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Family of brain-damaged baby gets temporary life-support reprieve Dose Wed, 27 Jan 2010 10:11 AM PST EDMONTON â€" A severely brain-damaged infant will remain on life-support for another month at least, after an Edmonton judge put off until Feb. 19 a decision on disconnecting his life support. Brain scientists extend map of fear memory formation EurekAlert! Wed, 27 Jan 2010 10:03 AM PST Draw a map of the brain when fear and anxiety are involved, and the amygdala looms large. But scientists have now extended the brain's fear map to include the prelimbic cortex. Researchers found that mice lacking a critical growth factor in the prelimbic cortex have trouble remembering to fear electric shocks. The discovery could help improve diagnosis and treatment for anxiety disorders such as ... Discovery of mechanism in brain cell injury in Huntington's offers new treatment approaches EurekAlert! Wed, 27 Jan 2010 09:47 AM PST Scientists at the Brain Research Centre and Centre for Molecular Medicine and Therapeutics have uncovered a key cellular mechanism that alters brain cell function in Huntington's disease, and identified a possible treatment for the disease. SWU medical faculty up in arms The Nation - Thailand's English news Wed, 27 Jan 2010 09:41 AM PST Lecturers say project will only favour private hospitals, cause brain drain, impact low-income patients Jyoti Basu's brain removed for preservation New Kerala Wed, 27 Jan 2010 09:39 AM PST Kolkata, Jan 27 : Doctors from the state-run S.S.K.M. Hospital Wednesday successfully removed the brain of deceased Marxist leader Jyoti Basu and preserved it in their laboratory. Magnesium supplement helps boost brainpower PhysOrg Wed, 27 Jan 2010 09:38 AM PST Neuroscientists at MIT and Tsinghua University in Beijing show that increasing brain magnesium with a new compound enhanced learning abilities, working memory, and short- and long-term memory in rats. The dietary supplement also boosted older rats' ability to perform a variety of learning tests. Parents of brain-damaged Alberta baby given more time CTV.ca Wed, 27 Jan 2010 09:25 AM PST A judge in Edmonton has decided that a brain-damaged Alberta infant can remain on life support for three more months while his young parents line up medical specialists to review his condition. Flu in pregnancy changes fetal brain New Scientist Wed, 27 Jan 2010 08:32 AM PST The brains of monkeys whose mothers had flu while pregnant resemble those of people with schizophrenia Nicotine Addiction Free With E-Cig OfficialWire Wed, 27 Jan 2010 07:34 AM PST Nicotine is an addictive drug. It causes alters in the brain that make people want to use it more and more. While Electronic Cigarette123 only contains water to vaporize for the smokers to inhale when they are using it. New target for fighting Alzheimer's: Study Canada.com Wed, 27 Jan 2010 07:22 AM PST French researchers said Tuesday they had found a promising new target in the fight against Alzheimer's, the debilitating brain disease that causes irreversible memory loss and dementia.

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