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The human brain is the center of the human nervous system and is a highly complex organ. Enclosed in the cranium, it has the same general structure as the brains of other mammals, but is over three times as large as the brain of a typical mammal with an equivalent body size.

NeuroVive signs agreement with Isomerase Therapeutics to develop and commercialize cyclophilin-inhibiting molecules

NeuroVive Pharmaceutical AB (publ) (STO:NVP), a leading mitochondrial medicine company, has signed a collaboration agreement with Isomerase Therapeutics to develop the molecules that were recently acquired from Biotica.

12 Jun 2013

Hypometabolism in brain regions of cognitively normal patients associated with Alzheimer's disease

Alzheimer's disease has been linked in many studies to amyloid plaque buildup in the brain, but new research is finding a common thread between amyloid burden and lower energy levels, or metabolism, of neurons in certain areas of the brain associated with Alzheimer's disease-even for people with no sign of cognitive decline.

12 Jun 2013

New technology could improve communication and daily life of paralyzed person

Small electrodes placed on or inside the brain allow patients to interact with computers or control robotic limbs simply by thinking about how to execute those actions. This technology could improve communication and daily life for a person who is paralyzed or has lost the ability to speak from a stroke or neurodegenerative disease.

12 Jun 2013

Mother's exposure to environmental contaminants associated with vigorous fetal motor activity

A study led by researchers at the Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health has for the first time found that a mother's higher exposure to some common environmental contaminants was associated with more frequent and vigorous fetal motor activity.

12 Jun 2013

Video games train player's brain to make better and faster use of visual input

Hours spent at the video gaming console not only train a player's hands to work the buttons on the controller, they probably also train the brain to make better and faster use of visual input, according to Duke University researchers.

12 Jun 2013

Ireland's first functional brain mapping facility to be set up at University of Ulster's Magee campus

The first functional brain mapping facility on the island of Ireland is to be established at the University of Ulster's Magee campus.

12 Jun 2013

Study provides complete health picture of adult survivors of childhood cancer

St. Jude Children's Research Hospital has found that childhood cancer survivors overwhelmingly experience a significant amount of undiagnosed, serious disease through their adult years, establishing the importance of proactive, life-long clinical health screenings for this growing high-risk population.

12 Jun 2013

New SPECT and MR imaging systems unveiled at SNMMI's 2013 Annual Meeting

The Society of Nuclear Medicine and Molecular Imaging's 2013 Annual Meetingmarks the unveiling of the successful application of a new preclinical hybrid molecular imaging system-single photon emission tomography and magnetic resonance -which has exceptional molecular imaging capabilities in terms of potential preclinical and clinical applications, technological advancement at a lower cost, and reduction of patient exposure to ionizing radiation.

12 Jun 2013

Anti-nicotine vaccination can increase accumulation of nicotine in the brain, say neuroscientists

Researchers have yet again been sent back to the drawing board in the development of the much-sought-after vaccination for smokers, which would hypothetically inhibit the action of nicotine and its pleasure-producing chemical response in the brain.

12 Jun 2013

Johns Hopkins researchers develop experimental vaccine for TB meningitis

A team of Johns Hopkins researchers working with animals has developed a vaccine that prevents the virulent TB bacterium from invading the brain and causing the highly lethal condition TB meningitis, a disease that disproportionately occurs in TB-infected children and in adults with compromised immune system.

12 Jun 2013

Understanding Phelan-McDermid Syndrome

In the first prospective study of its kind, Seaver Autism Center researchers at the Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai provide new evidence of the severity of intellectual, motor, and speech impairments in a subtype of autism called Phelan-McDermid Syndrome.

12 Jun 2013

Research finding offers new insight into stroke rehabilitation

A new study finds that stroke patients' brains show strong cortical motor activity when observing others performing physical tasks - a finding that offers new insight into stroke rehabilitation.

12 Jun 2013

UC Irvine researchers to study how maternal signals and care impact adolescent cognitive behaviors

With $10 million in new federal funding, UC Irvine researchers will study how maternal signals and care before and after birth may increase an infant's vulnerability to adolescent cognitive and emotional problems, such as risky behaviors, addiction and depression.

