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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.

First record of direct link between Alzheimer's disease and elevated brain aluminium

Research at Keele University in Staffordshire, UK, has shown for the first time that an individual who was exposed to aluminium at work and died of Alzheimer's disease had high levels of aluminium in the brain.

14 Feb 2014

Researcher seeks best way to obtain parental consent for research regarding newborn resuscitation

For years, obtaining parental consent for clinical research regarding newborn resuscitation in the delivery room has been a challenge. Now, a Saint Louis University pediatric researcher is asking new mothers and pregnant women when doctors should seek parental permission to allow medical research related to delivery room treatments.

14 Feb 2014

FAST-MAG clinical trial finds that magnesium does not improve stroke-related disability

In the first study of its kind, a consortium led by UCLA physicians found that giving stroke patients intravenous magnesium within an hour of symptom onset does not improve stroke outcomes, according to research presented today at the American Stroke Association's International Stroke Conference.

14 Feb 2014

McGill University researcher receives 2014 Dan David Prize for contributions to science of memory, brain

Dr. Brenda Milner, an active researcher at the age of 95 at the Montreal Neurological Institute and Hospital, McGill University, has been awarded the 2014 Dan David Prize for her fundamental contributions to the science of memory and the brain.

14 Feb 2014

FDA approves IMRIS’ VISIUS Surgical Theatre that integrates high-field MR scanners

IMRIS Inc. today announced US Food and Drug Administration clearance of the newest generation VISIUS® Surgical Theatre which integrates Siemens' latest high-field MR scanners.

14 Feb 2014

TSRI receives $2.3M to study long-term memory deficits that contribute to brain diseases

Scientists from the Florida campus of The Scripps Research Institute (TSRI) have been awarded approximately $2.3 million from the National Institute of Mental Health to study the processes involved in long-term memory and how deficits in those processes contribute to brain diseases.

14 Feb 2014

Women's blood clot risk remains elevated for at least 12 weeks after delivering a baby, says study

Women's blood clot risk remains elevated for at least 12 weeks after delivering a baby - twice as long as previously recognized, according to a large study presented at the American Stroke Association's International Stroke Conference 2014.

14 Feb 2014

Brain's ability to rebuild itself after stroke holds promise for treating long-term disability in adults

Enhancing the brain's inherent ability to rebuild itself after a stroke with molecular components of stem cells holds enormous promise for treating the leading cause of long-term disability in adults.

14 Feb 2014

Scientists identify network of genes that controls human brain activity, memory and schizophrenia

Many psychiatric disorders are accompanied by memory deficits. Basel scientists have now identified a network of genes that controls fundamental properties of neurons and is important for human brain activity, memory and the development of schizophrenia.

14 Feb 2014

Exposure to common infections linked to memory and brain function

Exposure to common infections is linked to memory and brain function - even if the infections never made you ill, according to research presented at the American Stroke Association's International Stroke Conference 2014.

13 Feb 2014

Common mutations produce typical schizophrenia brain changes

Mutations in dopamine-related genes have a dose-response effect on prefrontal activation during emotional response inhibition in healthy adults, a study shows.

13 Feb 2014

Intravenous magnesium fails to improve stroke-related disability

Giving intravenous magnesium to stroke patients soon after the start of symptoms, in an attempt to protect brain cells deprived of oxygen, failed to improve stroke-related disability 3 months later, according to research presented at the American Stroke Association's International Stroke Conference 2014

13 Feb 2014

Researchers reveal how genome-editing tool works as 'guided missile' to correct errors in genetic code

Researchers from the Broad Institute and MIT have teamed up with colleagues from the University of Tokyo to form the first high definition picture of the Cas9 complex - a key part of the CRISPR-Cas system used by scientists as a genome-editing tool to silence genes and probe the biology of cells. Their findings, which are reported this week in Cell, are expected to help researchers refine and further engineer the tool to accelerate genomic research and bring the technology closer to use in the treatment of human genetic disease.

