Emory Study finds HIV is not an independent risk factor for severe heart disease
ORLANDO -- Infection with human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) is no longer an...automatic death sentence, thanks to the use of highly active anti-retroviral...therapy (HAART). However, several studies questions have suggested that HIV...infection poses a serious threat to the heart -- specifically, that HIV positivity leads to an increased risk for the development of...angiographically severe coro...Emotional memory study reveals evidence for a self-reinforcing loop
DURHAM, N.C. -- Researchers exploring the brain structures involved in recalling an emotional memory a year later have found evidence for a self-reinforcing "memory loop" -- in which the brain's emotional center triggers the memory center, which in turn further enhances activity in the emotional center....... The researchers said their findings suggest why people subject to traumatic events may b...Molecule important in cell construction also critical in learning and memory
New Haven, Conn.--A family of proteins that help build the cytoskeleton, or the bones of the cell, also play an important role in learning and memory, according to a study published this month in ....... Marina Picciotto, associate professor of psychiatry, pharmacology and neurobiology at Yale School of Medicine, and the senior author of the study, studied mice missing one of these proteins---ad...NIH Honors Emory Researcher With Merit Award For Work On Renin-Angiotensin System
.The National Institute of Diabetes and Digestive and Kidney Diseases.(NIDDK) of the National Institutes of Health (NIH) has granted Kenneth.Bernstein, MD, professor of Pathology and Laboratory Medicine, a MERIT award in.recognition of his "consistent and excellent contributions to scientific.knowledge." MERIT (Method to Extend Research in Time) awards extend the.normal time period for a.... Brand new ways to look at and evaluate medicine have flourished along.with the reach of managed care. But the language of population-based science is.foreign and even intimidating to many doctors, nurses and other health.professionals who were taught to focus on "the patient.". . Researchers at the Center for Clinical Evaluation Sciences at the Emory.University School of Medicin...Computer memory, MRI technology benefit from student research at UH
HOUSTON, Jan. 28, 2005 Furthering research in computer memory storage devices, magnetic resonance imaging technology and advanced electronics, University of Houston students in science and engineering showcased their original research in a recent campus competition. ... ...Three UH graduate students won top honors and prize money at the biannual UH Texas Center for Superconductivity and Advance...New theory chalenges current view of how brain stores long-term memory
How do you remember your own name? Is it possible ever to forget it? The memory trace, or engram, "feels" like it is stored permanently in the brain and it will never be forgotten. ... Indeed, the current view of memory is that, at the molecular level, new proteins are manufactured, in a process known as translation, and it is these newly synthesized proteins that subsequently stabilize the c...Alzheimer's drug improves memory of MS patients
ST. PAUL, Minn. Taking a drug used for Alzheimer's disease may improve the memory of people with multiple sclerosis (MS), according to a study published in the November 9 issue of Neurology, the scientific journal of the American Academy of Neurology.... ...About half of all MS patients experience problems with memory and other cognitive functions. These problems are a leading cause of disabilit...Longterm immune memory cells cells do not develop during chronic viral infections
Immune T cells that respond to chronic viral infections do not acquire the same "memory" capabilities of T cells that respond to acute viral infections, according to research by scientists at Emory University. The finding may explain why people lose their immunity to some viruses after chronic infections are controlled. It could guide scientists in developing better therapeutic combinations of...Emory cardiologists present research at AHA scientific sessions in New Orleans, Nov. 7 - 10
Could an enzyme produced by white blood cells in response to inflammation reveal hidden heart disease in patients with no symptoms? Do women referred for angioplasty have more symptoms and physical limitations due to angina than their male counterparts? Could the stress of every day life be linked to autonomic dysfunction and contribute to the development of metabolic syndrome (MetS)? ......How...Development of working memory, allowing voluntary control of behavior, defined
SAN DIEGO, Oct. 27 A person's ability to have voluntary control over behavior improves with age because with development, additional brain processes are used, according to scientists at the University of Pittsburgh School of Medicine.... ...The research, presented today at the Annual Meeting of the Society for Neuroscience, helps to resolve questions about how working memory a function that all...Anxiety good for memory recall, bad for solving complex problems
SAN DIEGO Students, keep this in mind before that next major exam:...... Pre-test jitters make it easier to recall memorized facts, but that stress also makes it tough to solve more complex problems....... Researchers at Ohio State University gave a battery of simple cognitive tests to 19 first-year medical students one to two days before a regular classroom exam a period when they would be hig...Tea could improve memory, study shows
Drinking regular cups of tea could help improve your memory, new research suggests....... Results of laboratory tests by a team from the University of Newcastle upon Tyne found that green and black tea inhibit the activity of certain enzymes in the brain which are associated with memory. ...... The findings, which are published in the academic journal, Phytotherapy Research, may lead to the devel...High-fat diets hammer memory, more than a waistline worry
