Individual neurons reveal complexity of memory within the brain
...ributed in the brain, individual neurons generally respond to specific aspects of memory. "For the first time...of the temporal lobe in the way individual neurons respond to memory. Everything weve done to this point was to show that there are individual neurons that cha...Researchers find better way to predict childhood brain tumor outcomes
...in a tumor sample may help explain why some people respond to cancer treatments and others dont. Also known as "transcriptional profiling," the new techniques may provide a more reliable diagnosis. It may uncover previously unrecognized kinds of cancer and provide new discovery tools to explore and ultimatel...Drug-free therapy gives patients reprieve from panic disorder
... true for every patient - some people respond well with therapy and can forg...ng terror and dizziness. The patients learn how to respond to fear in order to minimize or eliminate symptoms. While tr...Road skills hint at 'motion blindness' of Alzheimer's
...ttention between tasks, and the ability to see and respond to useful information, pinpoints potentially dangerous drivers very well. The emotionally charged tussle over when a patient should stop driving takes up hours of Duffys time with patients and families every week. The American Academy of Neurology a...Researchers identify for the first time proteins vital to maintaining nervous system architecture
...ructure in the head, sense organs in the head that respond to taste, smell, temperature and touch, dual nerve cords-a major right cord and a minor left cord--that run longitudinally along the ventral side of the animal close to the surface on which the worm wriggles, and other nerves. A nerve cord is a coll...Brown researchers find new photoreceptor and visual system in the eye
...ectrical impulses. Many cells in the eye and brain respond to light but only because they are linked to the rods and cones by complex pathways. These cells are responsible for the nervous systems sensitivity to patterns, objects and movement in the visual world. Now there is a third photoreceptor, say scient...Stroke teams double access to fast care without higher costs
...for acute stroke victims, because their ability to respond rapidly with assessment and treatment has the potential to minimize disability. We hope that this study will assist the association through its Operation Stroke program and Acute Stroke Treatment Program tool kit to raise the quality of stroke care ...Stroke news tips for Friday, Feb. 8, 2002
...30 p.m. #P292 Do post-stroke depression patients respond well to Zoloft? The antidepressant sertraline (Zoloft) appears to be safe, well tolerated and effective in treating the depression that follows stroke in 20 percent to 30 percent of survivors. In four Swedish stroke centers, 123 stroke patients wer...Training can improve age-related memory decline in elderly
...ave difficulty in novel situations where they must respond flexibly to memorize things." Considerable evidence has indicated that the cause of these deficits might be reduced functioning of the frontal cortex -- the region of the brain responsible for higher-level intellectual processing. For example, said B...Using cocaine during pregnancy may damage developing fetuses, causing lifelong learning disabilities
...ecome re-programmed in a subtle way, causing it to respond abnormally to routine events," Morrow said....Asthma researchers present new results, new perspectives on the disease
...hat differently, is triggered differently, and may respond to different treatments or interventions. Asthma is usually considered a single disease, but it may be more helpful to doctors and more productive for researchers to think of asthma as many related diseases, says Ken Adams, Ph.D., chief of NIAIDs ast...Breaking down the walls of immunological ignorance
T cells that respond to an antigen challenge in vitro but fail to do so in a living animal are said to be in a state of immunological ignorance. Chen and his colleagues have argued for some time that this poorly understood state can help explain the workings and, crucial...Cancer patients emotional needs often undetected by oncologists
..., but physicians are not always able to detect and respond effectively to these needs, explains the studys le...e and consultations are not prolonged when doctors respond to patient cues. This may help assure doctors that placing increased focus on emotional issues doesn...Study reveals differences in patients' response to Ritalin
... study offers insight into why individual patients respond differently to standard doses of Ritalin, a drug u...ivity." "This may explain why some patients do not respond to Ritalin," Volkow said. Even if the drug effectively blocks dopamine transporters, it may not sign...Health and fitness facilities need defibrillators
...ular disease, train staff members to recognize and respond to cardiac arrest, have in place written emergency...ates now provide legal protections to citizens who respond to medical emergencies. With the recent approval of the use of AEDs by trained first responders a...Burnout of young doctors affects careers, recruiting and patient care
...esidents. They say that the medical community must respond immediately and effectively to the alarming financial and psychological distress expressed by many of trainees....Alcohol linked to decreased hypertension risk in young women
...different races and ethnicity, since one group may respond differently than another. We also want to see if modifying alcohol consumption can help women who already have high blood pressure get to a healthier level," says Thadhani....Air pollution causes healthy blood vessels to constrict
...s studies that people with atherosclerosis tend to respond with greater-than-normal constriction, or narrowing of blood vessels, in response to certain hormones in the body. Could it be that their blood vessels also have enhanced constriction in response to air pollution? Future studies will be needed to a...Patient trust is not harmed when HMOs pay doctors a bonus for holding down costs
... "These factors may have caused these patients to respond more positively than people would in a different health plan," Hall explained....