New research brain abnormalities appear early in psychoses
... imaging research shows clear abnormalities in the brains of people experiencing their first episode of psychosis, suggesting early detection and even prevention may be possible. Early detection could be crucial because psychiatrists agree that early treatment of psychoses gives the patient the best possibl...Lingering cognitive impairment may be linked to coronary bypass surgery
... -- like many major surgeries -- exposes patients' brains to a variety of abnormal physiological conditions, including inflammation, lack of oxygen, elevated blood sugar, lowered body temperature, showers of microscopic blood clots, and the presence of a lot of amnesia-causing drugs. The Neuropsychology ar...Emory brain imaging studies reveal biological basis for human cooperation
...experiments, the researchers used fMRI to scan the brains of 36 women while they played the "Prisoner's Dilemma Game," a decades-old model for cooperation based on reciprocal altruism. Two players independently chose to either cooperate with each other or not (defect), and each was awarded a sum of money th...Researchers shed light on early brain growth and autism
...h set out to explore anatomical differences in the brains of very young autistic children, the brain volume measurements of 45 autistic children, ages 3 and 4, were compared with those of 26 children with typical development and 14 children with developmental delay. "We found that the autistic children had...Conjoined twins celebrate first birthday at UCLA's Mattel Children's Hospital
...d developmental testing. Results showed the twins' brains appear separated by a membrane and look normal in size and structure. However, tests also showed that while each child possesses normal arteries feeding the brain, a portion of the veins draining the brain return to the other twin. If doctors can't p...Schizophrenia may be caused by an interaction of genes and viruses in glia cells
...published results of schizophrenia research. Human brains are made up of two main types of cells, nerve cells, which carry electrical impulses around the brain and glia, which are important for the normal development of the brain in the young and the maintenance of nerve connections in adults. The authors a...Columbia neurobiology fellow wins major career award from 2002 Burroughs Wellcome funding program
...me Fund (BWF) to study taste representation in the brains of Drosophila (a type of fruit fly commonly used in biomedical research), is one of just 17 investigators across the United States named to this year's roster of winners. A 1989 graduate of the University of Chicago with a bachelor's degree in biolo...The Lancet Neurology press release
...tin-1 and hypocretin-2 peptides are missing in the brains of patients with narcolepsy. In this month's TLN, Shahrad Taheri and Emmanuel Mignot discuss the current knowledge on the role of genetic risk factors in sleep disorders, in particular circadian disorders, narcolepsy, restless-legs syndrome, and obst...Brain tumor therapy needs longer treatment time
...t to a new method of observing BPA activity in the brains of living cancer patients. To track BPA in brain cells, the Cornell scientists used an imaging technique known as subcellular secondary ion mass spectrometry (SIMS). The technique yields three-dimensional images of the electrically charged atoms, or ...Complex physical learning may compensate for prenatal alcohol exposure, study shows
...s whose experiments led to increased wiring in the brains of young rats. In their study, infant rats were exposed to alcohol during a period of brain development (especially in the cerebellum) that is similar to that of the human third trimester of pregnancy. In adulthood, the rats improved their learning ...Pivotal brain processor decreased in schizophrenia
...or, a chemical called DARPP-32, was reduced in the brains of deceased victims of schizophrenia. DARPP-32 is... seen in the disease." The researchers studied the brains of 14 deceased people who had schizophrenia. DARPP-32 was found to be reduced significantly in an ar...DARPA to support development of human brain-machine interfaces
...unts of data produced from electrode arrays in the brains of experimental animals. Neurosurgeon Turner and ...s people or animals learn to use the device, their brains will basically dedicate neuronal space to represent that device." Development of the Duke center's b...Emory researcher claims stress-induced changes in brain can create psychiatric disorders
...eam of Emory researchers continue to peer into the brains of individuals with PTSD hoping to further determine the relationship between trauma and functionality, so that future victims can be cured. At Emory, he is director of the Center for Positron Emission Tomography and assistant professor of psychiatry...New anti-inflammatory drug clears Alzheimer's provoking protein from brains of mice
...rmine how NCX-2216 reduces amyloid deposits in the brains of transgenic mice bred to develop Alzheimer's-lik...g Alzheimer's-associated amyloid deposits from the brains of middle-aged transgenic mice. The results were reported in the March 15 issue of the Journal of N...Alzheimer's-associated enzyme elevated in key brain areas
...ticky fragments making up the plaques found in the brains of people with Alzheimer's disease, are elevated i...enzyme works, is increased in Alzheimer's diseased brains specifically in those areas affected by the disease," says Michael Irizarry, MD, of the Alzheimer's ...New research adds to understanding of conscious awareness
...ctivity from a grid of electrodes implanted in the brains of six patients who were undergoing surgery to tre...s used this opportunity to study how the patients' brains responded to a painless stimulus to one of their fingers. Although the patients were conscious each ...New clues to help diabetes and hypoglycemia
...ing diabetic rats have shown the NPY levels in the brains of diabetic rats differ significantly to those of ...," says Morris. "We know that NPY is linked to the brains ability to sense and control the body's levels of glucose. Our task now is to understand NPY's exac...Antioxidant reduces brain damage in stroke model
...hey then injected AEOL 10150 or a placebo into the brains of these mice six hours after the artery had been reopened. The six-hour post-stroke time period has significant clinical relevance. In an unrelated stroke study, 26 percent of patients received treatment within four hours, but 99 percent received tr...Researchers find promising new target for anxiety-reducing drugs
... would result in (anxiety reduction) by making our brains more sensitive to our own (naturally occurring compounds for keeping anxiety under control)."...... of Mental Health (NIMH) scientists has found that brains of children and adolescents with Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder (ADHD) are 3-4 percent smaller than those of children who don't have the disorder and that medication treatment is not the cause. Indeed, in this first major study to scan pr...