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Support cells, not neurons, lull the brain to sleep
Jan 28, 2009 |
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Brain cells called astrocytes help to cause the urge to sleep that comes with prolonged wakefulness, according to a study in mice, funded by the National Institutes of Health. The cells release adenosine, a chemical known ...
Motor skill learning may be enhanced by mild brain stimulation
Jan 19, 2009 |
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People who received a mild electrical current to a motor control area of the brain were significantly better able to learn and perform a complex motor task than those in control groups. The findings could hold promise for ...
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Researchers find differences in swallowing mechanism of Rett syndrome patients
Aug 04, 2008 |
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Researchers at Wake Forest University Baptist Medical Center have found that the reflux and swallowing problems that are common symptoms in patients with Rett syndrome and other neurological impairments, may be caused by ...
Dysfunctional protein dynamics behind neurological disease?
Medicine & Health / Neuroscience
Oct 13, 2009 |
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Researchers at Lund University, Sweden, have taken a snapshot of proteins changing shape, sticking together and creating structures that are believed to trigger deadly processes in the nervous system. The discovery opens ...
Cannabis and adolescence
Medicine & Health / Psychology & Psychiatry
Dec 17, 2009 |
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Canadian teenagers are among the largest consumers of cannabis worldwide. The damaging effects of this illicit drug on young brains are worse than originally thought, according to new research by Dr. Gabriella Gobbi, a psychiatric ...
From nerve roots to plant roots -- research on hereditary spastic paraplegia yields surprises
Aug 06, 2009 |
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Sprouting. Branching. Pruning. Neuroscientists have borrowed heavily from botanists to describe the way that neurons grow, but analogies between the growth of neurons and plants may be more than superficial. A new study from ...
National survey tracks rates of common mental disorders among American youth
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Dec 14, 2009 |
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Only about half of American children and teenagers who have certain mental disorders receive professional services, according to a nationally representative survey funded in part by the National Institute of Mental Health ...
Long-term testicular cancer survivors at high risk for neurological side effects
Nov 25, 2009 |
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Long-term survivors of testicular cancer who were treated with cisplatin-based chemotherapy had more severe side effects, including neurological side effects and Raynaud-like phenomena, than men who were not treated with ...
How should mental, neurological and substance use disorders be treated where resources are scarce?
Oct 06, 2009 |
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Over 90% of people with mental, neurological, and substance use (MNS) disorders in low and middle income countries go untreated, an inequity known as the mental health "treatment gap." This week PLoS Medicine kicks off a ...
New spinal cord injury therapy developed
Jul 25, 2007 |
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U.S. medical scientists have developed a new spinal cord therapy that helps the body permanently recovery from such injuries.
Treatment blocks pain without disrupting other functions
Oct 03, 2007 |
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A combination of two drugs can selectively block pain-sensing neurons in rats without impairing movement or other sensations such as touch, according to a new study by National Institutes of Health (NIH)-supported investigators. ...
Dynamic molecular mechanism to keep brain activity stable
Jul 13, 2009 |
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In the brain, many types of synaptic proteins are spatio-temporally regulated to maintain synaptic activity at a constant level. Here, the Japanese research group led by Professor Masaki Fukata, Drs. Yuko Fukata and Jun Noritake ...
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