12 Jun 2013

Nimodipine reduces febrile seizures

Fever-induced childhood seizures, known as febrile seizures, can be terrifying for parents to witness. The full-body convulsions, which mostly affect children six months to five years old, can last from mere seconds up to more than 40 minutes. Currently, children are not treated with daily anticonvulsant medication to prevent these seizures even when they recur repeatedly because toxic side effects of existing treatments outweigh potential benefits.

12 Jun 2013

New weapon in the fight against childhood brain cancer emerges

A relatively new weapon in the fight against childhood brain cancer has emerged that improves upon standard magnetic resonance imaging by providing information about tumor metabolism and extent of cancer in children diagnosed with glioma, a growth caused by the abnormal division of glial cells in the brain, say researchers at the Society of Nuclear Medicine and Molecular Imaging's 2013 Annual Meeting.

11 Jun 2013

Kessler Foundation receives grants from NJ Commission to study deficits in TBI patients

The New Jersey Commission on Brain Injury Research awarded two grants to scientists at Kessler Foundation to study emotional processing deficits in people with traumatic brain injury (TBI) and the effects of aerobic exercise on memory impairments after TBI. The grants exceeded $500,000.

11 Jun 2013

Columbia psychiatry researchers suggest possible approaches to treat or prevent OCD

Columbia Psychiatry researchers have identified what they think may be a mechanism underlying the development of compulsive behaviors. The finding suggests possible approaches to treating or preventing certain characteristics of OCD.

11 Jun 2013

Brandeis University professor receives 2013 Neuroscience Prize for pioneering contributions in neural circuits

Eve Marder, PhD, a professor of neuroscience at Brandeis University, is the recipient of the 2013 Neuroscience Prize of The Gruber Foundation. Marder is being honored with this prestigious international award for her pioneering contributions to the understanding of neural circuits, particularly how the properties and dynamics of neural circuits give rise to specific behaviors.

11 Jun 2013

Study: Low birth weight babies with smaller brain volumes tied to academic deficits

An analysis of recent data from magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) of 97 adolescents who were part of study begun with very low birth weight babies born in 1982-1986 in a Cleveland neonatal intensive care unit has tied smaller brain volumes to poor academic achievement.

11 Jun 2013

Johns Hopkins expert in brain imaging receives 2013 Paul C. Aebersold Award

A Johns Hopkins expert in brain imaging, Dean F. Wong, M.D., Ph.D., has been honored with the prestigious 2013 Paul C. Aebersold Award for his contributions over the past 30 years in applying basic science to the field of nuclear medicine.

11 Jun 2013

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NeuroVive signs agreement with Isomerase Therapeutics to develop and commercialize cyclophilin-inhibiting molecules

Hypometabolism in brain regions of cognitively normal patients associated with Alzheimer's disease

New technology could improve communication and daily life of paralyzed person

Mother's exposure to environmental contaminants associated with vigorous fetal motor activity

Video games train player's brain to make better and faster use of visual input

Ireland's first functional brain mapping facility to be set up at University of Ulster's Magee campus

Study provides complete health picture of adult survivors of childhood cancer

New SPECT and MR imaging systems unveiled at SNMMI's 2013 Annual Meeting

Anti-nicotine vaccination can increase accumulation of nicotine in the brain, say neuroscientists

Johns Hopkins researchers develop experimental vaccine for TB meningitis

Understanding Phelan-McDermid Syndrome

Research finding offers new insight into stroke rehabilitation

UC Irvine researchers to study how maternal signals and care impact adolescent cognitive behaviors

Nimodipine reduces febrile seizures

New weapon in the fight against childhood brain cancer emerges

Kessler Foundation receives grants from NJ Commission to study deficits in TBI patients

Columbia psychiatry researchers suggest possible approaches to treat or prevent OCD

Brandeis University professor receives 2013 Neuroscience Prize for pioneering contributions in neural circuits

Study: Low birth weight babies with smaller brain volumes tied to academic deficits

Johns Hopkins expert in brain imaging receives 2013 Paul C. Aebersold Award

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