13 Feb 2014

Scientists take steps to identify genetic component to bipolar disorder

Scientists know there is a strong genetic component to bipolar disorder, but they have had an extremely difficult time identifying the genes that cause it. So, in an effort to better understand the illness's genetic causes, researchers at UCLA tried a new approach.

13 Feb 2014

Albert Einstein College professor receives AAAS 2013 Newcomb Cleveland Prize

A study describing the complete wiring diagram for the part of the nervous system that controls mating behavior in male roundworms was chosen as the most outstanding paper published in Science in the year June 2012 to May 2013.

13 Feb 2014

USC scientist wins AAAS Early Career Award for Public Engagement with Science

The American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS) has honored Mary Helen Immordino-Yang with the AAAS Early Career Award for Public Engagement with Science for her "sustained commitment and novel approach to integrating public engagement with science into her extensive research and scholarly activities and for using public interactions to inform her research."

13 Feb 2014

Clot-busting tPA therapy for ischemic stroke patients can avoid lengthy, restrictive monitoring in ICU

A Johns Hopkins study of patients with ischemic stroke suggests that many of those who receive prompt hospital treatment with "clot-busting" tissue plasminogen activator (tPA) therapy can avoid lengthy, restrictive monitoring in an intensive care unit (ICU).

13 Feb 2014

UMMS launches Voyager Therapeutics to develop life-changing treatments for fatal diseases

UMass Medical School (UMMS) recognizes the launch today of Voyager Therapeutics, a gene therapy company founded by four world leaders in the fields of AAV gene therapy, RNA biology and neuroscience, to develop life-changing treatments for fatal and debilitating diseases of the central nervous system (CNS).

13 Feb 2014

LA BioMed researchers test investigational drug for treatment of Sanfilippo B syndrome

A promising new therapy has - for the first time - reduced damage to the brain that can be caused by Sanfilippo B (MPS IIIB), a rare and devastating genetic disease, Los Angeles Biomedical Research Institute researchers will report today in a presentation at the Lysosomal Disease Network's 10th Annual WORLD Symposium-.

12 Feb 2014

Novel compound appears to protect mice against movement problems associated with PD

Scientists report that they have developed a novel compound that appears to protect mice against developing movement problems associated with Parkinson's disease (PD). The research, which could one day in the future translate into a therapy that could halt the progression of PD and thereby prevent the symptoms of the disease, appears in ACS' Journal of Medicinal Chemistry.

12 Feb 2014

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First record of direct link between Alzheimer's disease and elevated brain aluminium

Researcher seeks best way to obtain parental consent for research regarding newborn resuscitation

FAST-MAG clinical trial finds that magnesium does not improve stroke-related disability

McGill University researcher receives 2014 Dan David Prize for contributions to science of memory, brain

FDA approves IMRIS’ VISIUS Surgical Theatre that integrates high-field MR scanners

TSRI receives $2.3M to study long-term memory deficits that contribute to brain diseases

Women's blood clot risk remains elevated for at least 12 weeks after delivering a baby, says study

Brain's ability to rebuild itself after stroke holds promise for treating long-term disability in adults

Scientists identify network of genes that controls human brain activity, memory and schizophrenia

Exposure to common infections linked to memory and brain function

Common mutations produce typical schizophrenia brain changes

Intravenous magnesium fails to improve stroke-related disability

Researchers reveal how genome-editing tool works as 'guided missile' to correct errors in genetic code

Scientists take steps to identify genetic component to bipolar disorder

Albert Einstein College professor receives AAAS 2013 Newcomb Cleveland Prize

USC scientist wins AAAS Early Career Award for Public Engagement with Science

Clot-busting tPA therapy for ischemic stroke patients can avoid lengthy, restrictive monitoring in ICU

UMMS launches Voyager Therapeutics to develop life-changing treatments for fatal diseases

LA BioMed researchers test investigational drug for treatment of Sanfilippo B syndrome

Novel compound appears to protect mice against movement problems associated with PD

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