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Study reveals how obesity alters our relationship to food

Obesity may alter the way we taste at the most fundamental level: by changing how our tongues react to different foods.

22 Nov 2013

Researchers identify a group of 39 genes linked with alcoholism

There is good evidence from studies of families and twins that genetics plays an important role in the development of alcoholism. However, hundreds of genes likely are involved in this complex disorder, with each variant contributing only a very small effect. Thus, identifying individual risk genes is difficult.

21 Nov 2013

Attractants prevent maturing nerve cells from migrating into brain

A vision is to implant nerve precursor cells in the diseased brains of patients with Parkinson's and Huntington's diseases, whereby these cells are to assume the function of the cells that have died off.

21 Nov 2013

Vagus nerve stimulation-tone therapy safe for treating tinnitus, say UT Dallas researchers

UT Dallas researchers have demonstrated that treating tinnitus, or ringing in the ears, using vagus nerve stimulation-tone therapy is safe and brought significant improvement to some of the participants in a small clinical trial.

21 Nov 2013

Cedars-Sinai study presents new insights into mechanisms underlying the symptoms of autism

In what are believed to be the first studies of their kind, Cedars-Sinai researchers recording the real-time firing of individual nerve cells in the brain found that a specific type of neuron in a structure called the amygdala performed differently in people who suffer from autism spectrum disorder than in those who do not.

21 Nov 2013

Study: Connections in the brain become stronger during sleep as children age

While young children sleep, connections between the left and the right hemispheres of their brain strengthen, which may help brain functions mature, according to a new study by the University of Colorado Boulder.

21 Nov 2013

Multiple sclerosis researchers receive NMSS drug development grant

A $500,000 drug development grant from the National Multiple Sclerosis Society was awarded to a partnership between a multiple sclerosis research team at the Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai and Karyopharm Therapeutics Inc., a clinical stage pharmaceutical company. Dr. Patrizia Casaccia, MD, PhD, Professor in the Departments of Neuroscience and Genetics and Genomics, at Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai, will be the academic lead.

21 Nov 2013

Study finds patients with focal epilepsy have widespread, abnormal connections in their brains

Patients with the most common form of focal epilepsy have widespread, abnormal connections in their brains that could provide clues toward diagnosis and treatment, according to a new study published online in the journal Radiology.

20 Nov 2013

Adding corticosteroid fluocortolone with standard therapy improves visual acuity in NAION patients

Nonarteritic anterior ischemic optic neuropathy is one of the leading causes of sudden and irreversible loss of vision in older adults. In a prospective randomized trial of 60 patients with NAION, investigators have shown that the addition of the corticosteroid fluocortolone to standard therapy significantly improves both short- and long-term visual acuity, especially when given soon after the onset of symptoms. Their results are published in Restorative Neurology and Neuroscience.

20 Nov 2013

Brain signals in fibromyalgia patients: an interview with Dr. Marco Loggia from Massachusetts General Hospital and Harvard Medical School in Boston

Fibromyalgia patients suffer from a variety of symptoms, including widespread body pain and myofascial tenderness. They are ‘hyperalgesic’, which means that if you give them a stimulus that in healthy subjects is just mildly painful (or even completely innocuous), they may perceive it as excruciatingly painful.

19 Nov 2013

Scientists announce successful installation of first Blue Gene Active Storage system

The ever growing complexity of various simulation tasks not only require a continuous increase of computing power but also the capability of managing large amounts of data.

19 Nov 2013

Intraoperative RLN monitoring prior to thyroid surgery improves surgical outcomes

Intraoperative recurrent laryngeal nerve (RLN) monitoring has gained popularity with approximately 53 percent of general surgeons and 65 percent of otolaryngologists using intraoperative nerve monitoring in select or all cases.

19 Nov 2013

Findings allay prostatectomy eye pressure concerns

A Japanese study shows that intraocular pressure increases during robotic-assisted radical prostatectomy with the patient in a steep Trendelenburg position, but this is not associated with an increased risk for postoperative complications or changes in visual function.

18 Nov 2013

Researchers develop novel system to image worm brain activity

A research team at Worcester Polytechnic Institute and The Rockefeller University in New York has developed a novel system to image brain activity in multiple awake and unconstrained worms. The technology, which makes it possible to study the genetics and neural circuitry associated with animal behavior, can also be used as a high-throughput screening tool for drug development targeting autism, anxiety, depression, schizophrenia, and other brain disorders.

18 Nov 2013

Study: New device helps people who lost vision due to blinding genetic disease

Research presented today at the 117th Annual Meeting of the American Academy of Ophthalmology shows promising data about a device that helps people who have lost their vision due to a blinding genetic disease to recognize common objects.

18 Nov 2013

Study suggests potential new treatment for seizures

A study out today in the journal Nature Medicine suggests a potential new treatment for the seizures that often plague children with genetic metabolic disorders and individuals undergoing liver failure. The discovery hinges on a new understanding of the complex molecular chain reaction that occurs when the brain is exposed to too much ammonia.

17 Nov 2013

Protein shed by HIV-infected brain cells alters synaptic connections between networks of nerve cells

A protein shed by HIV-infected brain cells alters synaptic connections between networks of nerve cells, according to new research out of the University of Minnesota. The findings could explain why nearly half of all patients infected with the AIDS virus experience some level of neurocognitive impairment.

16 Nov 2013

Radiofrequency neurotomy may be successful alternative treatment for knee osteoarthritis

Chronic knee osteoarthritis is the deterioration of articular cartilage and is one of the most common diseases of aging. Millions of Americans have been diagnosed with knee osteoarthritis. OA often results in pain, restricted movement, sleep disturbance, and functional disability.

14 Nov 2013

Medical device to reduce frequency of seizures in epilepsy patients gets FDA approval

The U.S. Food and Drug Administration today approved a device to help reduce the frequency of seizures in epilepsy patients who have not responded well to medications.

14 Nov 2013

Parkinson’s biomarker could be only skin deep

Deposits of α-synuclein in cutaneous nerves could represent a noninvasive biomarker for Parkinson’s disease, say researchers.

14 Nov 2013

Nerve News and Research

Study reveals how obesity alters our relationship to food

Researchers identify a group of 39 genes linked with alcoholism

Attractants prevent maturing nerve cells from migrating into brain

Vagus nerve stimulation-tone therapy safe for treating tinnitus, say UT Dallas researchers

Cedars-Sinai study presents new insights into mechanisms underlying the symptoms of autism

Study: Connections in the brain become stronger during sleep as children age

Multiple sclerosis researchers receive NMSS drug development grant

Study finds patients with focal epilepsy have widespread, abnormal connections in their brains

Adding corticosteroid fluocortolone with standard therapy improves visual acuity in NAION patients

Brain signals in fibromyalgia patients: an interview with Dr. Marco Loggia from Massachusetts General Hospital and Harvard Medical School in Boston

Scientists announce successful installation of first Blue Gene Active Storage system

Intraoperative RLN monitoring prior to thyroid surgery improves surgical outcomes

Findings allay prostatectomy eye pressure concerns

Researchers develop novel system to image worm brain activity

Study: New device helps people who lost vision due to blinding genetic disease

Study suggests potential new treatment for seizures

Protein shed by HIV-infected brain cells alters synaptic connections between networks of nerve cells

Radiofrequency neurotomy may be successful alternative treatment for knee osteoarthritis

Medical device to reduce frequency of seizures in epilepsy patients gets FDA approval

Parkinson’s biomarker could be only skin deep

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