Researchers trick Alzheimer's Enzyme
... blocks neurotransmitter destruction caused by the brain enzyme acetylcholinesterase. The destructive enzy...test, acetylchonlinesterase, was one of the first brain enzymes identified. It breaks down acetylcholine, the neurotransmitter that propagates nerve signals......ds electrical activity from different parts of the brain and converts it into a tracing. The Paris team ana...n the pattern of electrical signals emitted by the brain prior to a seizure that lasts for several minutes. In 25 of 26 recordings, picking up these changes ...Anxiety likely to affect the foetus
...d it may well affect the development of the baby's brain in the womb," she further added that every pregnant woman should take time to rest and relax....Chemical in Gila monster's saliva yields Alzheimer drug
Alzheimer's is a degenerative brain disease that usually begins gradually, causing a p...ts on a previously unknown receptor pathway in the brain that affects memory. New York-based biotechnology company Axonyx Inc., which is developing t...Hyperactivity disorder a biological malfunction
...ty Disorder - ADHD - have underactive parts of the brain which deal with decision-making, thinking and planning. The abnormality was revealed by a magnetic scanning device// which enabled researchers to look at the brains of children without harming them from radioactivity. Eric Taylor, Professor of Child ...Consumer group seeks Sibutramine ban
...ed as Meridia by Abbott Laboratories, works on two brain chemicals that control appetite and make patients feel full. It was approved in 1997 for people who are obese. Average weight loss from using the medication is 5% to 9% in four to six months. At the time of its approval, experts warned that the drug...Epilepsy Drugs Can Enhance Risk of Birth Defects
...rder in which misfiring electrical impulses in the brain lead to seizures. About 2.3 million Americans have epilepsy, and more than a million are female. //Pregnant women who take anti-epileptic medications face a significant risk that their children will have problems ranging from congenital defects to sl...Blood test may aid foretell Alzheimer's
...tudies appeared promising.// Plaque buildup ruins brain cells and is the cause of Alzheimer's. Some people...alled m266 -- which draws amyloid protein from the brain into the blood. Within five minutes of the m266 injection, amyloid levels increased dramatically in...Oestrogen to help mental health
...alters the activity of dopamine and serotonin, two brain chemicals which are disrupted in schizophrenia. Dr Jayashri Kulkarni, a psychiatrist at the Duandenong Psychiatry Research Centre, in Melbourne, treated 12 schizophrenic women with both oestrogen skin patches and risperidone for a month. She compare......a, by Peter Liddle, a psychiatrist specialising in brain imaging. The artificial brain reviews the brain scan of patients looking for certain characteristics in the brain blood flow, whic...Leptin connected to obesity blood clots
... as a hormone that produces satiety signals in the brain and stops people wanting to eat once they're full. Mice without leptin grow massively fat, but it's been hard to reproduce this finding in humans - so leptin is not about to become a wonder slimming pill. However, other research in humans has point...A question on study of Adult Stem Cell
... feel that, whether the process, observed in mouse brain cells in laboratory experiments, also occurs in an...lls one day being used to grow new heart, liver or brain tissue for people whose own organs are damaged, allowing the body to repair itself. Realization of s...For proper functioning of the brain in humans and animals, the nerve cells must commun...id the research was aimed at understanding how the brain works, how information is stored and transmitted....Relationship bertween birth weight and IQ
... light on the connection between foetal growth and brain development....Stem Cell Transplants May Be Effective For MS Patients
...year after the transplant, only 3 patients had new brain lesions, which are a result of MS disease activity. Only 2 of the patients have needed to take MS disease-modifying drugs since the transplant, Kraft said. Researchers said the treatment needs to be studied on more patients to confirm its effectivene...... nationwide are putting their fetuses "at risk" of brain damage because of mercury in the fish they eat. Last year, the FDA warned pregnant women not to eat shark, swordfish, king mackerel or tilefish. But the agency said they could eat up to 12 ounces of any fish weekly. The Environmental Working Group (...Right side of the brain helps in awareness
The right side of the brain helps people recognise themselves in a picture, sa...rked with five patients who had each half of their brain anaesthetised briefly as part of preoperative testing for brain surgery to treat epilepsy. Each pati...Prefiguring Alzheimer's disease
...f Alzheimer's disease and is connected to the same brain pathology. There has been a lot of controversy over the implications of mild cognitive decline the loss of memory and certain other aspects of mental function,// like problem solving and planning.Some people think it is a normal part of aging, others......o far. In the implantation procedure, doctors use brain imaging to select specific sites to deposit the cells. Then they pass needles through the forehead and top of the skull to implant the cells. Patients showed improvement in tremor, stiffness, slow movement and balance, the most common motor functio...