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Angelman syndrome deficits rescued in mice

...in 15,000 children, is a debilitating neurological disorder characterized by mental retardation, severely limited speech, and movement and balance problems. In 1997, researchers determined that Angelman syndrome was caused by a mutation in a single gene, called UBE3A. They subsequently developed a mouse mo...

Antibody therapy prevents type 1 diabetes in mice

...,000 Americans have type 1 diabetes, an autoimmune disorder in which the body errantly attacks the insulin-producing cells of the pancreas, causing chronically elevated levels of sugar in the blood, leading to blindness, kidney failure, heart disease and nerve damage. Previously known as juvenile diabetes, ty...

Autism gene identified by researchers at Yale working with a global research consortium

...form of the disease. Autism is a complex brain disorder that inhibits a person’s ability to communicate and develop social relationships, and is often accompanied by extreme behavioral challenges. Autism Spectrum Disorders are diagnosed in one in 150 children in the United States, affecting four times as ...

Researchers discover gene crucial for nerve cell insulation

... functioning of the normal EGR2 gene, leading to a disorder of the nervous system. In many genetic conditio...tood. Multiple sclerosis, a degenerative muscular disorder that can be fatal, results from the destruction of myelin in the central nervous system. ...

Surgeons develop simpler way to cure atrial fibrillation

... those without atrial fibrillation, those with the disorder are five times more likely to suffer from stroke and have up to a two-fold higher risk of death. For some patients, medications can control the abnormal heart rhythms and the risk of clotting associated with atrial fibrillation, but unlike the Cox-ma...

Prenatal cocaine's lasting cellular effects

...r to children with attention deficit hyperactivity disorder (ADHD). However, the standard treatments for ADHD -- Ritalin and other stimulants -- are not always effective in these children. Studying the effects of prenatal cocaine exposure on the developing brain is difficult in human populations because c...

FSU researchers determine a critical factor in workings of proteins

...ple, Wiskott-Aldrich syndrome, a pediatric genetic disorder characterized by eczema, immune deficiencies and low blood-platelet counts, can be traced to mutations on the Wiskott-Aldrich syndrome protein," Zhou said. "Normally, fast association of the protein with other biomolecules is critical for the creatio...

Susceptibility to Crohn's disease -- an important new clue

...rohn’s disease is a chronic relapsing inflammatory disorder of the intestinal tract that affects an estimated ...ptoms include abdominal pain and diarrhea, but the disorder is often associated with debilitating clinical complications. Researchers from the University of Liè...

Brain networks strengthened by closing ion channels

...polar disorder, or attention deficit hyperactivity disorder (ADHD). "Our data reveal how the brain's arousa...of DISC1 in patients with schizophrenia or bipolar disorder would increase vulnerability to cortical network disconnection and profound PFC deficits. This may b...

NIH announces phase III clinical trial of creatine for Parkinson's disease

... United States and Canada. PD is a degenerative disorder of the brain in which patients develop symptoms such as progressive tremor, slowness of movements, and stiffness of muscles. It affects at least one million people in the United States. Although certain drugs, such as levodopa, can reduce the sympt...

New protein implicated in autism

Autism is a common neurodevelopmental disorder characterized by severely impaired social, communi...in this region had been directly implicated in the disorder until researchers from the RIKEN Brain Science Institute in Japan demonstrated that mice lacking the...

Tears reveal some of their deepest secrets to researchers

...lipid may play in dry eye. "Dry eye is really a disorder of symptoms that irritate the eyes," Nichols said. "Not everyone with dry eye responds to the same treatment. If we could find individuals with varying oleamide levels, then we may be able discern one cause of dry eye, and specifically treat that. ...

Army research mission focused on autism

...osed with autism. Autism is a developmental brain disorder that affects as many as 1 in 150 children as repor...that advances the understanding of autism spectrum disorder and leads to improved treatment outcomes." "We need to move to a place in research where we are m...

New measure of sexual arousal found for both men and women

...st future clinical trials of female sexual arousal disorder will be genital temperature as measured by thermography," according to Dr. Yitzchak Binik, senior author of the research and Professor of Psychology at McGill and Director of the Sex and Couple Therapy Service of the McGill University Health Center (...

Vitamin D deficiency widespread during pregnancy

...ciency early in life is associated with rickets ?a disorder characterized by soft bones and thought to have been eradicated in the United States more than 50 years ago ?as well as increased risk for type 1 diabetes, asthma and schizophrenia. "A newborn's vitamin D stores are completely reliant on vitamin D...

New imaging technique tracks traffic patterns of white blood cells

...kle Cell disease which is a common inherited blood disorder in the United States, affecting 72,000 Americans a...es of Health (NIH). Sickle Cell disease is a blood disorder that affects hemoglobin, a protein inside red blood cells that help carry oxygen throughout the body...

Plant studies reveal how, where seeds store iron

...on deficiency is the most common human nutritional disorder in the world today, afflicting more than 3 billion people worldwide," said Mary Lou Guerinot, a biologist at Dartmouth College in N.H. and the principal investigator on the study. "Most of these people rely on plants for their dietary iron, but plant...

Plant studies reveal how, where seeds store iron

...on deficiency is the most common human nutritional disorder in the world today, afflicting more than 3 billion people worldwide," said Mary Lou Guerinot, a biologist at Dartmouth College in N.H. and the principal investigator on the study. "Most of these people rely on plants for their dietary iron, but plant...

New gene linked to bipolar disorder

A new gene linked to both depression and bipolar disorder has been identified by UCL (University College Lon...lynar ?which is found on chromosome 12. Bipolar disorder is known to run strongly in families, but the Slynar gene is one of just three genes now known to be...

Gene linked with mental illness shapes brain region, researchers find

...SERT-l genes. Whether the person had a psychiatric disorder did not affect the size of the pulvinar. Dr. German cautioned, however, that the entire brain is not simply larger in individuals carrying two copies of the SERT-s gene. Similar studies in other areas of the brain have found that the SERT-s gene i...

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