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New Source Discovered For The Generation Of Nerve Cells In The Brain Medical News Today Wed, 02 Dec 2009 05:45 AM PST Until only a few years ago, neurogenesis the process of nerve cell development was considered to be impossible in the adult brain. The textbooks asserted that dead nerve cells could not be replaced. Then researchers discovered regions in the forebrain in humans in which new nerve cells can be generated throughout life. These so-called GABAergic cells use gamma-aminobutyric acid (GABA), a ... Panelists discuss effects of drugs The Daily Free Press Wed, 02 Dec 2009 05:29 AM PST By: Ollisha Pamplin People must be aware of the harmful effects drugs can have on the brain and the nervous system, students and professors said at Boston University Tuesday.... 20 years after accident, former classmates reconnect Chicago Tribune Wed, 02 Dec 2009 05:21 AM PST They never forgot Jon Wrenn, but it took 20 years for some classmates to reconnect after he suffered a brain injury in a senior-year car accident More than two decades after Jon Wrenn suffered brain damage in a car accident shortly before he was to graduate, the daughter of a friend opened her new locker at his high school, Wheaton North, and found a sticker: "Slow it down! For Jon." UM Biologist Receives NIH Grant To Create The First Map Of Protein Interactions In Neurons Medical News Today Wed, 02 Dec 2009 04:32 AM PST Our brain is composed of over one trillion cells called neurons. Each neuron contains millions of proteins. Exactly how individual proteins interact with one another and together form complex signaling networks within neurons has never been examined directly in live animals. Now, the University of Miami (UM) College of Arts and Sciences has been awarded a grant totaling $2... Tourney, breakfast to honor Madison graduateâs memory Madison Eagle Wed, 02 Dec 2009 04:32 AM PST MADISON â€" A soccer tournament, and a pancake breakfast, have been organized in Madison to help establish a scholarship fund in memory of Ben Wieler, a 2007 alumni of Madison High School who died Sept. 24 in Barcelona, Spain, following complications from brain tumor surgery. Apathy common in dementia patients with brain changes uniprotokolle Wed, 02 Dec 2009 04:19 AM PST Dementia patients with a certain type of changes in their brain's white matter are more likely to be apathetic than those who do not have these changes, reveals a patient study carried out by the Sahlgrenska Academy and Sahlgrenska University Hospital. Leader in the fight against brain diseases and in drug discovery joins UF News-Medical-Net Wed, 02 Dec 2009 04:04 AM PST A leader in the fight against brain diseases and in drug discovery to help Alzheimer's patients has joined the University of Florida College of Medicine, interim dean Michael Good, M.D., announced. Cincinnati hospital report: Lead exposure, brain damage linked Newark Advocate Wed, 02 Dec 2009 04:03 AM PST CINCINNATI -- Childhood lead exposure causes permanent brain damage with lifelong consequences, according to new research from Cincinnati Children's Hospital Medical Center. Bake sale aids officer Montrose Daily Press Wed, 02 Dec 2009 03:26 AM PST MONTROSE — Police say that once again, the Montrose community came through for one of their own. Earlier this month, Patrol Officer Kenneth Farrington was rushed to Montrose Memorial Hospital, with what proved to be a brain tumor. Sanofi Unit Faces Lawsuit Claiming Brain Damage Through Vaccine Bloomberg Wed, 02 Dec 2009 02:54 AM PST Dec. 2 (Bloomberg) -- Sanofi-Aventis SA’s vaccine unit may face a lawsuit originally filed against its distributor by a patient who claims to have suffered severe brain damage from a company product, the European Union’s top court ruled.

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