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Brain detects happiness more quickly than sadness
• Brain • • Neurology • • Psychiatry / Psychology • Jun 17 09
People make value judgements about others based on their facial expressions. A new study, carried out be Spanish and Brazilian researchers, shows that –…
New data demonstrate potential for early detection of Alzheimer’s disease
• Brain • • Neurology • Jun 16 09
Data published in the June issue of the Journal of Alzheimer’s Disease demonstrated that minimally-invasive biospectroscopy was able to identify changes in oxidative stress…
New Tool Can Help Predict Risk of Alzheimer’s in Elderly
• Brain • • Neurology • May 13 09
A new tool can help predict whether people age 65 and older have a high risk of developing Alzheimer’s disease. Research on the…
Early Alzheimer’s Diagnosis Offers Large Social, Fiscal Benefits
• Brain • • Neurology • May 12 09
Early diagnosis and treatment of Alzheimer’s disease could save millions or even billions of dollars while simultaneously improving care, according to new work by…
Impaired Brain Plasticity Linked to Angelman Syndrome Learning Deficits
• Brain • • Neurology • May 11 09
How might disruption of a single gene in the brain cause the severe cognitive deficits associated with Angelman syndrome, a neurogenetic disorder? Researchers at…
New Evidence Ties Gene to Alzheimer’s
• Brain • • Genetics • • Neurology • May 07 09
Of dozens of candidates potentially involved in increasing a person’s risk for the most common type of Alzheimer’s disease that affects more than 5…
Memory Grows Less Efficient Very Early in Alzheimer’s Disease
• Brain • • Neurology • May 04 09
Even very early in Alzheimer’s disease, people become less efficient at separating important from less important information, a new study has found.
Knowing…
Pain Relievers Ibuprofen and Naproxen May Delay- Not Prevent -Alzheimer’s Disease
• Brain • • Neurology • Apr 23 09
A new study shows that nonsteroidal anti-inflammatory drugs (NSAIDs) such as the pain relievers ibuprofen and naproxen do not prevent Alzheimer’s disease, but they…
With Endoscopic Surgery, Patient Has Large Pituitary Tumor Removed and Goes Home Two Days Later
• Brain • • Neurology • • Surgery • Apr 22 09
When Adam Mamelak, M.D., a neurosurgeon at Cedars-Sinai Medical Center, removed a large tumor from the pituitary gland of Riverside resident Sharon Moreland, he…
Remembering a Forgotten Co-discoverer of Alzheimer Disease
• Brain • • Neurology • Apr 13 09
Alzheimer disease researchers everywhere are familiar with the founding story of their field, concerning the German doctor, Alois Alzheimer, who reported on abnormal pathology…
Remembering a Forgotten Co-discoverer of Alzheimer Disease
• Brain • • Neurology • Apr 09 09
Alzheimer disease researchers everywhere are familiar with the founding story of their field, concerning the German doctor, Alois Alzheimer, who reported on abnormal pathology…
Alzheimer’s gene changes brain early, study finds
• Brain • • Genetics • • Neurology • Apr 08 09
A gene known to raise the risk of Alzheimer’s disease may alter brain activity throughout life, British researchers said on Monday.
They found that…
Alzheimer’s Disease Linked to Mitochondrial Damage
• Brain • • Neurology • Apr 03 09
Investigators at the Burnham Institute for Medical Research (Burnham) have demonstrated that attacks on the mitochondrial protein Drp1 by the free radical nitric oxide—which…
Enzymes link brain injury to Alzheimer’s disease
• Brain • • Neurology • Mar 30 09
It’s known that people who suffer a brain injury have a higher-than-normal risk of developing Alzheimer’s disease, and now lab experiments suggest a…
Spinal stimulation might ease Parkinson’s disease
• Brain • • Neurology • Mar 19 09
Mice and rats with a condition that mimics Parkinson’s disease regain the ability to walk when they’re treated with a device delivering electrical…
Mechanism of Alzheimer’s Suggests Combination Therapy Needed
• Brain • • Neurology • Mar 18 09
Researchers at the University of Illinois at Chicago College of Medicine have discovered a mode of action for mysterious but diagnostic protein snarls found…
Fish may be brain food for teenage boys
• Brain • • Dieting • • Food & Nutrition • Mar 17 09
Teenage boys who regularly eat fish may be doing their brains some good, a new study suggests.
Swedish researchers found that among nearly 5,000…
Stress may cause the brain to become disconnected
• Brain • • Neurology • Mar 16 09
Does stress damage the brain? In the March 1st issue of Biological Psychiatry, published by Elsevier, a paper by Tibor Hajszan and colleagues provides…
New test can detect early Alzheimer’s: study
• Brain • • Neurology • Mar 16 09
A new test can accurately detect Alzheimer’s disease in its earliest stages, before dementia symptoms surface and widespread damage occurs, U.S. researchers said on…
Alzheimer’s Marker Linked to Brain Damage
• Brain • • Neurology • Mar 11 09
Researchers at Washington University School of Medicine in St. Louis have linked a potential indicator of Alzheimer’s disease to brain damage in humans with…
New study identifies risk factors in severity of ‘flat head syndrome’ in babies
• Children's Health • • Brain • Mar 10 09
A new study by physician researchers from Hasbro Children’s Hospital and Children’s Hospital Boston identifies risk factors for the severity of asymmetrical head shapes,…
Meningococcal C Conjugate Vaccine Reduces Meningitis Rates in Canada
• Brain • • Infections • • Neurology • Mar 03 09
Rates of meningitis have decreased in Canadian provinces introducing routine immunization of children and adolescents against one specific strain of meningococcal bacteria, reports…
Research reveals some of Alzheimer’s secrets
• Brain • • Neurology • Feb 27 09
Scientists are unraveling some of the mechanisms behind the plaques in the brain that are a hallmark of Alzheimer’s disease, offering new leads for…
Yale researchers find new piece in Alzheimer’s puzzle
• Brain • • Neurology • Feb 25 09
Yale researchers have filled in a missing gap on the molecular road map of Alzheimer’s disease.
In the Feb. 26 issue of the journal…
Brain injury raises epilepsy risk for years: study
• Brain • • Epilepsy • Feb 23 09
A severe brain injury puts people at high risk of epilepsy for more than a decade after they are first hurt, a finding that…