Brain & Nervous System:
Brain Injury, Neurological Disorders, Brain Tumor
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Jun 13th, 2009
In the first large-scale study of its kind, researchers will lead a multi-center study to investigate whether hypothermia–lowering body temperature–can prevent or reduce brain damage in children deprived of oxygen after a cardiac arrest.
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Jun 13th, 2009
Scientists have gained a major insight into how the rogue protein responsible for mad cow disease and related neurological illnesses destroys healthy brain tissue.
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Jun 9th, 2009
University of Florida scientists have discovered why a paralyzing brain disorder speeds along more rapidly in some patients than others - a finding that may finally give researchers an entry point toward an effective treatment for amyotrophic lateral sclerosis, often referred to as ALS or Lou Gehrig's disease.
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Jun 5th, 2009
The Brain Injury Research Center (BIRC) in the UCLA Department of Neurosurgery has been awarded a $4.2 million grant to research new ways to heal the brain after a traumatic brain injury, or TBI. Specifically, researchers will be looking at how to best feed the brain the nutrients it needs to optimize recovery.
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May 19th, 2009
Researchers have identified a particular protein in the brain that serves as a trigger for the brain's innate fear response.
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May 19th, 2009
So far, 57 cases of an often fatal brain virus have been reported in association with administration of the cancer drug rituximab. The reports span 1997 to 2008, and include patients with anemia, rheumatoid arthritis and lymphoma, who developed the brain virus, progressive multifocal leukoencephalitis (PML).
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May 7th, 2009
FDA has approved Fanapt tablets (iloperidone) to treat adults with schizophrenia, a chronic, severe and disabling brain disorder.
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May 7th, 2009
UCLA scientists have discovered how a form of the rare genetic disease known as Sanfilippo syndrome develops in the young brain, causing severe mental retardation and death as early as age 14.
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May 6th, 2009
A study on schizophrenia has implicated machinery that maintains the flow of potassium in cells and revealed a potential molecular target for new treatments.
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May 6th, 2009
The study provides the first evidence that alcohol disrupts an individual's ability to realize his or her mind has wandered, suggesting impairment of a psychological state called meta-consciousness. These findings suggest that distinct processes are responsible for causing a thought to occur, as opposed to allowing its presence to be noticed.
