News tagged with brain pathology


Delusions associated with consistent pattern of brain injury

Medicine & Health / Research

created Jan 13, 2009 | popularity 4 / 5 (1) | comments 0

A new study provides a novel theory for how delusions arise and why they persist. NYU Langone Medical Center researcher Orrin Devinsky, MD, performed an in-depth analysis of patients with certain delusions and brain disorders ...





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A RANK insider resolving the enigma of the fever chart

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created Nov 25, 2009 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

Mammals have evolved a complex system for controlling bone remodeling. Babies require calcium for healthy bones and they obtain it from their mother's milk. Nursing mothers release calcium from their bones. Surprisingly, ...


Factors from common human bacteria may trigger multiple sclerosis

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created Nov 24, 2009 | popularity 3.7 / 5 (3) | comments 0

Current research suggests that a common oral bacterium may exacerbate autoimmune disease. The related report by Nichols et al, "Unique Lipids from a Common Human Bacterium Represent a New Class of TLR2 Ligands Capable of ...


Novel mouse gene reduces major pathologies associated with Alzheimer's disease

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created Nov 11, 2009 | popularity 3.8 / 5 (4) | comments 0

A new study reveals that a previously undiscovered mouse gene reduces the two major pathological perturbations commonly associated with Alzheimer's disease (AD). The research, published by Cell Press in the November 12 issue ...


Unravelling the pathology of dementia

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created Nov 10, 2009 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

Combination therapies to tackle multiple changes in the brain may be needed to combat the growing problem of dementia in ageing societies, according to a study published this week in the open access journal PLoS Medicine. The st ...


Scientists successfully reprogram blood cells

Biology / Cell & Microbiology

created Nov 09, 2009 | popularity 5 / 5 (6) | comments 0

Researchers have transplanted genetically modified hematopoietic stem cells into mice so that their developing red blood cells produce a critical lysosomal enzyme -preventing or reducing organ and central nervous system damage ...


Widely used cholesterol-lowering drug may prevent progression

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created Oct 29, 2009 | popularity 5 / 5 (2) | comments 0

Simvastatin, a commonly used, cholesterol-lowering drug, may prevent Parkinson's disease from progressing further. Neurological researchers at Rush University Medical Center conducted a study examining the use of the FDA-approved ...


Placental precursor stem cells require testosterone-free environment to survive

Biology / Cell & Microbiology

created Oct 29, 2009 | popularity 3 / 5 (1) | comments 0

Trophoblast stem cells (TSCs), cells found in the layer of peripheral embryonic stem cells from which the placenta is formed, are thought to exhibit "immune privilege" that aids cell survivability and is potentially beneficial ...


General anesthetics lead to learning disabilities in animal models

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created Oct 22, 2009 | popularity 5 / 5 (1) | comments 0

Studies by researchers at Wake Forest University School of Medicine have shown that blocking the NMDA receptor in immature rats leads to profound, rapid brain injury and disruption of auditory function as the animals mature.


Manipulating brain inflammation may help clear brain of amyloid plaques

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created Oct 22, 2009 | popularity 4.8 / 5 (12) | comments 0

In a surprising reversal of long-standing scientific belief, researchers at the Mayo Clinic campus in Florida have discovered that inflammation in the brain is not the trigger that leads to buildup of amyloid deposits and ...


First former college football player diagnosed with CTE

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created Oct 22, 2009 | popularity 4 / 5 (1) | comments 1

The Center for the Study of Traumatic Encephalopathy (CSTE) at Boston University School of Medicine (BUSM) announced today that a deceased former college football player who died at age 42 was already suffering from the degenerative ...



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