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Using amphetamines may increase risk of Parkinson’s disease
• Brain • • Neurology • Feb 21 11
New research shows people who have used amphetamines such as benzedrine and dexedrine appear to be at an increased risk of developing Parkinson’s disease,…
How to leave your body
• Brain • • Neurology • Feb 21 11
Leave your body and shake hands with yourself, gain an extra limb or change into a robot for a while. Swedish neuroscientist Henrik Ehrsson…
Good Diets Fight Bad Alzheimer Genes
• Dieting • • Genetics • • Neurology • Feb 15 11
Scientists today agree that there are five molecules that are known to affect or cause Alzheimer’s disease, which plagues an estimated five million Americans.…
Cigarette smoking associated with increased risk of developing ALS
• Neurology • • Tobacco & Marijuana • Feb 14 11
Cigarette smoking may be associated with an increased risk of developing the muscle-wasting disease amyotrophic lateral sclerosis (ALS), according to a report in the…
An early step in Parkinson’s disease: Problems with mitochondria
• Brain • • Neurology • Feb 14 11
For the last several years, neurologists have been probing a connection between Parkinson’s disease and problems with mitochondria, the miniature power plants of the…
Naturally occurring brain signaling chemical may be useful in understanding Parkinson’s
• Brain • • Neurology • Feb 14 11
Targeting the neuroinflammatory causes of Parkinson’s disease with a naturally present brain chemical signal could offer a better understanding of the clinical mechanisms of…
Eating berries may lower risk of Parkinson’s
• Dieting • • Neurology • • Psychiatry / Psychology • Feb 14 11
New research shows men and women who regularly eat berries may have a lower risk of developing Parkinson’s disease, while men may also further…
Preliminary new blood test to detect Alzheimer’s disease uncovered
• Brain • • Neurology • Feb 12 11
UT Southwestern Medical Center scientists have helped develop a novel technology to diagnose Alzheimer’s disease from blood samples long before symptoms appear.
This preliminary…
Study finds magnesium sulfate may offer protection from cerebral palsy
• Neurology • Feb 10 11
In a study to be presented today at the Society for Maternal-Fetal Medicine’s (SMFM) annual meeting, The Pregnancy Meeting ™, in San Francisco, researchers…
Combining brain imaging, genetic analysis may help identify people at early risk of Alzheimer’s
• Brain • • Neurology • Feb 08 11
A new study from the Centre for Addiction and Mental Health (CAMH) has found evidence suggesting that a variation of a specific gene may…
Turning off stress
• Neurology • • Psychiatry / Psychology • Feb 08 11
Post-traumatic stress disorder can affect soldiers after combat or ordinary people who have undergone harrowing experiences. Of course, feelings of anxiety are normal and…
Sun Exposure, Vitamin D May Lower Risk of Multiple Sclerosis
• Neurology • Feb 08 11
People who spend more time in the sun and those with higher vitamin D levels may be less likely to develop multiple sclerosis (MS),…
Moderate aerobic exercise in older adults shown to improve memory
• Brain • • Aging and Gerontology • • Neurology • Feb 01 11
A new study shows that one year of moderate physical exercise can increase the size of the brain’s hippocampus in older adults, leading to…
Genetic Clues to Rare Childhood Disorder
• Children's Health • • Neurology • Jan 30 11
Research from the University of California, San Diego School of Medicine provides new clues for the compulsive behavior and cognitive defects associated with a…
Course correction needed for Alzheimer’s therapies, experts warn
• Brain • • Neurology • Jan 27 11
Misaligned research, medical challenges and harsh economics are thwarting efforts to slow the destructive course of Alzheimer’s disease in the United States, according to…
Out of mind in a matter of seconds
• Brain • • Neurology • Jan 25 11
The dynamics behind signal transmission in the brain are extremely chaotic. This conclusion has been reached by scientists from the Max Planck Institute for…
New Study Takes First Steps Towards Understanding the Brain’s Role in Breathing
• Brain • • Neurology • • Respiratory Problems • Jan 20 11
Much of our knowledge of the brain’s role in regulating breathing comes from research with mice and rats. A chemical receptor within the brain…
Memory Training Might Not Be Best for Reducing “Senior Moments”
• Aging and Gerontology • • Neurology • Jan 19 11
Trying to stave off senior moments with memory drills and similar brain-boosting activities? A new evidence review suggests that these specific training regimes are…
New Treatment Unlocks Curled Fingers
• Neurology • • Trauma & Injuries • Jan 18 11
Loyola University Health System is among the first centers to offer a new, nonsurgical treatment for Dupuytren’s contracture, a debilitating condition that curls fingers…
Musical chills: Why they give us thrills
• Brain • • Ear / Nose / Throat • • Neurology • Jan 13 11
Scientists have found that the pleasurable experience of listening to music releases dopamine, a neurotransmitter in the brain important for more tangible pleasures associated…
Nature article focuses on tinnitus treatment
• Ear / Nose / Throat • • Neurology • Jan 13 11
Targeted nerve stimulation could yield a long-term reversal of tinnitus, a debilitating hearing impairment affecting at least 10 percent of senior citizens and up…
New insight into neuronal survival after brain injury
• Brain • • Neurology • • Trauma & Injuries • Jan 13 11
A new study identifies a molecule that is a critical regulator of neuron survival after ischemic brain injury. The research, published by Cell Press…
GUMC researcher says tinnitus is much more than a ‘hearing problem’
• Brain • • Ear / Nose / Throat • • Neurology • Jan 13 11
Tinnitus appears to be produced by an unfortunate confluence of structural and functional changes in the brain, say neuroscientists at Georgetown University Medical Center…
New hope in fight against Huntington’s disease
• Neurology • Jan 10 11
Hope for new ways of treating devastating neurodegenerative disorders such as Huntington’s disease has been raised by a trans-Atlantic team of researchers thanks to…
Women with MS More Likely to Have MS-Related Gene Than Men
• Genetics • • Neurology • Jan 07 11
Women who have multiple sclerosis (MS) are more likely to have a gene associated with multiple sclerosis than men with the disease and it…