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Finding ways to detect and treat Alzheimer’s disease
• Brain • • Neurology • Feb 17 14

Finding ways to detect and treat AlzheiMer's disease

Alzheimer’s disease has long been marked by progress - but not the kind of progress the medical community seeks. It is the most… Finding ways to detect and treat Alzheimer’s disease   

 
 

Why does the brain remember dreams?
• Brain • • Neurology • Feb 17 14

Why does the brain remember dreams?

Some people recall a dream every morning, whereas others rarely recall one. A team led by Perrine Ruby, an Inserm Research Fellow at the… Why does the brain remember dreams?   

 
 

Meditation might reduce workplace stress
• Neurology • Feb 14 14

Meditation might reduce workplace stress

Regular doses of meditation might prevent work-related stress and burnout, a small U.S. study suggests.

Teachers and support staff working at a school for… Meditation might reduce workplace stress   

 
 

Sedation before nerve block increases risk, not pain relief
• Neurology • • Pain • Feb 13 14

Sedation before nerve block increases risk, not pain relief

New research suggests that sedating patients before a nerve block needed to diagnose or treat chronic pain increases costs, risks and unnecessary surgeries, and… Sedation before nerve block increases risk, not pain relief   

 
 

Rett syndrome genetic variants now available for advance testing, diagnosis & research
• Children's Health • • Genetics • • Neurology • Feb 06 14

Rett syndrome genetic variants now available for advance testing

Despite the identification of gene mutations in methyl CpG binding protein 2 (MECP2) being linked to Rett syndrome (RS), research has been hindered by… Rett syndrome genetic variants now available for advance testing, diagnosis & research   

 
 

Early treatment with AED reduces duration of febrile seizures
• Children's Health • • Epilepsy • • Neurology • Feb 05 14

Early treatment with AED reduces duration of febrile seizures

New research shows that children with febrile status epilepticus (FSE) who receive earlier treatment with antiepileptic drugs (AEDs) experience a reduction in the duration… Early treatment with AED reduces duration of febrile seizures   

 
 

Potential biomarkers for the diagnosis of Alzheimer’s disease
• Brain • • Neurology • Feb 01 14

Potential biomarkers for the diagnosis of Alzheimer's diSease

In a study published this week in Nature Neuroscience, Bess Frost, PhD, and co-authors, identify abnormal expression of genes, resulting from DNA relaxation, that… Potential biomarkers for the diagnosis of Alzheimer’s disease   

 
 

Study Shows Autistic Brains Create More Information at Rest
• Brain • • Neurology • Feb 01 14

Study Shows Autistic Brains Create More Information at Rest

New research from Case Western Reserve University and University of Toronto neuroscientists finds that the brains of autistic children generate more information at rest… Study Shows Autistic Brains Create More Information at Rest   

 
 

How does the brain create sequences?
• Brain • • Neurology • Jan 26 14

How does the brain create sequences?

When you learn how to play the piano, first you have to learn notes, scales and chords and only then will you be able… How does the brain create sequences?   

 
 

Fast eye movements: A possible indicator of more impulsive decision-making
• Neurology • Jan 21 14

Fast eye movements: A possible indicator of more impulsive decision-making

Using a simple study of eye movements, Johns Hopkins scientists report evidence that people who are less patient tend to move their eyes with… Fast eye movements: A possible indicator of more impulsive decision-making   

 
 

Researchers identify innate channel that protects against pain
• Neurology • • Pain • Jan 21 14

Researchers identify innate channel that protects against pain

Scientists have identified a channel present in many pain detecting sensory neurons that acts as a ‘brake’, limiting spontaneous pain. It is hoped that… Researchers identify innate channel that protects against pain   

 
 

Study finds decreased life expectancy for multiple sclerosis patients
• Neurology • Jan 21 14

Study finds decreased life expectancy for multiple sclerosis patients

The first large scale study in the U.S. on the mortality of patients with multiple sclerosis (MS) has been published and provides new information… Study finds decreased life expectancy for multiple sclerosis patients   

 
 

Vitamin D status associated with multiple sclerosis activity, progression
• Neurology • Jan 20 14

Vitamin D status associated with multiple sclerosis activity, progression

Vitamin D status appears to be associated with reduced disease activity in patients with multiple sclerosis (MS) and a slower rate of disease progression,… Vitamin D status associated with multiple sclerosis activity, progression   

