Left and right ears not created equal as newborns process sound, finds UCLA/UA research
...n processes speech and music, except the sides are reversed due to the brain's cross connections." "Our findings demonstrate that auditory processing starts in the ear before it is ever seen in the brain," said Cone-Wesson. "Even at birth, the ear is structured to distinguish between different types...'Hedgehog' signal distinguishes lethal from localized prostate cancers
... called cyclopamine or an antibody slowed and even reversed growth of highly aggressive rat prostate tumors implanted into the animals. Without treatment, the aggressive cancers, from a collection established by Hopkins' John Isaacs, Ph.D., killed the animals within 18 days. A low dose of cyclopamine gave the...The machinery of forgetting fears
...hers, was that during fear extinction the amygdala reversed its response, showing a greater response to the non-shock-associated square. This result, wrote the researchers, suggested that the amygdala was actively encoding information about the fear-related event and altered its response when new information ...MRI shows brain changes underlying language deficits in autism
...s ago, Harris's group found that the situation was reversed in a group of right-handed boys with autism -- Broca's area was still asymmetrical between brain hemispheres, but the right side was larger, on average, instead of the left. In the current study, the researchers divided a new group of autistic boys i...Mothers have brains primed for care
...f early social bond disruption and stress could be reversed by substituting an alternative social bond, in thi...lieve that these disorders can be improved or even reversed by the body's natural peptide systems, through family therapy that restores effective maternal nurtu...Promise of stem cells amplified
...ts at the University of California , Irvine , have reversed spinal cord damage in paralyzed adult rats, allowing them to walk again. The researchers, led by Hans Keirstead, PhD, used human embryonic stem cells, which have the potential to become any cell type in the entire body--and turned them into oligodend...Gender and sex hormones affect the brain's pain response and more, according to new studies
...ormal" females. Surprisingly, this effect could be reversed with only two weeks of testosterone treatment duri...eonatal testosterone deprivation in males could be reversed in some tests simply by exposing the males to testosterone for two weeks during adulthood. In contra...New insights into hormone therapy highlight when estrogen best aids brain
...r giving the aged ovariectomized rats progesterone reversed these positive cognitive effects. Thirty rats were used in the study. Ten rats kept their ovaries, and twenty rats had their ovaries removed. The ovariectomized rats were then divided into two groups: those receiving progesterone and a control group...New brain cells develop during alcohol abstinence, UNC study shows
...creased brain volumes, both of which are partially reversed during abstinence. Alcohol dependence also is associated with depression, which is consistent with inhibition of neurogenesis. Cessation from alcohol is associated with improved cognitive abilities, Crews said....'Outgrown' a peanut allergy? Eat more peanuts!
...ing an oral food challenge, these reactions can be reversed with prompt treatment of routine medications, such as short-acting antihistamines. Therefore, researchers say the risk of a reaction is warranted as long as the challenge is performed under the supervision of an experienced clinician. They also repor...M. D. Anderson researchers discover key protein in psoriasis
...gnificantly halted the progress of the lesions and reversed symptoms such as slowing cell growth, shrinking dilated blood capillaries and reducing inflammation. "This study opens the door to a whole new kind of therapy for psoriasis," said DiGiovanni. "This is a brand new target for treatment." He also noted ...Privacy rule cuts research recruitment by more than half
... system. Fortunately, the University of California reversed its stance." Still, concern continues among many researchers, Dr. Ness said. The American College of Epidemiology, on whose board Dr. Ness serves, and the Association of American Medical Colleges have called on the U.S. Department of Health and Human...Bone density returns when teens stop using Depo Provera, Group Health study finds
...n-aged Depo-Provera users' bone loss appears to be reversed once young women stop taking the contraceptive. The findings come less than three months after a decision by the U.S. Food and Drug Administration to issue a black box warning on Depo-Provera. The warning states that the drug is associated with bone ...News briefs from the journal CHEST, February 2005
...oconstriction were given salbutamol, which usually reversed their symptoms. Results indicate that bronchoconstriction following inhalation of an aerosol is common but is controllable, and should not deter use of inhaled colistin. The study appears in the February issue of CHEST, the peer-reviewed journal of t...Mayo Clinic identifies key cellular process in prostate and other cancers
... also show that this interaction can be chemically reversed to stop cancer tumor growth -- a strategy that may..., they also show that this loss of function can be reversed -- even in the presence of high levels of Skp2, by using chemicals that inhibit protein destruction,...Potential treatment for Fragile X Syndrome demonstrated in fruit fly model
...y-dependent courtship behavior in mutant flies and reversed some of the neuronal structural defects. The group used lithium because it is known to have activities analogous to blocking mGluR-receptor activity, and it is already an FDA-approved drug used to treat other ailments in humans such as bipolar disord...Invasive pneumonia and antibiotic resistance decreased after childhood vaccine introduced
...pneumonia, meningitis and sepsis, was dramatically reversed following the licensing and use of a new conjugate vaccine for young children in February 2000, according to research conducted at Emory University, the Atlanta Veterans Affairs Medical Center, the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, and the ...