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10,000th open access medical manuscript published

In a wonderful milestone for the open access publishing community BioMed Central has announced that it's 10,000th manuscript has been submitted to a BioMed Central journal.

26 Aug 2004

Mouse stem cells may help restore hearing loss in humans

The work is important because, in humans, inner ear sensory hair cells are a precious commodity. Humans are born with only about sixteen thousand of these sound detectors in each ear, which can be easily damaged by age, certain illnesses, exposure to loud sounds, and some medications. Once damaged, the cells do not easily grow back. And with the cell loss comes so-called irreversible hearing loss.

26 Aug 2004

Gray matter in brain associated with language processing among people with a family history of dyslexia

Italian researchers have observed significant reductions of gray matter volume in areas of the brain associated with language processing among people with a family history of dyslexia in comparison with controls with no reading problems.

24 Aug 2004

Body symmetry could be a tell tale sign of an aggressive person

Researchers may get some indication of how aggressively an angry person will react by measuring the size relationship between a person’s ears and other body parts, according to a new study.

23 Aug 2004

Immunotherapy and chemotherapy combined, slows tumor progression and extends survival of patients with glioblastoma multiforme

Researchers at Cedars-Sinai's Maxine Dunitz Neurosurgical Institute have found that the combination of immunotherapy and chemotherapy significantly slowed tumor progression and extended survival of patients with glioblastoma multiforme (GBM).

17 Aug 2004

Neural basis of memory loss

Most forms of memory loss are caused by some type of brain injury - particularly to the hippocampus. Amnesia can arise from brain damage that interferes with memory storage, retrieval, or consolidation. What ultimately causes amnesia - a failure to store memories or a failure to retrieve them - is not clear.

16 Aug 2004

A novel approach for families coping with brain injury

Griffith University psychologists have co-authored a book designed to fill a much-needed gap in assisting families where one child has suffered a sudden brain injury.

13 Aug 2004

Wounds on hamsters without companionship don't heal as fast as those on hamsters with companionship

Researchers looked at the effect social contact had on wound healing in stressed hamsters. Results showed that skin wounds healed nearly twice as fast in the hamsters paired with a sibling. These animals also produced less of the stress hormone cortisol than unpaired hamsters.

9 Aug 2004

Alzheimer’s sufferers are more likely to have jobs that are less mentally challenging than people without Alzheimer’s disease

Alzheimer's is a progressive form of presenile dementia that is similar to senile dementia except that it usually starts in the 40s or 50s; first symptoms are impaired memory which is followed by impaired thought and speech and finally complete helplessness

9 Aug 2004

Neuroscience News and Research

10,000th open access medical manuscript published

Mouse stem cells may help restore hearing loss in humans

Gray matter in brain associated with language processing among people with a family history of dyslexia

Body symmetry could be a tell tale sign of an aggressive person

Immunotherapy and chemotherapy combined, slows tumor progression and extends survival of patients with glioblastoma multiforme

Neural basis of memory loss

A novel approach for families coping with brain injury

Wounds on hamsters without companionship don't heal as fast as those on hamsters with companionship

Alzheimer’s sufferers are more likely to have jobs that are less mentally challenging than people without Alzheimer’s disease

MRI may be better than polygraph for revealing lies

Neuroscience research in South Australia is mobilising its efforts against diseases of the brain and nervous system

Approval of Cymbalta for treatment of major depressive disorder

Mefloquine, an anti-malarial drug plays a critical role in movement, vision and memory

Miniature spectroscopic instruments and software to look at changes that occur within the cells and tissue of the brain

Molecular pathway in the brain may explain why some patients suffering from inflammatory diseases develop depression

Transplanted cells are capable of surviving in the brain of immunosuppressed stroked rats

First tool to study image brain function at the cellular level

Finding helps explain how nerves connect to their targets and stop growing once there

Infants whose mothers have higher levels of an essential omega-3 fatty acid show more advanced cognitive development

New research into what causes endometriosis

Neuroscience - Second Edition eBook

Sensing a Healthier Future

Achieving and maintaining ISO/IEC 27001 and BS 10012 certifications

Expanding research and clinical options for children with cancer

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