First three-dimensional projectome map of intact brain
News-Medical-Net Thu, 27 Jan 2011 02:07 AM PST
It would be hard to understand how a city is organized without knowledge of the course of all of its streets. Scientists confront the same problem when trying to understand the functioning of the brain. In the case of vertebrates, we only have fragmentary knowledge of which nerve cells send their connections, so-called axons, into certain regions of the brain. |
Brain injury man unfit to plead
Banbury Today Thu, 27 Jan 2011 02:03 AM PST
A man who sustained serious brain injuries as he was caught breaking into a businessman's home in Buckinghamshire has escaped a jail sentence over a separate offence after he was deemed unfit to plead. |
Tragic Failsworth mum, 39, gives gift of life to six strangers
Oldham Advertiser Thu, 27 Jan 2011 01:58 AM PST
The heartbroken family of an organ donor who gave six people the gift of life following her sudden death have urged others to follow in her footsteps. Lisa Jane Bowden, 39, suffered a brain haemorrhage at her home in Failsworth on New Year’s Day. |
Why some people become depressed when they are stressed
New Kerala Thu, 27 Jan 2011 01:12 AM PST
Washington, Jan 27 : A new research has explained how stress impacts the brain, which detail why some individuals are predisposed to depression when they experience chronic stress. |
BrainScope sponsors 'B-Ahead U.K. Trial' to assess traumatic brain injury
News-Medical-Net Thu, 27 Jan 2011 00:38 AM PST
BrainScope Company, today announced its sponsorship of a multi-center, observational clinical study, the "B-Ahead U.K. Trial", utilizing its technology in development to aid in the assessment of traumatic brain injury and its milder forms in emergency departments in the United Kingdom. |
Triggering CD45 molecule blocks early development of AD
News-Medical-Net Thu, 27 Jan 2011 00:37 AM PST
A new target for the prevention of adverse immune responses identified as factors in the development of Alzheimer's disease (AD) has been discovered by researchers at the University of South Florida's Department of Psychiatry and the Center of Excellence for Aging and Brain Repair. |
Depression Treatment Through Surgery
Index on Censorship Thu, 27 Jan 2011 00:32 AM PST
Depression sufferers may be treated using surgery in the future. In a pioneering neurosurgical treatment in Britain, doctors carried out surgery that very accurately targets brain networks involved in depression. This could help people who suffer with severe and depression around the world. |
Symposium on brain tumors set for Tuesday
Spartanburg Herald-Journal Thu, 27 Jan 2011 00:21 AM PST
Causes, treatment and research of brain tumors will be discussion topics at a symposium from 8 a.m. to 3:45 p.m. Tuesday in the Gibbs Cancer Center Auditorium. |
Attack prolonged and ferocious - police
The New Zealand Herald Thu, 27 Jan 2011 00:18 AM PST
A brutal attack which left a south Auckland man brain dead and on life support was prolonged and ferocious, say police.The man, 56, was not expected to live after he and his sister were beaten with a wooden stick for several minutes... |
Whistler welcomes wounded soldiers
Whistler Question Thu, 27 Jan 2011 00:08 AM PST
When U.S. Army Specialist Brian Roberts first saw the sit ski, he said it 'just scared the hell out of me,' and he couldn't wrap his brain around sitting down on a single ski.But with the help and step-by-step instructions of the Whistler Adaptive |
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