Surgeons perform skin expansion procedure on conjoined twins at UCLA's Mattel Children's Hospital
... it remains connected to the scalp's own blood and nerve supply. As in any surgery, skin expansion carries some risks related to infection, skin deterioration and breakage or leaking of the balloon. However, Kawamoto said, these risks are outweighed by the more serious consequences of approaching the twins...Landmark study demonstrates potential for nerve regeneration treatment of stroke
...dels. In the study, Inosine was shown to stimulate nerve cells in undamaged parts of the brain to grow new ...ects in animals thus far, has potential as a novel nerve regeneration approach to treatment of stroke and other types of brain injuries." It is estimated tha...Post-transplant nerve regrowth better with young hearts, quick surgery
DALLAS, July 9 Spontaneous nerve regeneration after a heart transplant is more like...nt warning sign of coronary blockage. Sympathetic nerve fibers are severed during heart transplant surgery. Reinnervation takes time, so it is more frequen......ther, it's a novel delivery system for peripheral nerve regeneration that could have implications for succ...in St. Louis, has designed a system that employs a nerve guide tube filled with a gel containing growth factor proteins that stimulate nerve regeneration. Al...Drug targets brain circuits that drive appetite and body weight
...lease of serotonin, a neurotransmitter that relays nerve impulses and curbs appetite, boosts this effect. Using a dose of d-FEN that reduced feeding behavior, they correlated anorexic effects with activity patterns in a network of neurons in the brain. Researchers targeted the arcuate nucleus (ARC) region...Schizophrenia may be caused by an interaction of genes and viruses in glia cells
...man brains are made up of two main types of cells, nerve cells, which carry electrical impulses around the ...t of the brain in the young and the maintenance of nerve connections in adults. The authors argue that many of the genes implicated in the development of sch...Researchers identify brain pathway to explain how Fenfluramine causes weight loss
...te. Serotonin acts as a neurotransmitter to convey nerve impulses in the brain, and anti-obesity drugs such as fenfluramine, as well as the popular antidepressant medications fluoxetine (Prozac) and sertraline (Zoloft) work by enhancing this effect. However, as Elmquist explains, d-FEN's popularity was re...Researchers identify pathway that helps keep weight in check
...on" by neurotransmitters released from sympathetic nerve endings. The target tissue most often cited as the source of this activation is known as brown adipose tissue (BAT), so named for its brown appearance, which is due to the abundant mitochondria that function to expend calories and thereby burn excess...Infection with toxoplasmososis increases the risk of being involved in a road traffic accident
...osis is characterised by the formation of cysts in nerve and muscle tissue and is thought to be harmless. However, new behavioural studies suggest that people with latent toxoplasmosis may find it more difficult to concentrate compared with uninfected individuals. This prompted a research team from the Cze...Study adds to knowledge of what it takes to stand up, walk
...ed microdialysis to measure the muscle sympathetic nerve activity - or muscle activity prompted by signals ...ne-legged LBNP led to a rise in muscle sympathetic nerve activity, the amount of norepinephrine in the blood plasma, and the norepinephrine in the interstiti...Complex physical learning may compensate for prenatal alcohol exposure, study shows
...ese neurons are the only ones that send signals to nerve cells outside of the cerebellar cortex. However, Klintsova said, the surviving neurons in the alcohol-exposed rats that went through the complex learning test had about 20 percent more synapses than all of the rats that did not train. In a follow-up...Colorectal cancer drug provides important option for patients with advanced disease
.... Oxaliplatin can have a toxic effect on the nerve endings that may result in an acute or cumulative pattern of side effects, most often numbness or tingling in the hands, feet, mouth or throat. Other side effects may include nausea, diarrhea, anemia, increased risk of bleeding or infection or allerg...Lipid abnormalities linked to Lou Gehrigs disease
...bnormal accumulation of two common lipids in motor nerve cells could play a critical role in the developmen... five years of diagnosis. ALS occurs when specific nerve cells in the brain and spinal cord that control voluntary movement gradually degenerate. The loss of...FINAL ALERT: RPB Science Writers Seminar in Eye Research to be held in Washington, DC Sept. 22-25
... the fluid pressure in the eye that leads to optic nerve damage and vision loss or at protecting the nerve from said damage; newly discovered, natural molecules that act to regenerate nerve cell growth in th...Sleep and sedation controlled in same brain centre, say scientists
...n anaesthetic molecules bind to them they stop the nerve cells from sending electrical signals to other neurons. "The sleep-inducing action of general anaesthetics occurs by hijacking one pathway in the brain responsible for promoting deep sleep," said Professor Nick Franks of Imperial College London. "T...Cell transplants look promising for stroke recovery
...romal cells produced more neurotrophic factors and nerve growth factors that stimulate cells to grow. They also had less cell death in the area of the stroke than the control rats.Chopp said the next step is to test the procedure in small numbers of humans to make sure it is safe. Marrow stromal cells have...New anti-inflammatory drug clears Alzheimer's provoking protein from brains of mice
...ia -- a sign of inflammation that is a key step in nerve cell death. Ibuprofen and celecoxib did not activate microglia in the transgenic mice. The researchers had assumed the anti-inflammatory drugs would reduce the brain's inflammatory response caused by the amyloid deposits. The unexpected result su...Type 2 diabetes and pre-diabetes are undetected in over one quarter of obese population
...iod, diabetic complications such as heart disease, nerve damage and stroke can develop. Worldwide, the prevalence of overweight and obesity is growing at an epidemic rate, with a corresponding surge in the incidence of type 2 diabetes. It is estimated that there are at least 150 million people in the worl...Artificial liver trials show progress, as transplant candidates wait
...failing, the toxins stay in the blood and can harm nerve function, increase pressure in the brain, and damage other important systems. Albumin dialysis pumps the blood out of the body and into a plastic tube filled with hollow fibers made of a membrane that has been coated with albumin. On one side of the...Drs. Gerald DiBona and John Hall receive American Heart Association/Novartis award
...rol kidney function. He discovered that increased nerve activity to the kidney causes the body to react in..., it was more a slow accumulation of evidence that nerve activity was significant in kidney function." says DiBona, who is also foreign adjunct professor at ...