News tagged with behavioral deficits
Researchers identify how PCBs may alter in utero, neonatal brain development
Apr 14, 2009 |
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In three new studies — including one appearing online today in the Public Library of Science - Biology (PLoS - Biology) — UC Davis researchers provide compelling evidence of how low levels of polychlorinated biphenyls (PC ...
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Scientists dig deeper into the genetics of schizophrenia by evaluating microRNAs
May 11, 2008 |
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Researchers at Columbia University Medical Center have illuminated a window into how abnormalities in microRNAs, a family of molecules that regulate expression of numerous genes, may contribute to the behavioral ...
Multiple sclerosis research charges ahead with new mouse model of disease
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Nov 06, 2008 |
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A new study highlights the role of a charge-switching enzyme in nervous system deficits characteristic of multiple sclerosis and other related neurological illness.
Meth exposure in young adults leads to long-term behavioral consequences
Aug 14, 2007 |
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Young adults who use methamphetamine may be more vulnerable to age-related brain degeneration when they grow older, new animal research suggests.
Researchers reverse the cognitive impairment caused by sleep deprivation
Oct 22, 2009 |
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(PhysOrg.com) -- A research collaboration led by biologists and neuroscientists at the University of Pennsylvania has found a molecular pathway in the brain that is the cause of cognitive impairment due to sleep deprivation. ...
HIV infection and chronic drinking have a synergistic, damaging effect on the brain
Medicine & Health / HIV & AIDS
Jul 23, 2009 |
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More than half of clinic patients infected with the human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) report they also drink heavily. While highly active antiretroviral therapy has helped to reduce HIV-related cognitive and motor deficits, ...
Gene therapy 'trains' immune system to destroy brain cancer cells and reverses behavioral deficits
Feb 19, 2008 |
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A new gene therapy approach that attracts and “trains” immune system cells to destroy deadly brain cancer cells also provides long-term immunity, produces no significant adverse effects and -- in the process of destroying ...
Schizophrenic patients' frozen faces harm social interactions
Jan 23, 2009 |
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Non-verbal communication, in the form of facial expressions, may be impaired in people with schizophrenia. Researchers writing in BioMed Central's open access journal Behavioral and Brain Functions have shown that defici ...
Study confirms association between tobacco smoke and behavioral problems in children
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The scientists observed that the impact of tobacco smoke was especially detrimental during gestation. The results of the study have been published in the current online issue of the renowned journal Environmental Health Pe ...
Mouse model of prion disease mimics diverse symptoms of human disorder
Nov 26, 2008 |
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A comprehensive mouse model of inherited prion disease exhibits cognitive, motor, and neurophysiological deficits that bear a striking resemblance to the symptoms experienced by patients with the human version of "mad cow ...
Scientists identify role of fatty acids in Alzheimer's disease
Oct 19, 2008 |
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Scientists at the Gladstone Institute of Neurological Disease (GIND) and the University of California have found that complete or partial removal of an enzyme that regulates fatty acid levels improves cognitive deficits in ...
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