News tagged with nervous system cells
Work in mice will contribute to the study of hereditary diseases that lead to blindness
Jul 08, 2009 |
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Researchers of the University of Granada (Spain) have used a technique consisting of the induction of neuronal degeneration neuronal for intense light exposure in the mouse's retina that will be helpful for ...
Immunotherapy effective against neuroblastoma in children
May 14, 2009 |
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A phase III study has shown that adding an antibody-based therapy that harnesses the body's immune system resulted in a 20 percent increase in the number of children living disease-free for at least two years with neuroblastoma. ...
Alzheimer's-associated plaques may have impact throughout the brain
Feb 26, 2009 |
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The impact of the amyloid plaques that appear in the brains of patients with Alzheimer's disease may extend beyond the deposits' effects on neurons - the cells that transmit electrochemical signals throughout the nervous ...
Researchers identify a protein critical for memory, learning
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Feb 24, 2009 |
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Researchers from the University of Toronto and The Hospital for Sick Children (Sick Kids) have made a breakthrough discovery that may eventually change the way physicians approach treatment of learning and memory defects ...
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Researchers Disprove 15-year-old Theory about the Nervous System
Feb 03, 2009 |
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(PhysOrg.com) -- A delay in traffic may cause a headache, but a delay in the nervous system can cause much more. University of Missouri researchers have uncovered clues identifying which proteins are involved in the development ...
The dormant potential of damaged nerve cells
Medicine & Health / Neuroscience
Jul 13, 2009 |
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(PhysOrg.com) -- Damaged nerve cells in a finger will regrow, but those in the spinal cord do not. Why the difference? Scientists at the Max Planck Institute for Neurobiology working with an international ...
To swim or to crawl: For the worm it's a no brainer (w/Video)
Mar 31, 2009 |
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A study at the University of Leeds has shown, for the first time, that C. elegans worms crawl and swim using the same gait, overturning the widely accepted belief that these two behaviours are completely different.
Researchers to develop probes to study cellular GPS
Nov 10, 2009 |
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An international group of researchers from Carnegie Mellon University, Goettingen Medical School in Germany and the University of Cambridge in the United Kingdom have received a Human Frontiers Science Program (HFSP) grant ...
Researchers shed light on fat burning
Feb 05, 2009 |
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Researchers at Georgia State University have found that fat cells give feedback to the brain in order to regulate fat burning much the same way a thermostat regulates temperature inside a house.
Researchers are developing devices that can help restore bodily movement
Medicine & Health / Neuroscience
Jun 17, 2009 |
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Grasping a cup of coffee and raising it to the mouth is a daily ritual most people take for granted. Yet, for those who have suffered a stroke or injury to the spinal cord, the task can be impossible to perform—until now.
Brain structure assists in immune response (Video)
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Jan 28, 2009 |
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For the first time, a team of researchers at the University of Pennsylvania School of Veterinary Medicine have imaged in real time the body's immune response to a parasitic infection in the brain.
On your last nerve: Researchers advance understanding of stem cells
Nov 17, 2009 |
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Researchers from North Carolina State University have identified a gene that tells embryonic stem cells in the brain when to stop producing nerve cells called neurons. The research is a significant advance ...
A genetic basis for schizophrenia
Jul 21, 2009 |
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Schizophrenia is a severely debilitating psychiatric disease that is thought to have its roots in the development of the nervous system; however, major breakthroughs linking its genetics to diagnosis, prognosis and treatment ...
Cell study explains why younger people more at risk of vCJD
Oct 14, 2009 |
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Specific cells within the immune system could help explain why younger people are more susceptible to variant CJD, scientists believe.
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