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Children with developmental dyslexia have difficulties separating relevant auditory information from irrelevant noise

The vast majority of school-aged children can focus on the voice of a teacher amid the cacophony of the typical classroom thanks to a brain that automatically focuses on relevant, predictable and repeating auditory information, according to new research from Northwestern University.

12 Nov 2009

Researchers identify new mechanism to create lasting memories; findings may yield potential treatment for memory impairments

Researchers at the Swedish medical university Karolinska Institutet have discovered a mechanism that controls the brain's ability to create lasting memories. In experiments on genetically manipulated mice, they were able to switch on and off the animals' ability to form lasting memories by adding a substance to their drinking water. The findings, which are published in the scientific journal PNAS, are of potential significance to the future treatment of Alzheimer's and stroke.

11 Nov 2009

Study finds brain changes and severe depression in political detainees experiencing head injury

Depression and other emotional symptoms in survivors of torture and other traumatic experiences may be exacerbated by the effects of head injuries, according to a study from the Harvard Program in Refugee Trauma (HPRT), based in the Massachusetts General Hospital (MGH) Department of Psychiatry.

7 Nov 2009

Rush University Medical Center opens TMS Clinic to offer non-drug treatment for depression

Rush University Medical Center has opened the Transcranial Magnetic Stimulation (TMS) Clinic to offer patients suffering from major depression a safe, effective, non-drug treatment. TMS therapy is the first FDA-approved, non-invasive antidepressant device-based treatment clinically proven for treatment of depression.

6 Nov 2009

Inner sense of cardiovascular state relies on two independent pathways, shows study

A new study suggests that the inner sense of our cardiovascular state, our "interoceptive awareness" of the heart pounding, relies on two independent pathways, contrary to what had been asserted by prominent researchers.

4 Nov 2009

Tinnitus patients need more support and advice on healthcare options

As many as one in seven people will experience tinnitus, or ringing in their ears, at some time of their life, but not enough is being done to support patients who experience this distressing condition, according to an extensive research review in the November issue of the Journal of Clinical Nursing.

4 Nov 2009

Not enough is being done to support patients suffering from tinnitus

3 Nov 2009

CNS cancer survivors have greater neurocognitive dysfunction than survivors of other types of cancer

Brain tumors in childhood cast a long shadow on survivors. The first study of the lasting impact of these tumors -- the most common solid malignancies in childhood -- shows that survivors have ongoing cognitive problems.

2 Nov 2009

New study results of INTUNIV presented at a major psychiatric medical meeting

Shire plc, the global specialty biopharmaceutical company, announced new study results on INTUNIV- (guanfacine) Extended Release Tablets, at a major psychiatric medical meeting today.

31 Oct 2009

Brain cell transplants help replace degenerated neurons, finds Swiss research team

A Swiss research team has found that using an animal's own brain cells (autologous transplant) to replace degenerated neurons in select brain areas of donor primates with simulated but asymptomatic Parkinson's disease and previously in a motor cortex lesion model, provides a degree of brain protection and may be useful in repairing brain lesions and restoring function.

29 Oct 2009

Gene variant may be the cause for bad driving: UC Irvine neuroscientists

Bad drivers may in part have their genes to blame, suggests a new study by UC Irvine neuroscientists.

29 Oct 2009

Veterans with TBI vision loss have poor quality of life compared to civilian patients

Pan-American Association of Ophthalmology (PAAO) Joint Meeting, includes a Veterans Administration study that indicates that Iraq and Afghanistan veterans with vision loss from traumatic brain injury have significantly poorer quality of life than comparable civilian patients, and a Harvard doctor's insights on how to best evaluate and care for low-vision patients who experience vivid visual hallucinations due to Charles Bonnet syndrome.

