A triathlete and her husband share the long road back
Los Angeles Times Wed, 30 Dec 2009 10:10 AM PST
Beth and Lawrence Fong had planned to do an Ironman triathlon together. After he suffered a brain injury, she helped nurse him back and he became her coach. The mutual support has enriched them both. |
Man in fatal crash had brain tumor
The Cincinnati Enquirer Wed, 30 Dec 2009 09:57 AM PST
A Pleasant Ridge man died of natural causes before he crashed at the Monroe rest stop off Interstate 75 last week, Butler County coroner's officials said Wednesday. |
NFL to ask its players to donate brains for study
Park Hills Daily Journal Wed, 30 Dec 2009 08:33 AM PST
The NFL is partnering with Boston University brain researchers who have been critical of the league’s stance on concussions, The Associated Press learned Sunday. |
Aggressive Brain Cancer Driven By Two Collaborating Genes, Study
Medical News Today Wed, 30 Dec 2009 08:33 AM PST
US researchers have discovered two genes that appear to work together as master switches to turn on hundreds of other genes that drive the most aggressive forms of brain cancer: they hope their findings will help develop completely new approaches to treat these incurable tumors... |
UCSB Scientists Discover How The Brain Encodes Memories At A Cellular Level
Medical News Today Wed, 30 Dec 2009 08:30 AM PST
Scientists at UC Santa Barbara have made a major discovery in how the brain encodes memories. The finding, published in the December 24 issue of the journal Neuron, could eventually lead to the development of new drugs to aid memory. The team of scientists is the first to uncover a central process in encoding memories that occurs at the level of the synapse, where neurons connect with each other ... |
Small Molecules Found To Protect Cells In Multiple Models Of Parkinson's Disease
Medical News Today Wed, 30 Dec 2009 08:27 AM PST
Several structurally similar small molecules appear capable of protecting cells from alpha-synuclein toxicity in multiple models of Parkinson's disease, according to Whitehead Institute researchers. Misfolded copies of the alpha-synuclein protein in brain cells are a hallmark of Parkinson's disease... |
Researchers Find Clues To Why Some Continue To Eat When Full
Medical News Today Wed, 30 Dec 2009 08:27 AM PST
The premise that hunger makes food look more appealing is a widely held belief just ask those who cruise grocery store aisles on an empty stomach, only to go home with a full basket and an empty wallet. Prior research studies have suggested that the so-called hunger hormone ghrelin, which the body produces when it's hungry, might act on the brain to trigger this behavior. New research in mice by ... |
Tufts Researchers Discover New Neuron Development In Brains Of Nulliparous Mothers
Medical News Today Wed, 30 Dec 2009 08:26 AM PST
Maternal behavior itself can trigger the development of new neurons in the maternal brain independent of whether the female was pregnant or has nursed, according to a study released by researchers at Tufts University's Cummings School of Veterinary Medicine. These findings performed in adult, virgin rats were published in Brain Research Bulletin and are available online at http ... |
CNN - Brain Devices May Give Super Senses
WSB-TV 2 Atlanta Wed, 30 Dec 2009 08:04 AM PST
In The Shimmering Fantasy Realm Of The Hit Movie 'Avatar,' A Paraplegic Marine Leaves His Wheelchair Behind And Finds His Feet In A New Virtual World Thanks To 'The Link,' A Sophisticated Chamber That Connects His Brain To A Computer. |
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