Brain & Nervous System:
Brain Injury, Neurological Disorders, Brain Tumor
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Aug 12th, 2009
Areas of brain damage seen on brain scans and originally thought to be related to stroke may help doctors predict a person’s risk of memory problems in old age.
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Aug 5th, 2009
Researchers have for the first time linked high levels of glutamate – a neurotransmitter in the brain produced from glucose – to symptoms of depression and lower levels of cognitive performance.
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Aug 4th, 2009
Scientists have prevented epilepsy caused by a gene defect from being passed on to mice offspring – an achievement which may herald new therapies for people suffering from the condition.
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Jul 24th, 2009
Use of a new imaging technique has revealed that abnormalities in brain circuitry may be a cause of anorexia nervosa. This latest find was published in the online journal Nature Reviews Neuroscience and may help explain why individuals develop anorexia and the behaviors associated with it.
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Jul 24th, 2009
New research shows that training your brain may be just as effective as training your muscles in preventing ACL knee injuries, and suggests a shift from performance-based to prevention-based athletic training programs.
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Jul 15th, 2009
What is going on in teenagers' brains as their drive for peer approval begins to eclipse their family affiliations? Brain scans of teens sizing each other up reveal an emotion circuit activating more in girls as they grow older, but not in boys.
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Jul 9th, 2009
As the organ most central to our being, the brain and its functions have presented an inexhaustible series of challenges for scientists.
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Jun 29th, 2009
Scientists have found a new way to treat deadly and often disabling brain infections, using nanoparticles that penetrate the blood brain barrier. Infections of the brain can occur at any age, and can be caused by bacteria, fungus, and viruses.
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Jun 24th, 2009
Researchers have, for the first time, "photographed" a memory in the making. The study clarifies one of the ways in which connections in the brain between nerve cells, called synapses, can be changed with experience.
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Jun 24th, 2009
Researchers have discovered a series of molecular mechanisms that regulate how our brains call up, restore and even change old memories. This process, called memory reconsolidation, radically alters our understanding of how memory works.
