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Sending Multiple Sclerosis Up in Smoke
• Neurology • Oct 07 13

Sending Multiple SClerosis Up in Smoke

Multiple sclerosis is an inflammatory disease in which the immune system attacks the nervous system. The result can be a wide range of debilitating… Sending Multiple Sclerosis Up in Smoke   

 
 

Stressful events linked to fall risk for older men
• Aging and Gerontology • • Neurology • Oct 03 13

Stressful events linked to fall risk for older men

Loss of a loved one, serious financial trouble and other major stressful life events could set older men up for a fall, researchers… Stressful events linked to fall risk for older men   

 
 

Spectrum Health Study Shows Surgery May Be Effective Treatment Option for Older Epilepsy Patients
• Epilepsy • • Neurology • • Surgery • Oct 03 13

Spectrum Health Study Shows Surgery May Be Effective Treatment Option for Older EpilePsy Patients

A recently published study by researchers from Spectrum Health and Henry Ford Hospital suggests that surgery may be an effective treatment for epilepsy in… Spectrum Health Study Shows Surgery May Be Effective Treatment Option for Older Epilepsy Patients   

 
 

Mouse studies reveal promising vitamin D-based treatment for MS
• Neurology • Sep 27 13

Mouse studies reveal promising vitamin D-based treatment for MS

A diagnosis of multiple sclerosis (MS) is a hard lot. Patients typically get the diagnosis around age 30 after experiencing a series of neurological… Mouse studies reveal promising vitamin D-based treatment for MS   

 
 

New research helps fight against motor neurone disease
• Neurology • Sep 27 13

New research helps fight against motor neurone disease

Scientists from the University of Sheffield’s Institute for Translational Neuroscience (SITraN) conducted pioneering research assessing how the devastating debilitating disease affects individual patients.

MND… New research helps fight against motor neurone disease   

 
 

Aphasia and bilingualism: Using one language to relearn another
• Neurology • Sep 26 13

Aphasia and bilingualism: Using one language to relearn another

In the era of globalization, bilingualism is becoming more and more frequent, and it is considered a plus. However, can this skill turn into… Aphasia and bilingualism: Using one language to relearn another   

 
 

Can Traumatic Brain Injury Impair a Child’s Working Memory?
• Brain • • Neurology • • Psychiatry / Psychology • • Trauma & Injuries • Sep 26 13

Can Traumatic Brain Injury Impair a Child's Working Memory?

Traumatic brain injury (TBI) during childhood can have long-term effects on cognitive and psychosocial functioning, including poor academic achievement. Pediatric TBI can cause significant… Can Traumatic Brain Injury Impair a Child’s Working Memory?   

 
 

Researchers identify a switch that controls growth of most aggressive brain tumor cells
• Brain • • Neurology • Sep 21 13

Researchers identify a switch that controls growth of most aggressive brain tumor cells

Researchers at UT Southwestern Medical Center have identified a cellular switch that potentially can be turned off and on to slow down, and eventually… Researchers identify a switch that controls growth of most aggressive brain tumor cells   

 
 

Overwhelming burden, cost of Alzheimer’s to triple, report says
• Brain • • Neurology • Sep 20 13

Overwhelming burden, cost of Alzheimer's to triple

Karen Garner sometimes catches her husband, Jim, crying in the kitchen of their Virginia home. “All I’m good for now is doing the dishes… Overwhelming burden, cost of Alzheimer’s to triple, report says   

 
 

How old memories fade away
• Neurology • • Psychiatry / Psychology • Sep 18 13

How old memories fade away

If you got beat up by a bully on your walk home from school every day, you would probably become very afraid of the… How old memories fade away   

 
 

Parental stress of caring for a chronically ill child can affect all family members, finds Case Western Reserve researchers
• Children's Health • • Neurology • Sep 18 13

Parental stress of caring for a chronically ill child can affect all family members

The extra demands on parents of chronically ill children cause stress that affects the whole family, according to a systematic review conducted by Case… Parental stress of caring for a chronically ill child can affect all family members, finds Case Western Reserve researchers   

 
 

Sleep better, look better? New research says yes
• Neurology • • Public Health • Sep 13 13

Sleep better, look better? New research says yes

Getting treatment for a common sleep problem may do more than help you sleep better - it may help you look better over the… Sleep better, look better? New research says yes   

 
 

Early-onset Parkinson’s disease linked to genetic deletion
• Brain • • Genetics • • Neurology • Sep 10 13