SAN DIEGO, Oct. 24 -- High-fat diets may do more than wreak havoc on your waistline. New research finds that a diet high in fat and empty calories may wreak havoc on your memory as well. ... ...The new research was presented at the 34th Society for Neuroscience annual meeting in San Diego.... ...Reducing the amount of dietary fat and empty calories may improve memory and help reduce the neg...Estrogen or stimulating environment boost memory
New Haven, Conn.--Estrogen treatment had less beneficial effect on memory in female mice that raced on running wheels and played with other toys than in mice raised in non-stimulating environments, according to a Yale study published this month.... ..."We saw no beneficial effect of estrogen in the animals in cognitively and physically stimulating environments (also known as enriched environments...Epilepsy study shows memory loss after brain surgery
Epilepsia, the official publication of the International League Against Epilepsy, recently published a one-year follow-up study that finds some post-surgical epilepsy patients have a significant decline in verbal memory. This type of memory loss is associated with learning, recall and recognition. ... ...Three months after surgery, patients with surgery performed on either the left or right brain...Short term memory's effectiveness influenced by sight, sound
For decades scientists have believed that people can only remember an ordered list of about seven items at a time--such as seven grocery items or seven digits of a phone number--but new research from the University of Rochester has shown that this magic number varies depending on whether the language used is spoken or signed. The results in the cover story of the latest issue of Nature Neuroscien...Emory study finds mental health and heart disease tightly linked
Attaining and sustaining good mental health is just as vital as other factors, such as exercise and diet, in the prevention of cardiovascular disease, especially for women over the age of 45, according to a study by Emory University sociologist Corey Keyes published this month in the journal Aging and Mental Health. ......Using national survey data, Keyes' study examined the prevalence of mental...Emory conference to educate health professionals about 'metabolic syndrome'
An estimated 25 percent of adults over the age of 20 and close to 50 percent of adults over the age of 50 have the component risk factors that make up Metabolic Syndrome. The emerging health problem is the focus of a symposium for health professionals on Friday, May 21, hosted by the Emory University School of Medicine.... ...Thirteen nationally recognized experts on this increasingly common diso...New research suggests two brain areas critical for short-term memory
WINSTON-SALEM, N.C. Research in animals has revealed new information about how animals and humans may store and retrieve short-term memories, say researchers from Wake Forest University Baptist Medical Center.... ..."For the first time, we've found that two different areas of the brain share the function of storing and remembering events for short-term memory," said Sam Deadwyler, Ph.D., lead re...Scientists show hippocampus's role in long term memory
The formation of new memories and the retrieval of older memories are both evidenced in the hippocampus region of the brain, according to recent research by NYU neuroscientists. ... ...The role of the hippocampus in the formation of new memories has been well-documented, but the contribution of this structure to the representation and retrieval of long-term memories is less clear. In research p...Emory researcher examines effects of antiepileptic drugs on pregnant women and their offspring
Preliminary data show that babies of epileptic mothers who take antiepileptic drugs (AEDs) during pregnancy absorb the medication to substantial degrees in utero, and some of these babies may develop birth defects, other disabilities or even die. Although the majority of children born to mothers with epilepsy are normal, researchers believe some of these babies are at an increased risk for birth...Alzheimer's drug improves memory, cognition in MS patients
SAN FRANCISCO A drug widely used for treating dementia in Alzheimer's patients has been shown to improve memory and cognition in multiple sclerosis (MS) patients who are mild to moderately cognitively impaired. Study details and results will be presented at the American Academy of Neurology 56th Annual Meeting in San Francisco, Calif., April 24 May 1, 2004....... Most MS patients and their doct...Brain activity, including memory-processing, changes in Tourette syndrome
St. Louis, April 5, 2004 -- Scientists have known for years that abnormal activity involving a brain chemical called dopamine is somehow connected to the movements and vocalizations, or tics, associated with Tourette syndrome. Now neuroscience researchers at Washington University School of Medicine in St. Louis have found brain activity in these patients is abnormal during memory tasks, as well....Low vitamin B12 is associated with poorer memory in older people with high risk for Alzheimer's
WASHINGTON -- Among healthy people over the age of 75 who have the genotype associated with higher risk for Alzheimer's, low levels of vitamin B12 ...are associated with significantly worse performance on memory tests. This finding is published in the April issue of Neuropsychology, which is published by the American Psychological Association (APA)....... David Bunce, PhD, a psychologist at Gold...Light to moderate drinking during pregnancy may lead to learning and memory deficits in adolescents
... Heavy drinking during pregnancy can cause major impairments in the developing child.... New research indicates that light to moderate drinking may also interfere with learning and memory as late as adolescence, particularly in the auditory/verbal domain.... Most of the drinking in this study occurred during the first trimester.... ...Many people know about the dangers of prenatal alcohol exp...Emory researchers find race and gender gaps in treatment of heart attack
NEW ORLEANS If you are a woman suffering a heart attack (also called a myocardial infarction or MI), will you receive the same care as a man? If you are an African-American MI patient, will you get the optimum treatment offered your white counterpart? ...... In research presented here today at the American College of Cardiology's 53rd Scientific Sessions, Emory researchers conclude the answers...Detecting vitamin B12 deficiency prevents anaemia and memory loss