 
 

Toddlers’ aggression is strongly associated with genetic factors
• Children's Health • • Genetics • • Neurology • Jan 20 14

Toddlers' aggression is strongly associated with genetic factors

The development of physical aggression in toddlers is strongly associated genetic factors and to a lesser degree with the environment, according to a new… Toddlers’ aggression is strongly associated with genetic factors   

 
 

Cleveland Clinic identifies mechanism in Alzheimer’s-related memory loss
• Brain • • Neurology • Jan 19 14

Cleveland Clinic identifies mechanism in Alzheimer's-related memory loss

Cleveland Clinic researchers have identified a protein in the brain that plays a critical role in the memory loss seen in Alzheimer’s patients, according… Cleveland Clinic identifies mechanism in Alzheimer’s-related memory loss   

 
 

Brain regions ‘tune’ activity to enable attention
• Brain • • Neurology • Jan 15 14

Brain regions 'tune' activity to enable attention

The brain appears to synchronize the activity of different brain regions to make it possible for a person to pay attention or concentrate on… Brain regions ‘tune’ activity to enable attention   

 
 

Benefits of cognitive training can last 10 years in older adults
• Brain • • Aging and Gerontology • • Neurology • Jan 13 14

Benefits of cognitive training can last 10 years in older adults

Exercises meant to boost mental sharpness can benefit older adults as many as 10 years after they received the cognitive training, researchers said… Benefits of cognitive training can last 10 years in older adults   

 
 

Mid-life job stress linked to later health problems
• Neurology • • Psychiatry / Psychology • Dec 26 13

Mid-life job stress linked to later health problems

More strain at work might mean more illness in old age, according to a new study from Finland. The study found both physical and… Mid-life job stress linked to later health problems   

 
 

Are concussions related to Alzheimer’s disease?
• Brain • • Neurology • Dec 26 13

Are concussions related to Alzheimer's disease?

A new study suggests that a history of concussion involving at least a momentary loss of consciousness may be related to the buildup of… Are concussions related to Alzheimer’s disease?   

 
 

Molecular markers used for assessment of early sciatic nerve injury
• Neurology • Dec 26 13

Molecular markers used for assessment of early sciatic nerve injury

Substance P and calcitonin gene-related peptide are the main neuropeptides in peripheral nerve ganglia, which can anterogradely transmit nociceptive information to the central nervous… Molecular markers used for assessment of early sciatic nerve injury   

 
 

Study shows Where Alzheimer’s starts and how it spreads
• Brain • • Neurology • Dec 22 13

Study shows Where Alzheimer's starts and how it spreads

Using high-resolution functional MRI (fMRI) imaging in patients with Alzheimer’s disease and in mouse models of the disease, Columbia University Medical Center (CUMC) researchers… Study shows Where Alzheimer’s starts and how it spreads   

 
 

Preferable treatment for MS found in allogenic bone marrow stem cells
• Neurology • Dec 18 13

Preferable treatment for MS found in allogenic bone marrow stem cells

Multiple sclerosis (MS), an inflammatory autoimmune disease affecting more than one million people worldwide, is caused by an immune reaction to myelin proteins, the… Preferable treatment for MS found in allogenic bone marrow stem cells   

 
 

Self-worth boosts ability to overcome poverty
• Brain • • Neurology • • Public Health • Dec 17 13

Self-worth boosts ability to overcome poverty

For people in poverty, remembering better times - such as past success - improves brain functioning by several IQ points and increases their willingness… Self-worth boosts ability to overcome poverty   

 
 

Molecular sensor detects early signs of multiple sclerosis, Gladstone study finds
• Neurology • Dec 03 13

Molecular sensor detects early signs of multiple scleroSis

For some, the disease multiple sclerosis (MS) attacks its victims slowly and progressively over a period of many years. For others, it strikes without… Molecular sensor detects early signs of multiple sclerosis, Gladstone study finds   

 
 

Do sports concussions really cause chronic traumatic encephalopathy?
• Brain • • Neurology • • Trauma & Injuries • Dec 03 13

Do sports concussions really cause chronic traumatic encephalopathy?

It’s been widely reported that football and other contact sports increase the risk of a debilitating neurological condition called chronic traumatic encephalopathy (CTE).

But… Do sports concussions really cause chronic traumatic encephalopathy?   

 
 
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