Duke Study Suggests New Class Of Drugs Could Bypass Leptin Loop
... showed that leptin alsostimulates the sympathetic nervous system to release noradrenaline onto the surface of brown fat cells. Noradrenaline binds with B3 adrenergic receptors on the fat cell surface.This binding transmits a message inside the cell, telling it to burn calories and releaseheat energy. As th...Shark-Liver Substance May Slow Growth Of Brain Tumors
...d a growth factor to lab dishes containing central nervous system blood vessel cells from cows and squalamine alone to lab dishes containing human, rabbit or rat solid brain tumor cells. The blood vessel cells' rate of growth fell by up to 83 percent after two days, while the tumor cells treated with squalam...Postmature Infants Not As Easily Calmed As Other Newborns
...ng of the lowerlip, the arms, hands and legs and a nervous mouthing behavior.But the sugar solution did not calm such movements in thepostmature babies. The scientists studied the reactions of 31 new-born infants atSinai Hospital in Baltimore. The infants were given only a 1-ccdrop of sugar-solution at a tim...Targeted Protein Toxin Effective Against Persistent Brain Tumors
...on's leading supporter of research onthe brain and nervous system and a lead agency for the Congressionallydesignated Decade of the Brain....Diuretics And Beta-Blockers Are Best Drugs To Combat High Blood Pressure, Study Finds
...heart, peripheral blood vessels, kidney or central nervous system -- all organs that are affected by high blood pressure. Each time a patient visited an HSTP clinic, the staff recorded items ofclinical importance, especially blood pressure and medication data. Somepatients were taking no antihyperten...Is Ritalin As Effective--And As Harmless--As It Could Be?
...dual effects of d-threo and l-threo on the central nervous system. Theytagged each enantiomer with a short-lived radioactive tracer chemical -- calleda carbon-11 isotope -- with a half-life of 20 minutes. They then used positronemission tomography (PET) to compare the enantiomers' effects in the brains ofbab...New Stroke Treatment Likely To Decrease Health Care Costs And Increase Quality Of Life
...'s principal supporter of research on the brainand nervous system and a lead agency for the Congressionally designated Decadeof the Brain. The Institute supports and conducts a broad program of basic andclinical neurological investigations and is part of the National Institutes ofHealth, located in Bethesda...... station tointegrate the central and the autonomic nervous system by regulating thesecretion of various hormones into the blood stream. One of the hormones, whichis secreted under acute stress conditions in the hypothalamus, is theneuropeptide corticotropin-releasing hormone (CRH). CRH triggers the release o...Health Risk To "Cigarette Babies" Is Neglected, Duke Scientist Charges
... the brain, overstimulating cellsin the peripheral nervous system and adrenal glands that secrete adrenalin andnoradrenalin. This stimulation causes them to lose a key survival mechanismprematurely in the newborn. To protect itself from damage due to inadequate oxygen, the fetus andnewborn depend on ...Scientists Report Cancer Fighting Drug As Possible Treatment For Multiple Sclerosis
...lerosis is an unpredictable disease of the central nervous system(CNS) that affects an estimated 250,000 to 350,000 people in the United States,with an annual estimated cost of more than $2.5 billion. Severity of the diseasevaries, however, in severely affected cases, MS can render a person unable tosee, spe...Tiny Pellets Could Deliver Alzheimer's Drugs
...rophins that are essential for the survival of the nervous system. About two decades ago Alzheimer's patients were found to have a pronounced loss of nerve cells in the forebrain. These cells, it was discovered, could be regenerated with NGF. Since then, the problem has been how to deliver the potent prote...Candles with lead wicks emit lead into the air
...lead per hour. Studies have shown that the central nervous system of children is particularlysensitive to lead. Some of the most damaging neuropsychological effects of leadpoisoning of young children include learning disabilities, reduced psychometricintelligence and behavioral disorders. These effects hav...$60 Million Brain Institute Opens At University Of Florida
...isease andmany other aspects of the brain, central nervous system and spine. Alreadygarnering close to $25 million annually in external grants and private gifts,the Brain Institute encompasses faculty from more than 50 UF academicdepartments and from more than 75 research institutes and universitiesthroughou...Researchers Splice Severed Spinal Cords
...volutionary new way of dealing with injuries tothe nervous system," Borgens says. "It's too soon to know whether it would helppatients with old injuries, but it is likely to be useful in treating recentinjuries." Shi and Borgens now are testing the procedure in live animals. They plan toconduct clinical ...First Drug Shown Effective For Treating Chronic Forms Of Major Depression
...etonin in thesynapses between neurons in the nervous system. This action is thought toalleviate the symptoms and syndromes of depression, and keeps them from returning.......actly does the brain, which is part of the central nervous system, send its messages directly to the other sy...t there is indeed direct communication between the nervous and immune systems. In a study reported recently in the PROCEEDINGS OF THE NATIONAL ACADEMY OF SCIEN...Now Is Time To Design Brain-Saving Drugs Specifically For Children, UCSF Neurologist Says
...s the growing body of evidence that a youngchild's nervous system is not a miniature version of an adult's. ...To develop appropriate therapies for thedeveloping nervous system gone awry, we need more information about what goeswrong," Ferriero says. "It will take the c...Brain Tumor Support Group Meeting Scheduled At Cedars-Sinai Maxine Dunitz Neurosurgical Institute
...ate developments in the treatment of tumors of the nervous system anddiscuss various aspects of chemotherapy at the next meeting of the Cedars-SinaiMaxine Dunitz Neurosurgical Institute Brain Tumor Support Program from 6 to 8p.m. Thursday, Jan. 21. The program will be held in Cedars-Sinai's EducationalConfer...Improved Ritalin™ Offers Smaller Doses And Fewer Side Effects
...tter vital to theproper functioning of the central nervous system. "We have just developed the most potent compounds known in theliterature, which have a ten to one selectivity for inhibiting cocaine withoutinterfering with dopamine," claims Winkler. "And, we have just started ourstudies," he adds. ......olesterol and related compounds inside the central nervous system. Hewill use animal models lacking one or both transporters to clarify theirfunctions in normal and disease states. Support for this research was provided by grants from the U.S. Department ofEnergy and the National Institutes of Health....