Vitamin B12 is essential to human life. The body cannot make its own supplies and without an adequate dietary supply from animal sources or enriched cereals, up to 20 million people can suffer anaemia, risk nerve damage and even death. Unfortunately, vitamin B12 deficiency can go undetected for several years, remaining invisible to doctors while the likelihood of irreversible cell damage increase...New findings on memory could enhance learning
WINSTON-SALEM, N.C. New research in monkeys may provide a clue about how the brain manages vast amounts of information and remembers what it needs. Researchers at Wake Forest University Baptist Medical Center have identified brain cells that streamline and simplify sensory information markedly reducing the brain's workload. ... The findings are reported in the on-line edition of the ... "When...Research clarifies how Alzheimer's medicines may reduce interference with learning and memory
WASHINGTON -- New evidence clarifies how the only government-approved treatments for mild-to-moderate Alzheimer's Disease may work to improve symptoms. When scientists chemically blocked receptors for an important neurotransmitter called acetylcholine, even healthy young people found it significantly harder to learn and remember especially in the face of interference. This finding may shed ligh...JAMA study confirms drug can help improve memory and cognition in advanced Alzheimer's patients
A study in the current issue of the Journal of the American Medical Association (JAMA) indicates that there is good reason for the recent attention surrounding the drug memantine for the treatment of Alzheimer's disease. A multi-center study directed by University of Rochester Medical Center faculty concluded that memantine, when taken with the commonly prescribed Alzheimer's drug donepezil, help...Ecstasy affects memory, new international study shows
People who take the recreational drug ecstasy risk impairing their memory, according to an international study which surveyed users in places including the USA, UK, other European countries and Australia. ... ...The study, which also surveyed non-drug users, found that those who regularly took ecstasy suffered from mainly long-term memory difficulties, and that they were 23 per cent more likely t...Gene targeting prevents memory loss in Alzheimer's disease model
CHICAGO --- Northwestern University researchers have prevented learning and memory deficits in a model of Alzheimer's disease using a gene-targeting approach to block production of beta-amyloid, or "senile," plaques, one of the hallmarks of the disease. ... Alzheimer's disease is a neurodegenerative condition affecting over 15 million people worldwide that causes memory loss and, ultimately, de...Study expands understanding of alcoholic memory disorder
ST. PAUL, MN New research finds that deficiencies in the hippocampus play a key role in alcoholism-related Korsakoff's syndrome, a memory disorder. The deficiencies are comparable to those found in the brains of Alzheimer's disease, according to a study published in the December 23 issue of Neurology, the scientific journal of the American Academy of Neurology. ......Researchers used MRI to comp...Concord grape juice improved memory and neuro-motor skills in animal study
VICHY, FRANCE, December 18, 2003-Consuming Concord grape juice significantly improved laboratory animals' short-term memory in a water maze test as well as their neuro-motor skills in certain of the coordination, balance and strength tests, according to preliminary research presented at the 1st International Conference on Polyphenols and Health recently held in Vichy, France. ... ...Yesterday, today and tomorrow: Mount Sinai researchers are making sense of episodic memory
Many of our actions are guided by past experiences combined with insight into the future. A major mystery of biology involves understanding how brain cells can create a representation that extends backward and forward through time. A new study conducted by researchers at Mount Sinai School of Medicine published in the December 18th issue of begins to unravel the brain activity that underlies...Emory, GlaxoSmithKline, NIMH enter public-private partnership to develop new drugs for depression
ATLANTA, US; LONDON, UK -- Through a unique partnership among academia, industry, and government, a team of scientists from Emory University School of Medicine, GlaxoSmithKine (GSK), and the National Institute of Mental...Health (NIMH) will work together to accelerate the development of drugs to treat depression and other mood disorders. The new venture, funded through a $4.9 million, five-year g...MRI helps radiologists predict future memory decline
OAK BROOK, Ill. Using magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) to study subtle changes in a specific area of the brain, scientists can predict future cognitive or memory decline in healthy adults, according to a study appearing in the December issue of the journal Radiology. This is the first study to use MRI to predict the conversion from normal thought process to a state referred to as mild cognitive...Emory and CDC scientists explore why most breastfed infants of HIV-positive mothers resist infection
ATLANTA--Although prolonged breastfeeding is well known to be a major route of transmission of HIV infection to infants and is estimated to cause one-third to one-half of new infant HIV-1 infections worldwide, the majority of breastfed infants with HIV-positive mothers remain uninfected, even after months of exposure. ...Investigators at Emory University School of Medicine, the Centers for Dise...Scientists at the Emory Vaccine Center and The Scripps Research...Institute have found a way to identify which of the T cells generated after...a viral infection can persist and confer protective immunity. Because...these long-lived cells protect against reinfection by "remembering" the...prior pathogen, they are called memory T cells. This discovery about the...specific mechanisms of long-ter...