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- STUDY AND NEWS THERAPIES IN MUSCULAR DYSTROPHY
Study reveals function of glycosylating enzyme involved in muscular dystrophy, brain development and infection by arenaviruses such as Lassa fever; ability to assay enzyme activity could help ...
- LOU GEHRIG's DISEASE OR (ALS) & TRANSPLANTATION IN HUMAN SPINAL STEM CELLS -Grafting of human spinal stem cells into ALS rats best with immunosuppressant combination
Tampa, Fla. (Dec, 19 2011) – A team of researchers grafting human spinal stem cells into rats modeled with amyotrophic lateral sclerosis (ALS), also known as "Lou Gehrig's ...
- MEMORYWhere is the accurate memory? the eyes have it
The witness points out the criminal in a police lineup. She swears she’d remember that face forever. Then DNA evidence shows she’s got the wrong guy. It happens so frequently ...
- MULTIPLE SCLEROSIS: -Study shows promising multiple sclerosis treatment targets immune cells to increase neuroprotection
Philadelphia, PA, December 6, 2011 – Laquinimod is an orally available synthetic compound that has been successfully evaluated in phase II/III clinical studies for the treatment of ...
- MUSCULAR DYSTROPHY: -A Clinical trial for muscular dystrophy demonstrates safety of customized gene therapy
CHAPEL HILL, N.C. – Researchers at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill have shown that it is safe to cut and paste together different viruses in an effort to create the ultimate ...
- FRECUENT: -HEAD INJURY IN SOCCER: -Frequent 'heading' in soccer can lead to brain injury and cognitive impairment
Einstein Montefiore research suggests frequency threshold for injury that could lead to safety guidelines VIDEO: Using advanced imaging techniques and cognitive tests, researchers at ...
- NEUROLOGY: -Dantrolene protects neurons from Huntington's disease
Huntington's disease (HD) is characterized by ongoing destruction of specific neurons within the brain. It affects a person's ability to walk, talk, and think - leading to involuntary ...
- REBUILDING THE BRAINs CIRCUITRY
Carefully selected young, healthy neurons can functionally integrate into diseased brain circuitry BOSTON, MA -- Neuron transplants have repaired brain circuitry and substantially normalized ...
- A MICRO RNA AS KEY REGULATOR OF LEARNING & ALZHEIMER DISEASE´S
Göttingen, September 23rd, 2011. Proteins are the molecular machines of the cell. They transport materials, cleave products or transmit signals – and for a long time, they have been a ...
- ALZHEIMER'S DISEASE: -Road block as a new strategy for the treatment of Alzheimer's
Blocking a transport pathway through the brain cells offers new prospects to prevent the development of Alzheimer's. Wim Annaert and colleagues of VIB and K.U. Leuven discovered that two ...
- COGNITION & Older adults with too much salt in diet and too little exercise at greater risk of cognitive decline
Toronto, Canada – Older adults who lead sedentary lifestyles and consume a lot of sodium in their diet may be putting themselves at risk for more than just heart disease. A study led by ...
- SUTTER: - Profound reorganization in brains of adults who stutter
New study shows auditory-motor integration located in a different part of the brain Milan, Italy, August 15, 2011 Hearing Beethoven while reciting Shakespeare can suppress even a King's ...
- NEUROLOGY: -Neighborhood status influences older women's cognitive function, study finds
Older women who live in a lower socioeconomic status neighborhood are more likely to exhibit lower cognitive functioning than women who live in more affluent neighborhoods, according to a new RAND ...
- NEURO-SENSES: -Dissecting dyslexia: linking reading to voice recognition
When people recognize voices, part of what helps make voice recognition accurate is noticing how people pronounce words differently. But individuals with dyslexia don't experience this familiar ...
- NEUROSURGERY: -Brain autopsies of four former football players reveal not all get chronic traumatic encephalopathy
ScienceDaily (July 26, 2011) Preliminary results from the first four brains donated to the Canadian Sports Concussion Project at the Krembil Neuroscience Centre, TorontoWesternHospital, reveal that ...
