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CNN - Brain-Twitter Project Offers Hope To Paralyzed WSB-TV 2 Atlanta Thu, 23 Apr 2009 09:56 AM PDT Adam Wilson Posted Two Messages On Twitter On April 15. The First One, "GO BADGERS," Might Have Been Sent By Any University Of Wisconsin Student Cheering For The School Team. His Second Post, 20 Minutes Later, Was A Little More Unusual: "SPELLING WITH MY BRAIN." It Was Confirmation That His Lab Had Developed A Way To Post Messages On Twitter Using Electrical Impulses Generated By Thought. Brain-Twitter project offers hope to paralyzed patients CNN Thu, 23 Apr 2009 09:55 AM PDT Adam Wilson posted two messages on Twitter on April 15. The first one, "GO BADGERS," might have been sent by any University of Wisconsin-Madison student cheering for the school team. Lower Dementia Drug Dose Boosts Brain Function, Cuts Side Effects Newswise Thu, 23 Apr 2009 09:29 AM PDT Sometimes less is more: Lower doses of an Alzheimer's drug delivered via skin patches improve cognition with fewer serious side effects than higher doses, according to an updated review. Teen charged in attack that left him with brain injury CBC Calgary Thu, 23 Apr 2009 09:26 AM PDT Police have laid an assault charge against a teen left with a brain injury following a fight on an overpass in southwest Calgary. Charges laid in LRT station fight AM770 CHQR Thu, 23 Apr 2009 08:47 AM PDT Calgary police have announced a series of charges after a fight broke out at the Canyon Meadows LRT station in the early morning hours of April 4th. A 17-year-old suffered permenant brain injuries as a result. Police say two other teens are charged with aggravated assault, however, the 17-year-old victim is also accused of assault. After the incident, police released surveillance videos taken ... April is Parkinson's Disease Awareness Month Columbia Star Thu, 23 Apr 2009 08:27 AM PDT April as Parkinson's disease Awareness Month. Parkinson's disease is a progressive disorder that is caused by degeneration of nerve cells in the part of the brain called the substantia nigra, which controls movement. These nerve cells die or become impaired, losing the ability to produce an important chemical called dopamine. Binge Drinking May Hamper Information Relay System In Teen Brain Medical News Today Thu, 23 Apr 2009 08:18 AM PDT A study of adolescent binge drinkers has found that even relatively infrequent exposure to large amounts of alcohol during the teen years may compromise the integrity of the brain's white matter, which is critical for the efficient relay of information within the brain. First Noninvasive Technique To Accurately Predict Mutations In Human Brain Tumors Science Daily Thu, 23 Apr 2009 08:17 AM PDT Neurosurgery professors were able to accurately predict the specific genetic mutation that caused brain cancer in a group of patients studied using magnetic resonance imaging. Lawsuit claims Mo. tannery byproduct caused tumors INO News Thu, 23 Apr 2009 08:13 AM PDT (AP:CAMERON, Mo.) A tannery in northwest Missouri was accused in a lawsuit Wednesday of contaminating farmland with a chemical that caused brain-tumor cases in the town of Cameron. MIT: Jeremy Nathans to deliver Scolnick Prize lecture EurekAlert! Thu, 23 Apr 2009 07:46 AM PDT ( McGovern Institute for Brain Research ) The McGovern Institute for Brain Research at MIT will present the sixth annual Edward M. Scolnick Prize in Neuroscience to Jeremy Nathans, a Howard Hughes Medical Institute Investigator and professor of molecular biology and genetics, neuroscience, and opthalmology at Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine. Nathans will deliver the Scolnick Prize ...

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