How chocolate dulls the pain
Pretoria News Tue, 30 Mar 2010 06:07 AM PDT
Washington - Chocolate activates a part of the brain that blunts pain and makes it difficult to stop eating, a study published on Wednesday in the Journal of Neuroscience has found. |
Allon Shows Statistically Significant Improvement in Schizophrenia Imaging Study
Marketwire Tue, 30 Mar 2010 05:49 AM PDT
VANCOUVER, BRITISH COLUMBIA--(Marketwire - March 30, 2010) - Allon Therapeutics Inc. (TSX:NPC) today released top-line results from an imaging study of schizophrenia patients showing that 12 weeks of treatment with the Company's lead neuroprotective drug candidate davunetide resulted in a statistically significant increase in levels of a biomarker that is an important indicator of brain cell ... |
Neuroscientists prevent memory loss in fruit flies by blocking activity of PI3 kinase signaling protein
News-Medical-Net Tue, 30 Mar 2010 05:34 AM PDT
By blocking the cellular signaling activity of a protein, a team of neuroscientists at Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory (CSHL) has prevented memory loss in fruit flies caused by brain plaques similar to those thought to cause Alzheimer's disease in humans. The study also resolves a long-standing controversy about the role of this protein, PI3 kinase, which was previously thought to have a ... |
George Watkins: It may be time to bring out the wood
The Salinas Californian Tue, 30 Mar 2010 05:10 AM PDT
Once again the controversy between aluminum versus wood bats has become a hot topic after a pitcher for the Marin Catholic High baseball team suffered a severe brain injury after being hit in the head by a batted ball nearly two weeks ago. |
Genetically manipulating rats to emulate Alzheimer's disease in humans
News-Medical-Net Tue, 30 Mar 2010 05:05 AM PDT
Prof. Claudio Cuello at McGill University and his collaborators have genetically manipulated rats that can emulate Alzheimer's disease in humans, enabling research that will include the development of new treatments. Alzheimer's is a devastating brain condition leading to a progressive decline of memory and other brain functions. Although research mice have been developed in the past, rats are ... |
Protein Linked To Problems With Executive Thinking Skills
Medical News Today Tue, 30 Mar 2010 04:23 AM PDT
New research shows that a high level of C-reactive protein (CRP), a marker for inflammation in the blood, is associated with brain changes that are linked to problems with executive thinking skills. The study is published in the March 30, 2010, issue of Neurology®, the medical journal of the American Academy of Neurology. For the study, scientists examined 447 stroke and dementia-free people ... |
Tomato Genes Produce Promising Results Against Brain Tumours
Medical News Today Tue, 30 Mar 2010 04:23 AM PDT
Tomato genes could be used as a future treatment in gene therapy, according to new research results from Lund University. Jure Piskur is a Professor at the Department of Biology, Lund University. Together with colleagues from Stockholm, Copenhagen and Lund, he has recently published research results on a tomato gene that it seems could be of value in future treatment of brain tumours. The ... |
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