UCSF brain tumor vaccine trial shows promising results
...entral nervous system that occurs primarily in the brain has shown promise in preliminary data from a clinical trial at the University of California, San Francisco. Known as a glioma, this cancerous tumor is always fatal. Findings from a group of 12 study patients showed that vitespen vaccination (tra...Researchers discover gene crucial for nerve cell insulation
...he peripheral nervous systemthe nerves outside the brain and spine. These disorders are known collectively...ion takes place in the central nervous system (the brain and spinal cord). Myelination in the central nervous system is not well understood. Multiple sclero...Brain structure changes years before memory loss begins
...develop dementia or Alzheimer's disease experience brain structure changes years before any signs of memory...ds to Alzheimer's disease. Researchers performed brain scans and cognitive tests on 136 people over the age of 65 who were considered cognitively normal at...MS drug helps reduce vision loss
...or complications, including the rare, often lethal brain disease progressive multifocal leukoencephalopathy (PML), of which three confirmed cases have been reported. In addition, data from AFFIRM and SENTINEL studies showed that low-contrast letter acuity eye chart testing is effective for assessing visu...Penn researchers find treatment for MS also reduces vision loss in MS patients
...al leukoencephalopathy (PML) a rare, often lethal brain disease have been reported. Despite the fact that vision loss is a common and important cause of disability in MS, the natalizumab clinical trials were the first to include a test of visual function. These trials showed that low-contrast letter a...Sex and prenatal hormone exposure affect cognitive performance, Yerkes scientists find
...nowledge to gain a better understanding of how the brain develops and functions. Lead researcher Rebecca ...ts there are subtle sex differences in the way the brain develops. As an example of these strategies, Herman said men, when finding a location, generally use...Neurosurgery robot unveiled April 17
The worlds first MRI-compatible robot for brain surgery has been developed by a research team from the University of Calgary / Calgary Health Region. Media are invited to the unveiling of neuroArm at 9:30 am (Mountain Time), Tuesday, April 17. The six-year, multimillion-dollar project is led by...Wired for sound: How the brain senses visual illusions
...ght. Investigating the timing and location of the brain processes that underlie this illusory effect the ...ientists measured event-related potentials (ERPs), brain responses that are directly related to the perceptual experiences induced by sensory stimuli, using ...Drugs for Parkinson's disease may ease stroke-related disability
...dicine in St. Louis showed that stroke damage in a brain region known as the putamen is strongly linked to ...thers want to closely link damage in a given right brain region to a particular set of symptoms. "This approach has been applied to strokes affecting the l...Fragile X, Down syndromes linked to faulty brain communication
...sorders are very different, the end result for the brain seems to be the same, said Daniel Madison, PhD, as... their useless peers. Not so for an elite corps of brain neurons. Here, where cooperation and communication are key, a few deadbeats in the mix can be disast...Combined imaging approach may provide better identification of difficult-to-diagnose brain clots
...ity of Cincinnati (UC) neuroradiologists believe a brain imaging approach that combines standard magnetic r...his is a condition in the membrane surrounding the brain where blood flow has been partially reestablished in a previously blocked vessel. Research has sh...Jefferson immunology researchers show blood-brain barrier damage could affect MS severity
...t. "This puts an emphasis on the fact that blood brain permeability changes are an important aspect of th...ften did not show disease, despite the increase in brain barrier permeability, causing the scientists to speculate about its role in the disease. "This is th...Mild head injuries increase risk of sleep disorders
...and treatment of sleep disorders in mild traumatic brain injury patients who complain of insomnia. "As ma... as 40 to 65 percent of people with mild traumatic brain injury complain of insomnia," said study author Liat Ayalon, PhD, with the University of California,...New research shows why too much memory may be a bad thing
...eurogenesis, in the hippocampus, the region of the brain responsible for learning and memory. Results of the study, conducted with mice, found that the absence of neurogenesis in the hippocampus improves working memory, a specific form of short-term memory that relates to the ability to store task-specif...New treatment possibilities for fatal genetic disease
...gtons disease, the first evidence of damage in the brain occurs in the part of the brain called the striatum; D1 and D2 neurons constitute 90% of neurons in the striatum. Research leader,...Blocking immune cell action increases Alzheimer's-associated protein deposits
...s with Alzheimer's disease, appears to protect the brain from damage in early stages of the devastating neu...lzheimer's disease has not been clear. Within the brain and central nervous system, the inflammatory process is controlled by immune cells called microglia,...Light-based probe 'sees' early cancers in first tests on human tissue
...s start in the epithelium. It may be, for example, brain cancer that causes a patient's death, but that cancer might have originated in the colon or other site of epithelial tissue," said Adam Wax, professor of biomedical engineering. "Being able to detect pre-cancer in epithelial tissues would therefore h...Gene linked to increased risk of stroke
...s type of gene has previously been associated with brain diseases such as Alzheimer disease, Parkinson disease, ALS, multiple sclerosis, and cerebrovascular disease, but this is the first time we've been able to determine this gene predicts such a significant increased risk of stroke," said study author Bo...Drug/intervention combinations offer benefit in severe CVD
...(PET) is a widely used research tool to map normal brain and heart function. Recently, it has proven beneficial in assisting physicians in selecting therapies by visualizing a patient's heart metabolism. The PET and Recovery Following Revascularization (PARR-2) study looked at patients with poor left ven......owerhouse dysfunction is discernible in postmortem brain studies and in muscle biopsies and measures of platelet activity in the living. By giving more energy to the cell, you are giving them a safety margin, Dr. Sethi says. If a cell is dying, it takes another route and that would be surviving. The go...