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Different Approach Needed to Protect Brains of Premature Babies

...senior author Mark P. Goldberg, M.D., professor of neurology and of neurobiology. "In this study, we've identified a unique vulnerability in the developing brain's white matter that likely contributes to those disabilities. We will be looking for new drug treatments to prevent injury." The research, reporte...

Lithium Increases Gray Matter in Bipolar Brains

...at UCLA, and Paul Thompson, associate professor of neurology at the UCLA Laboratory of Neuro Imaging, used a novel method of three-dimensional magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) to map the entire surface of the brain in people diagnosed with bipolar disorder. When the researchers compared the brains of bipola...

Gain from Pain - Migraine Unplugged

...e brain. Professor James Lance, a consultant in neurology at the Prince of Wales Hospital said ,” I think that they're using a blunt tool that is designed to pick up dementia at one end of the spectrum, not just mild degrees of decline in memory or cognitive ability that we might all experience over the pas...

Migraine and Pregnancy – Is the Combo Pregnant to Trigger Strokes

... In fact, Cheryl Bushnell, assistant professor of neurology at the Duke University Center for Cerebrovascular Disease in Durham, explained that pregnant women who suffered migraine carried a risk of stroke, 19 times more than pregnant women who did not suffer migraine. Elaborating on the risk, Cheryl Bushne...

Protein Reduction Ceases Alzheimer's Advancement in Mice

...e," said Dr. Erik Roberson, assistant professor of neurology at UCSF. The present treatment measure for Alzheimer’s disease is focused on methods to bring down levels of amyloid-beta proteins, which develop to abnormal levels causing the disease. In a normal brain, tau monitors the internal stability of brai...

Boffins Find Link Between Common Sleep Disorder and Hypertension

...se two factors. David Rye, MD, PhD, professor of neurology at Emory University School of Medicine, director of the Emory Program in Sleep and lead author of the study, says the association between RLS and increased risk for high blood pressure was confirmed with the new study. "Our results confirm and extend...

Implanting Electrodes in the Brain Could Help Treat Severe Depression

...n, said Helen Mayberg, professor of psychiatry and neurology at Emory University School of Medicine in Atlanta. But experts claim that focusing on the brain's pleasure centre could also have some unpleasant consequences. "The nucleus accumbens has been modeled as an area of craving. Could you get habituate...

Lack of Timely Intervention Results in Needless Death Due to Stroke in US

...tional embarrassment," said Dr. Mark J. Alberts, a neurology professor at the Feinberg School of Medicine at Northwestern University. "I know of no disease that is as common or as serious as stroke and where you basically have one therapy and it's only used in 3 to 4 percent of patients."With strokes , rapid t...

Yoga Helps to Combat Depression, Anxiety

...eter, MD, an assistant professor of psychiatry and neurology at BUSM and a research associate at McLean Hospital. "This study contributes to the understanding of how the GABA system is affected by both pharmacologic and behavioral interventions and will help to guide the development of new treatments for low...

Multiple Sclerosis Could Be Checked Through Testosterone Gel

...d study co-author Dr. Rhonda Voskuhl, professor of neurology at the University of California, Los Angeles. "Thi... another expert, Dr. Moses Rodriguez, professor of neurology and immunology at the Mayo Clinic, said he was skeptical that the treatment would become common and ...

New Strategy Identified for Preventing Acute and Chronic Brain Disease

... Lennart Mucke, MD, GIND director and professor of neurology at the University of California, San Francisco (UC...adstone staff scientist and assistant professor of neurology at UCSF. "Amazingly, even partial reduction of tau prevented memory problems and premature deaths in...

Exposure to Epilepsy Drug During Pregnancy Can Increase Risk of Mental Defects in Newborns

...York Times reports. Kimford Meador, professor of neurology at the University of Florida, and colleagues examined 185 infants at age two using standard IQ measures. The mothers of the children had taken either Depakote, GlaxoSmithKline's Lamictal, Novartis' Tegretorl or Parke-Davis' Dilanten. The average IQ...

Pain and Intensity Of Post-stroke Spasticity Decreased by Botox Treatment

... Allison Brashear, M.D., professor and chairman of neurology at Wake Forest University Baptist Medical Center and head of the spasticity clinic at Wake Forest Baptist. Our study shows that treatment with botulinum toxin type A can lessen these disabling symptoms without treatment-limiting side effects, which...

Protein Reduction Ceases Alzheimer's Advancement in Mice

...e," said Dr. Erik Roberson, assistant professor of neurology at UCSF. The present treatment measure for Alzheimers disease is focused on methods to bring down levels of amyloid-beta proteins, which develop to abnormal levels causing the disease. In a normal brain, tau monitors the internal stability of brain...

Migraine and Pregnancy Is the Combo Pregnant to Trigger Strokes?

... In fact, Cheryl Bushnell, assistant professor of neurology at the Duke University Center for Cerebrovascular Disease in Durham, explained that pregnant women who suffered migraine carried a risk of stroke, 19 times more than pregnant women who did not suffer migraine. Elaborating on the risk, Cheryl Bushne...

Researchers Link Bacteria Destroying Proteins to Alzheimer's Treatment

...sease. Gunnar K. Gouras, associate professor of neurology and neuroscience at Weill Medical College of Cornell University, New York, and colleagues provide new insights into how these proteins, called antibodies, reduce the main hallmarks of Alzheimer's disease and raise hopes for a vaccine against the dise...

Two, Not One Networks Rule Brain's Voluntary Chain-of-command

...ofessor of Cognitive Neuroscience and professor of neurology and psychology. The findings, published online in the Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, may help efforts to comprehend the effects of brain injury and build up new strategies to treat such injuries. "For example, on rare occasions ...

Gene Linked With Restless Leg Syndrome Spotted Out

...al Journal quoted David Rye, MD, PhD, professor of neurology at Emory University School of Medicine, director of the Emory Healthcare Program in Sleep, and one of the study's lead authors, as saying. "This is the most definitive link between genetics and RLS that has been reported to date. We have known for ...

Epilepsy Increases Suicide Risks

...ns said. Michael R. Sperling, M.D., professor of neurology and director of the Jefferson Comprehensive Epilepsy Center in Philadelphia, said the Danish study was "frankly confirmatory of an extensive literature known for many decades." Dr. Sperling was not involved in the study. Persons with epilepsy, Dr. ...

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