Chemists identify immune system mechanism for methamphetamine binges
...ssion, psychotic behavior, and potential heart and brain damage. The Skaggs Institute for Chemical Biology (at Scripps) and the National Institute on Drug Abuse provided funding for this study. In addition to Janda and Dickerson, other study co-authors include Noboru Yamamoto and Diana Ruiz, also of Scripp...Does the college experience damage your brain?
...Iowa The conference brochure is available on the brain conference Web site: http://brainconference.mum.e... of life at most colleges and universities. Recent brain research documents how this college experience can take a terrible toll on a student's brainand what...Neuronal death and processing of Tau protein in Alzheimer's disease
...s been recently confirmed to occur "in vivo" in AD brain as an early event. The study shows the apoptotic properties of tau fragments in cultured hippocampal neurons, a neuronal subpopulation precociously affected by AD pathology. According to the authors, neurodegeneration would be perpetuated by an "aut...Brain imaging reveals secrets of love, fear and betrayal
...ecture highlighting the fascinating insights which brain imaging gives to the workings of the human mind is being hosted by the University of Edinburgh tomorrow (Tuesday, 15 March). The lecture, given by University of Oxford neuroscientist Professor Paul Mathews, will illuminate the parallels between the w...Neurobehavioral function during coma, stroke rehabilitation effective for elderly
...d civilians over age 18 unconscious after a severe brain injury were evaluated with the DOCS weekly. Invest...e with TBI, pg 29 This study uses visually evoked brain waves to identify emotion recognition deficits in people with traumatic brain injury (TBI). Investig...Brain imaging studies investigate pain reduction by hypnosis
...ance imaging (fMRI) to find out if hypnosis alters brain activity in a way that might explain pain reductio...t. They also had a distinctly different pattern of brain activity compared to when they were not hypnotized and experienced the painful heat. The changes in ...Binge drinking can impair both mood and cognitive performance
...followed by abstinence, induces more damage in the brain than the same amount of alcohol taken uninterrupted in the same length of time," said Theodora Duka, professor at the University of Sussex and corresponding author for the study. "For instance, animals and humans who have undergone several withdrawa...Short-term effects of spit tobacco suggest long-term health risks
...ers also obtained a window on the message from the brain to the blood vessels on a moment-by-moment basis. Normally, when blood pressure is increased by an external substance, the body seeks to protect the cardiovascular system by decreasing heart rate and dilating the blood vessels. It does this by "shutt...Fractured leg bone not the end of Tutankhamen mystery
...een death and mummification, during which time the brain would have liquefied. The priests have almost certainly drained the brain through the base of the skull rather than removing it in the traditional way via the nose. "Howe...Dartmouth researchers find where musical memories are stored in the brain
...ional magnetic resonance imaging (fMRI) to measure brain activity, the researchers found that study partici...w that sensory-specific memories are stored in the brain regions that created those events. Their study, however, is the first to investigate a kind of audit...Common anesthetics appear safe for developing fetal brain
...ears to have no negative effects on the developing brain of the fetus, according to a new study on sheep co...said that the increase in oxygenation in the fetal brain is likely due to isoflurane, one of the three commonly used agents, which induced reductions in oxyg...Breakthrough in medical research: New chemotherapy gives hope to brain tumour patients
...ing from glioblastoma, a very aggressive form of a brain tumour. Further, molecular analyses of the tumour ...10 March 2005). Primary tumours originating in the brain account for less than 5% of all cancer diagnoses. However, brain cancer frequently affects previousl...American Academy of Neurology presents 57th Annual Meeting in Miami Beach
...diagnosing, treating and managing disorders of the brain and nervous system such as Alzheimer's disease, epilepsy, multiple sclerosis, Parkinson's disease, and stroke....New scale predicts recovery of consciousness from coma after brain injury
...eurobehavioral functioning during coma from severe brain injury that predicts recovery of consciousness up...r age 18 years who were unconscious after a severe brain injury. The test stimuli were organized into eight subscales, including social knowledge; taste and ...Emotional memory study reveals evidence for a self-reinforcing loop
DURHAM, N.C. -- Researchers exploring the brain structures involved in recalling an emotional memo... and increased blood flow is a signature of higher brain activity. The pleasant images were of romantic scenes and sports; the unpleasant images involved inj...Researchers discover link between insulin and Alzheimer's
...h factors, which are necessary for the survival of brain cells, contribute to the progression of Alzheimer'...etermined that a drop in insulin production in the brain contributes to the degeneration of brain cells, an early symptom of Alzheimer's. "These abnormalitie...Study: Two brain systems regulate how we call for help
...et help from others appears to be regulated by two brain systems with very different responsibilities, acco...e they help clarify how a balance of two important brain systems can influence an individual's behavior and emotional expression in times of need," says Ned ...University of Manchester awarded 826k for brain science and mental health research
... of a 5.3m package, to fund research projects into brain science and build increased capacity for clinical ... Dr Shaheen Hamdy's study into the ability of the brain to adapt to and compensate for conditions such as stroke Dr Nusrat Hussain's study of pre- and post...Common schizophrenia symptoms often overlooked by physicians, according to expert panel
... aimed at raising the bar for the treatment of the brain disease. Comprehensive treatment of all schizophrenia symptoms is possible and many people with schizophrenia can now recover in ways not previously thought possible, according to the panel of nationally recognized psychiatrists and psychologists who......fying what kind of computation is performed by the brain in doing this," says Pelli. The brain, he says, i...cognizes "bite-sized pieces" of our world, and our brain assembles them into the perceptual objects that constitute our environment....