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Junior hockey concussions at 'alarming' rate: study CBC.ca Mon, 01 Nov 2010 14:09 PM PDT Twenty-five per cent of junior hockey players on two unnamed teams suffered concussions last year, according to an Ontario study looking at brain injuries. NIH-supported mouse studies suggest treatment target for alcohol problems National Institutes of Health Mon, 01 Nov 2010 14:07 PM PDT A molecular pathway within the brain’s reward circuitry appears to contribute to alcohol abuse, according to laboratory mouse research supported by the National Institute on Alcohol Abuse and Alcoholism (NIAAA), part of the National Institutes of Health (NIH). The findings, published online today in Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, also provide evidence that the pathway may be a ... 'Brain energy crisis' leads to Parkinson's Stuff Mon, 01 Nov 2010 14:06 PM PDT Parkinson's disease may stem from an energy crisis in the brain, years before symptoms appear. Study of babies’ brain scans sheds new light on the brain’s unconscious activity and how it develops Science Daily Mon, 01 Nov 2010 14:06 PM PDT Full-term babies are born with a key collection of networks already formed in their brains, according to new research that challenges some previous theories about the brain's activity and how the brain develops. Researchers used functional MRI scanning to look at 'resting state' networks in the brains of 70 babies, born at between 29 and 43 weeks of development. They found that these networks ... How brain is wired for attention Science Daily Mon, 01 Nov 2010 13:22 PM PDT Researchers have uncovered a wiring diagram that shows how the brain pays attention to visual, cognitive, sensory, and motor cues. The research provides a critical foundation for the study of abnormalities in attention that can be seen in many brain disorders such as autism, schizophrenia, and attention deficit disorder. Parkinson's caused by energy crisis in the brain? FOX 13 Utah Mon, 01 Nov 2010 13:13 PM PDT Failing energy factories in the brain suspected in illnesses like Parkinson's disease. Brain Injury Association of Michigan Tri-County chapter hosts support group meeting Tuesday The Saginaw News Mon, 01 Nov 2010 13:00 PM PDT The meeting is from 7 p.m. to 8:30 p.m. at HealthSource Saginaw, 3340 Hospital in Saginaw Township. Concussions in junior hockey 3x prior reports Sportsnet.ca Mon, 01 Nov 2010 12:53 PM PDT A study of concussions in junior hockey has found the occurrence of the brain injury is much higher than previously reported. FDA approves kidney cancer drug to treat brain tumors AFP via Yahoo! News Mon, 01 Nov 2010 12:51 PM PDT The United States has approved a drug normally used for advanced kidney cancer to treat brain tumors caused by a rare genetic disease, US officials and the Swiss manufacturer said Monday. Researchers Discover How Brain Is Wired for Attention Newswise Mon, 01 Nov 2010 12:45 PM PDT University of Utah (U of U) medical researchers have uncovered a wiring diagram that shows how the brain pays attention to visual, cognitive, sensory, and motor cues. The research provides a critical foundation for the study of abnormalities in attention that can be seen in many brain disorders such as autism, schizophrenia, and attention deficit disorder.

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