Early-onset ParkiNson's disease linked to genetic deletion

Scientists at the Centre for Addiction and Mental Health (CAMH) and University Health Network (UHN) have found a new link between early-onset Parkinson’s disease… Early-onset Parkinson’s disease linked to genetic deletion   

 
 

The Stress and Cancer Link: ‘Master-Switch’ Stress Gene Enables Cancer’s Spread
• Cancer • • Neurology • Aug 23 13

The Stress and Cancer Link

In an unexpected finding, scientists have linked the activation of a stress gene in immune-system cells to the spread of breast cancer to other… The Stress and Cancer Link: ‘Master-Switch’ Stress Gene Enables Cancer’s Spread   

 
 

Brain network decay detected in early Alzheimer’s
• Brain • • Neurology • Aug 20 13

Brain network decay detected in early AlZheimer's

In patients with early Alzheimer’s disease, disruptions in brain networks emerge about the same time as chemical markers of the disease appear in the… Brain network decay detected in early Alzheimer’s   

 
 

Worms May Shed Light on Human Ability to Handle Chronic Stress
• Neurology • Aug 16 13

Worms May Shed Light on Human Ability to Handle Chronic Stress

New research at Rutgers University may help shed light on how and why nervous system changes occur and what causes some people to suffer… Worms May Shed Light on Human Ability to Handle Chronic Stress   

 
 

Thinking about family matters linked to stress for working moms, not dads
• Gender: Female • • Neurology • Aug 11 13

Thinking about family matters linked to stress for working moms, not dads

Although working mothers and fathers are almost as likely to think about family matters throughout the day, only for mothers is this type… Thinking about family matters linked to stress for working moms, not dads   

 
 

Cognitive decline with age is normal, routine - but not inevitable
• Brain • • Neurology • Aug 07 13

Cognitive decline with age is normal, routine - but not inevitable

If you forget where you put your car keys and you can’t seem to remember things as well as you used to, the problem… Cognitive decline with age is normal, routine - but not inevitable   

 
 

Exercise May be the Best Medicine for Alzheimer’s
• Brain • • Neurology • • Physical activity -exercise • Jul 30 13

Exercise May be the Best Medicine for ALzheimer's

New research out of the University of Maryland School of Public Health shows that exercise may improve cognitive function in those at risk for… Exercise May be the Best Medicine for Alzheimer’s   

 
 

Optimists are better at regulating stress
• Neurology • Jul 23 13

Optimists are better at regulating stress

It’s no surprise that those who tend to see a rose’s blooms before its thorns are also better at handling stress. But science has… Optimists are better at regulating stress   

 
 

Cannabis constituent has no effect on MS progression, study shows
• Neurology • • Tobacco & Marijuana • Jul 23 13

CAnnabis constituent has no effect on MS progression

The first large non-commercial clinical study to investigate whether the main active constituent of cannabis (tetrahydrocannabinol or THC) is effective in slowing the course… Cannabis constituent has no effect on MS progression, study shows   

 
 

Undiagnosed pre-diabetes highly prevalent in early Alzheimer’s disease study
• Brain • • Diabetes • • Neurology • Jul 14 13

Undiagnosed pre-DIabetes highly prevalent in early ALZheimer's disease study

When Georgetown University neurologist R. Scott Turner, MD, PhD, began enrolling people with mild to moderate Alzheimer’s disease into a nationwide study last… Undiagnosed pre-diabetes highly prevalent in early Alzheimer’s disease study   

 
 

Placebo effect largely ignored in psychological intervention studies
• Neurology • • Psychiatry / Psychology • Jul 08 13

Placebo effect largely ignored in psychological intervention studies

Many brain-training companies tout the scientific backing of their products - the laboratory studies that reveal how their programs improve your brainpower. But according… Placebo effect largely ignored in psychological intervention studies   

 
 

Exercise reorganizes the brain to be more resilient to stress
• Brain • • Neurology • • Physical activity -exercise • Jul 05 13

Exercise reorganizes the brain to be more resilient to stress

Physical activity reorganizes the brain so that its response to stress is reduced and anxiety is less likely to interfere with normal brain function,… Exercise reorganizes the brain to be more resilient to stress   

 
 

Brain epigenome changes from birth to adolescence
• Brain • • Neurology • • Psychiatry / Psychology • Jul 05 13

Brain epigenome changes from birth to adolescence

Experience of parents with their children and teachers with their students demonstrate how kids change their behaviours and knowledge from infancy to adolescence. Until… Brain epigenome changes from birth to adolescence   

 
 
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