28 Oct 2009

AAO-PAAO meeting discusses tougher challenges of treating premature babies' vision

Highlights of today's Scientific Program of the 2009 American Academy of Ophthalmology (AAO) - Pan-American Association of Ophthalmology (PAAO) Joint Meeting include: John T. Flynn, MD, Columbia University School of Medicine, discussing the ever-tougher challenges Eye M.D.s face in caring for the vision of the tiniest premature babies; and a report by Bradford W. Lee, MD, Stanford University School of Medicine, on barriers to glaucoma follow-up as perceived by patients in an urban, culturally diverse clinic.

26 Oct 2009

Diabetics who are nearsighted may be less susceptible to diabetic retinopathy

Two studies are of particular note in today's Scientific Program of the 2009 Joint Meeting of the American Academy of Ophthalmology (AAO) and the Pan-American Association of Ophthalmology (PAAO): a report by Swiss neuro-ophthalmic researchers about vision exam clues that should make ophthalmologists suspect an atypical variant of Alzheimer's disease; and new evidence from a Singapore National Eye Center study that diabetics who are nearsighted may be less susceptible to diabetic retinopathy.

26 Oct 2009

Saving sight in premature babies: The past, present and future of ROP treatment

26 Oct 2009

Study shows diabetics who are nearsighted may be less susceptible to diabetic retinopathy

26 Oct 2009

Researchers discover neurons that precisely keep time in the primate brain

Groups of neurons that precisely keep time have been discovered in the primate brain by a team of researchers that includes Dezhe Jin, assistant professor of physics at Penn State University and two neuroscientists from the RIKEN Brain Science Institute in Japan and the Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT).

23 Oct 2009

New study on the factors that determine development of posttraumatic stress disorder

After exposure to extreme life stresses, what distinguishes the individuals who do and do not develop posttraumatic stress disorder (PTSD)? A new study, published in the October 1st issue of Biological Psychiatry, suggests that it has something to do with the way that we control the activity of the prefrontal cortex, a brain region thought to orchestrate our thoughts and actions.

22 Oct 2009

New study suggests potential treatment for blindsight patients

Although we assume we can see everything in our field of vision, the brain actually picks and chooses the stimuli that come into our consciousness. A new study in the Association for Research in Vision and Ophthalmology's Journal of Vision reveals that our brains can be trained to consciously see stimuli that would normally be invisible.

22 Oct 2009

Findings suggest a new approach to the rehabilitation of stroke patients

What's new: Researchers at MIT and San Camillo Hospital in Venice, Italy, have shown that motor impairments in stroke patients can be understood as impairments in specific combinations of muscle activity, known as synergies.

21 Oct 2009

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Children with developmental dyslexia have difficulties separating relevant auditory information from irrelevant noise

Researchers identify new mechanism to create lasting memories; findings may yield potential treatment for memory impairments

Study finds brain changes and severe depression in political detainees experiencing head injury

Rush University Medical Center opens TMS Clinic to offer non-drug treatment for depression

Inner sense of cardiovascular state relies on two independent pathways, shows study

Tinnitus patients need more support and advice on healthcare options

Not enough is being done to support patients suffering from tinnitus

CNS cancer survivors have greater neurocognitive dysfunction than survivors of other types of cancer

New study results of INTUNIV presented at a major psychiatric medical meeting

Brain cell transplants help replace degenerated neurons, finds Swiss research team

Gene variant may be the cause for bad driving: UC Irvine neuroscientists

Veterans with TBI vision loss have poor quality of life compared to civilian patients

AAO-PAAO meeting discusses tougher challenges of treating premature babies' vision

Diabetics who are nearsighted may be less susceptible to diabetic retinopathy

Saving sight in premature babies: The past, present and future of ROP treatment

Study shows diabetics who are nearsighted may be less susceptible to diabetic retinopathy

Researchers discover neurons that precisely keep time in the primate brain

New study on the factors that determine development of posttraumatic stress disorder

New study suggests potential treatment for blindsight patients

Findings suggest a new approach to the rehabilitation of stroke patients

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