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What to know about strokes Lahontan Valley News Sun, 04 Apr 2010 04:26 AM PDT CARE FLIGHT COMMUNITY ADVISOR Often, individuals misdiagnose themselves after having a stroke and do not get the proper treatment due to the fact they do not visit a hospital. This can lead to severe permanent damage to a person's brain. Care Flight would like to remind people to be cautious with a potential stroke. Reduce the risk of stroke It is never too late or too early to adopt a healthy ... Cliffs donates $3,000 to Courage Center Hibbing Daily Tribune Sun, 04 Apr 2010 04:20 AM PDT Founded in 1928, the Courage Center is a Minnesota-based rehabilitation and resource center specializes in treating children and adults with brain injury, spinal cord injury, stroke, chronic pain, autism, and disabilities experienced since birth. Benefits Of Minimally Invasive Removal For Tumors Quantified By UC Researchers Medical News Today Sun, 04 Apr 2010 03:25 AM PDT A minimally invasive endoscopic procedure holds promise for safely removing large brain tumors from an area at the bottom of the skull, near the sinus cavities, clinical researchers at the Brain Tumor Center at the University of Cincinnati Neuroscience Institute (UCNI) at University Hospital have found. The findings, to be published in the April 2010 issue of the Journal of Neurosurgery and ... If You're Depressed, Fearful, It Might Help To Worry, Too Medical News Today Sun, 04 Apr 2010 03:25 AM PDT A new study of brain activity in depressed and anxious people indicates that some of the ill effects of depression are modified - for better or for worse - by anxiety. The study, in the journal Cognitive, Affective & Behavioral Neuroscience, looked at depression and two types of anxiety: anxious arousal, the fearful vigilance that sometimes turns into panic; and anxious apprehension, better ... ADHD: Behavioural Incentives Mimic Effects Of Medication On Brain Systems Medical News Today Sun, 04 Apr 2010 03:23 AM PDT Medication and behavioural interventions help children with attention deficit hyperactivity disorder (ADHD) better maintain attention and self-control by normalising activity in the same brain systems, according to research funded by the Wellcome Trust. In a study published in the journal Biological Psychiatry, researchers from the University of Nottingham show that medication has the most ... Brain Tumors: Tissue Stem Cell Turning Into Tumor Stem Cell Medical News Today Sun, 04 Apr 2010 03:23 AM PDT The "cradle" of new neurons in the adult brain is well known. It is what is called the subventricular zone, a tissue structure lining the lateral ventricles. This is where neural or brain stem cells reside, which are responsible for generating new neurons if needed. For many years now, the subventricular zone has been suspected to be the origin of specific malignant brain tumors called gliomas ... Cutting-Edge Computer Modeling Reveals Neurons Coordinating Their Messaging, Yielding Clues To How The Brain Works Medical News Today Sun, 04 Apr 2010 03:22 AM PDT There is strength in numbers if you want to get your voice heard. But how do you get your say if you are in the minority? That's a dilemma faced not only by the citizens of a democracy but also by some neurons in the brain. Although they only account for a fraction of the synapses in the visual cortex, neurons in the thalamus get their message across loud and clear by coordination ... Human Embryonic Stem Cells Used To Derive Floor Plate Tissue, An Important Signaling Center During Brain Development Medical News Today Sun, 04 Apr 2010 03:22 AM PDT New York Stem Cell Foundation (NYSCF) Fellow, Christopher Fasano, PhD, of the New York Neural Stem Cell Institute, is lead author on a study investigating human neural development. Dr. Fasano conducted this work while working as a post-doctoral fellow at Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center in the lab of Dr. Lorenz Studer. Dr. Fasano and his colleagues used human embryonic stem cells (hESC) to ... Premature birth and brain damage - inflammation may play a role uniprotokolle Sun, 04 Apr 2010 02:46 AM PDT Researchers have gone some way to explaining what happens during premature births and how brain injury develops in premature babies. New findings show that inflammation in both the amniotic fluid and the baby's brain has a role to play, reveals a thesis from the Sahlgrenska Academy.

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