News tagged with neurones
Ground-breaking Alzheimer's findings reveal new treatment strategy
Jun 08, 2009 |
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(PhysOrg.com) -- Alzheimer’s disease affects the major two types of brain cells, neurones and neuroglia. For a long time glial cells have been thought to have a purely supportive role. However, recent work and more specifically ...
Researchers shake up scientific theory on motor protein
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Feb 05, 2009 |
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(PhysOrg.com) -- An international team of scientists led by the University of Leeds has shed new light on the little-understood motor protein called dynein, thought to be involved in progressive neurological ...
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Zebrafish offer clues to treatments for motor neurone disease
Apr 29, 2009 |
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Tiny zebrafish could hold the key to stem cell treatments for motor neurone disease.
Discovery offers hope of halting Amyotrophoic Lateral Sclerosis progression
Oct 05, 2007 |
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Scientists have discovered a causal link between the gene for a small protein involved in the formation of blood vessels and the development of some forms of Amyotrophoic Lateral Sclerosis (ALS).
Why an alerted person counts for two
Jun 12, 2007 |
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It was already known that people respond faster when prepared. However Dutch researcher Jan-Mathijs Schoffelen has now unravelled the mechanism in the brain behind this phenomenon. Transmitting and receiving neurons synchronise ...
New stem cell research could reduce number of animal experiments
Aug 04, 2009 |
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Researchers from the University of Bath are embarking on a project to use stem cell technology that could reduce the number of animal experiments used to study conditions such as motor neurone disease.
Study reveals new data on circadian rhythms
May 07, 2009 |
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Fluctuations in light intensity allow restoring the regularity of circadian rhythms. This is the main conclusion of the work carried out by Javier Buceta, group leader of The SiMBioSys Group (Theoretical and In Silico Modelling ...
www@20: How the techies tamed the cyber zoo
Mar 17, 2009 |
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Huddled around a vintage computer, four of the creators of the world wide web were blissfully unaware of the audience as they demonstrated how, some 20 years ago, they spawned the exponential growth of the ...
X-ray eyes bring us closer to early diagnosis of Parkinson's disease
Feb 14, 2009 |
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It is estimated that 4 million people world-wide are suffering from Parkinson's, a complex disease that varies greatly among affected individuals. Understanding the brain chemistry that leads to the onset ...
Second MND gene mutation in one year signifies rapid research progress
Feb 26, 2009 |
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A collaborative research project involving Professor Christopher Shaw of the Institute of Psychiatry, King’s College London (KCL), Dr Tom Kwiatkowski at Massachusetts General Hospital (MGH) and Professor Robert H Brown at ...
Learning During Sleep?
Dec 05, 2006 |
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If I can’t remember this morning where I put my car keys last night, it’s due to my memory failing me again. Scientists at the Max Planck Institute for Medical Research in Heidelberg, Germany, have been investigating ...
Vitamin C deficiency impairs early brain development
Sep 02, 2009 |
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(PhysOrg.com) -- Faculty of Life Sciences at University of Copenhagen shows that vitamin C deficiency may impair the mental development of new-born babies.
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