News tagged with brain marker
Researchers Identify Early Brain Marker for Familial Form of Depression
Mar 23, 2009 |
5 / 5 (2) |
0
(PhysOrg.com) -- Findings from one of the largest-ever imaging studies of depression indicate that a structural difference in the brain - a thinning of the right hemisphere - appears to be linked to a higher ...
Search results for brain marker
Researchers develop marker that identifies energy-producing centers in nerve cells
Feb 01, 2007 |
5 / 5 (2) |
0
A protein that causes coral to glow is helping researchers at the University of Maryland School of Medicine to light up brain cells that are critical for the proper functioning of the central nervous system. This fluorescent ...
New fluorescent label sheds light on brain diseases
Nov 05, 2007 |
4.8 / 5 (4) |
0
In an advance that may speed progress toward new diagnostic tests for Alzheimer’s disease (AD) and Parkinson’s disease (AD), scientists in New York are reporting development of the first direct method for measuring a key ...
Decoding funny faces to detect disease
Feb 04, 2009 |
4 / 5 (1) |
0
Like Russell Crowe's character in A Beautiful Mind, life is often difficult for the 2.4 million Americans with schizophrenia. A late or incorrect diagnosis and the lack of effective treatment options can ...
Alzheimer's disease: Newly found peptide offers hope of early test and better treatment
Jun 10, 2009 |
not rated yet |
0
Researchers in Japan have detected a peptide in cerebrospinal fluid (CSF) that can show whether a person is developing Alzheimer's disease. Measuring the level of this peptide could show that the disease process has started, ...
New marker for raised intracranial pressure
Sep 11, 2008 |
not rated yet |
0
Magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) measurements of the thickness of the optic nerve sheath are a good marker for raised intracranial pressure (ICP). New research published today in BioMed Central's open access journal Critical Ca ...
Radiologists identify early brain marker of Alzheimer's disease
Sep 25, 2007 |
4.7 / 5 (7) |
0
Researchers using functional magnetic resonance imaging (fMRI) have found a new marker which may aid in early diagnosis of Alzheimer’s disease, according to a study published in the October issue of Radiology.
Researchers unlock key to memory storage in brain
Apr 19, 2007 |
4.8 / 5 (20) |
0
Scientists know little about how the brain assigns cells to participate in encoding and storing memories. Now a UCLA/University of Toronto team has discovered that a protein called CREB controls the odds of a neuron playing ...
Multiple sclerosis progression can be predicted with MRI
Nov 05, 2008 |
4 / 5 (1) |
0
A new study published in Journal of Neuroimaging shows that MRI scans used on multiple sclerosis (MS) patients to determine if the disease has affected gray matter in the brain can identify those at-risk for progression of dis ...
Scientists develop non-invasive method to track nerve-cell development in live human brain
Nov 08, 2007 |
4.5 / 5 (2) |
0
A team of scientists including researchers at Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory (CSHL) have identified and validated the first biomarker that permits neural stem and progenitor cells (NPCs) to be tracked, non-invasively, in the ...
Imaging neural progenitor cells in the living human brain
Nov 08, 2007 |
5 / 5 (2) |
0
For the first time, investigators have identified a way to detect neural progenitor cells (NPCs), which can develop into neurons and other nervous system cells, in the living human brain using a type of imaging called magnetic ...
List of search results for brain marker
