Brain-like chip outstrips normal computers
22 November 2012 by Michael Marshall Magazine issue 2892. COMPUTER chips that mimic the human brain are outstripping conventional chips in crucial ways. They could also revolutionise our understanding of…
First evidence that chitosan could repair spinal damage
2010 study posted for filing Contact: Kathryn Knight kathryn@biologists.com 44-078-763-44333 The Company of Biologists Chitosan offers hope for spinal injury patients This release is available in Chinese. Richard Borgens and…
Specific kind of vitamin E can prevent nerve cells from dying after a stroke, new research suggests
2010 study posted for filing Contact: Chandan Sen chandan.sen@osumc.edu 614-247-7786 Ohio State University STUDY REVEALS HOW ONE FORM OF NATURAL VITAMIN E PROTECTS BRAIN AFTER STROKE COLUMBUS, Ohio –…
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Long-term effects of statin therapy could lead to transient or permanent cognitive impairment
2009 study posted for filing Contact: Nick Zagorski nzagorski@asbmb.org 301-634-7366 American Society for Biochemistry and Molecular Biology Statins show dramatic drug and cell dependent effects in the brain Besides their…
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Active ingredients in marijuana found to spread and prolong pain : Transforms transient normal pain into persistent chronic pain
2009 study posted for filing Contact: Jim Kelly jpkelly@utmb.edu 409-772-8791 University of Texas Medical Branch at Galveston Research has implications for medical use of drug and concepts of chronic pain…
Stem Cells Not Needed for Cancer
Fully developed neurons can revert to stem cell-like states and give rise to brain tumors. By Ruth Williams |October 18, 2012 The prevailing view that stem cells are the principle…
Reprogramming of Pericyte-Derived Cells of the Adult Human Brain into Induced Neuronal Cells
Reprogramming of somatic cells into neurons provides a new approach toward cell-based therapy of neurodegenerative diseases (Vierbuchen and Wernig, 2011). Previous studies have shown that postnatal astroglia from the mouse…
Slices of brain tissue can store patterns of activity for short periods of time: scientists
By Mo Costandi, The Guardian Sunday, September 16, 2012 5:44 EDT Topics: activity patterns ♦ Case Western Reserve University in Cleveland ♦ Ohio It sounds like the plot of a…
Statins have unexpected effect on pool of powerful brain cells : Reduces Glial progenitor cells
Re-post 34th HRR 2008 Contact: Tom Rickey tom_rickey@urmc.rochester.edu 585-275-7954 University of Rochester Medical Center Cholesterol-lowering drugs known as statins have a profound effect on an elite group of cells important…
Neuroengineers silence brain cells with multiple colors of light
For Immediate Release:January 6, 2010 * Reposted for Filing contact: Jen Hirsch, MIT News Office email: newsoffice@mit.edu phone: 617-253-2700 New tools show potential for treating brain disorders CAMBRIDGE, Mass. —…
Green tea may protect brain cells against Parkinson’s disease
Philadelphia, PA, December 13, 2007 – Does the consumption of green tea, widely touted to have beneficial effects on health, also protect brain cells” Authors of a new study being…
Long-term methadone treatment can affect nerve cells in brain
Long-term methadone treatment can cause changes in the brain, according to recent studies from the Norwegian Institute of Public Health. The results show that treatment may affect the nerve cells…
STUDY REVEALS HOW ONE FORM OF NATURAL VITAMIN E PROTECTS BRAIN AFTER STROKE
Public release date: 6-Jan-2010 - scientists found that the tocotrienol form of vitamin E, an alternative to the popular drugstore supplement, stopped the enzyme from releasing fatty acids that eventually…
Polyphenols and polyunsaturated fatty acids boost the birth of new neurons
[caption id="" align="alignright" width="250"] Neurons (Photo credit: albastrica mititica)[/caption]Public release date: 24-Nov-2009- Until the 1960s it was thought that the amount of neurons in adult mammals decreased with age and…
Statins show dramatic drug and cell dependent effects in the brain
Public release date: 28-Oct-2009 - statin therapy could lead to transient or permanent cognitive impairment - simvastatin reduced the expression of the cholesterol transporter ABCA1 by approximately 80% in astrocytes,…
Exercise increases brain growth factor and receptors, prevents stem cell drop in middle age
Public release date: 18-Nov-2008 BETHESDA, Md. (Nov. 18, 2008) - A new study confirms that exercise can reverse the age-related decline in the production of neural stem cells in the…
Killer carbs — Monash scientist finds the key to overeating as we age – appetite-suppressing cells are attacked by free radicals after eating meals rich in carbohydrates
Public release date: 21-Aug-2008 Monash University scientist has discovered key appetite control cells in the human brain degenerate over time, causing increased hunger and potentially weight-gain as we grow older.…
New evidence on addiction to medicines Diazepam has effect on nerve cells in the brain reward system
Public release date: 27-Aug-2008 Addictions to medicines and drugs are thought to develop over a relatively long period of time. The process involves both structural and functional changes in…
Statins have unexpected effect on pool of powerful brain cells / long-term depletion of oligodendrocyte progenitor cells
Public release date: 3-Jul-2008 Cholesterol-lowering drugs known as statins have a profound effect on an elite group of cells important to brain health as we age, scientists at…
Study suggests caution on a new anti-obesity drug in children
Public release date: 7-May-2008 A new class of anti-obesity drugs that suppresses appetite by blocking cannabinoid receptors in the brain could also suppress the adaptive rewiring of the brain…
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