustained pain, as the result of complex interfaces between injury and our own capacity to regulate its severi...'One-stop' approach works well for cervical cancer prevention
...pproach is safe, acceptable and feasible, and with sustained effort, can reach a moderate portion of the population," he says. "It appeared to be well-liked not only by the women we tested, but also their partners and the project providers." Between February and October 2000, 5,999 women were tested at villa...'Sleep debts' accrue when nightly sleep totals six hours or fewer
...en relatively moderate sleep restriction, if it is sustained night after night, can seriously impair our neurobiological functioning." David F. Dinges, PhD, Professor of Psychology in the Department of Psychiatry and Chief of the Division of Sleep and Chronobiology, served as principal investigator for the stu...Study provides new insights into the functional neuroanatomy of motor imagery
...pitalizing on relatively fine temporal resolution, sustained activity during the motor execution and imagery task compared with transient activity related to the response movement was also analyzed (time-course analysis). The time course analysis helped characterize the functional property of each set of areas...Fetus heart races when mom reads poetry
...tremely exciting finding that provides evidence of sustained attention, memory and learning by the fetus," says...rd and responded to both voices and that there was sustained attention to both voices," notes Dr. Kisilevsky. "But, because they responded differently to the two...Turning foe into friend with lentiviral vectors
...ne will depend on its ability to induce robust and sustained tumor-specific immune responses. There is evidence to suggest that antitumor vaccination can induce such responses and even tumor regression. However, to date these regressions have not been long-lasting. Researchers at the Ludwig Institute for Cance...JCI table of contents, 2 June, 2003
...ne will depend on its ability to induce robust and sustained tumor-specific immune responses. There is evidence to suggest that antitumor vaccination can induce such responses and even tumor regression. However, to date these regressions have not been long-lasting. Researchers at the Ludwig Institute for Cance...Monkey's memory cells caught in the act of learning
...icular stimuli. Some of the changing cells showed sustained activity after the trials were over, while others returned to baseline. The researchers hypothesize that these "sustained changing cells" may not only participate in memory formation, but also in storage of the associations in long-term memory. "Chan...Xyzal shows significant improvements in quality of life for persistent allergic rhinitis sufferers
...ndividual symptoms as early as the first week was sustained over the 6 months of the study in patients treated with Xyzal® (p 1 These new Quality of Life and clinical data are from the XPERT TM (Xyzal in Persistent Rhinitis Trial) study, which looked at long-term treatment with Xyzal® of patients wi...Inherited gene may place some at higher risk of post-traumatic injury seizures
... moderate to severe brain injury such as injuries sustained during a car crash develop epilepsy. "After the injury, there is rewiring and sprouting of the nerve cells," Dr. Diaz-Arrastia said. "That is often a good thing, because it allows recovery. It can also be bad if that rewiring results in a circuit th...Artificial organ research findings presented by University of Pittsburgh researchers
...icularly as a possible treatment for lung injuries sustained in biochemical attacks. That collaboration continues at the Brooke Army Medical Center in San Antonio, a major training center for combat physicians. "The development of artificial organ systems is a vital part of what the McGowan Institute does," s...Researchers find new way to trigger self-destruction of certain cancer cells
...lacking p53. The team showed that rapamycin caused sustained activation of the JNK cascade; and that exposure of Rh30 cells to IGF-I completed blocked the activation of c-Jun, a critical protein in the JNK cascade that is activated by rapamycin. The team also showed that the Rh30 cells could be thrown into a ...ENBREL rapidly, significantly improved back pain, mobility, function in ankylosing spondylitis
... the first two months of the study and experienced sustained results for the remainder of the six-month study," said Dr. John Davis, assistant professor of medicine at the University of California-San Francisco and associate director of the Department of Medicine Clinical Trials Center. "I am excited about the...