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New evidence suggests that taking vitamin B supplements may help reduce risk of stroke

New evidence suggests that taking vitamin B supplements may help reduce the risk of stroke. The research appears in the September 18, 2013, online issue of Neurology®, the medical journal of the American Academy of Neurology.

19 Sep 2013

Discovery of gene essential for memory extinction could lead to new PTSD treatments

If you got beat up by a bully on your walk home from school every day, you would probably become very afraid of the spot where you usually met him. However, if the bully moved out of town, you would gradually cease to fear that area.

19 Sep 2013

Florida Hospital and VTT of Finland collaborate to predict early onsets of Alzheimer's disease

In an effort to better understand the development of Alzheimer's disease, Florida Hospital Neuroscience Institute and VTT Technical Research Centre of Finland are collaborating to identify the biomarker assay that may predict early onsets of the disease.

18 Sep 2013

UCSF neuroscientist wins Barancik Prize for multiple sclerosis research

Neuroscientist Jonah Chan, PhD, at the University of California, San Francisco, is the first recipient of a new international prize launched to recognize innovation and progress in multiple sclerosis research.

17 Sep 2013

Kessler Foundation researcher honored for excellence in physical medicine and rehabilitation

Mooyeon Oh-Park, M.D., of Kessler Foundation was named 2013 "Teacher of the Year" in the Department of Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation at Rutgers New Jersey Medical School. This award is given each year to a faculty member who demonstrated outstanding knowledge in physical medicine and rehabilitation as well as dedication and skills in teaching.

17 Sep 2013

Repeated exposure to low level blasts causes harmful effects in brain

Repeated exposure to low level blasts (LLB) can cause symptoms similar to sports concussion. Soldiers or law enforcement officers called "breachers" receive training in using low level blasts for forced entry.

17 Sep 2013

Oxytocin shows evidence of therapeutic value for autism, schizophrenia

The hormone oxytocin could play a role in treating psychiatric disorders such as autism and schizophrenia, according to a review article in the September Harvard Review of Psychiatry. The journal is published by Lippincott Williams & Wilkins, a part of Wolters Kluwer Health.

17 Sep 2013

Longer time sevoflurane preconditioning does not grant better neuroprotective effects, says study

Sevoflurane belongs to volatile anesthetics, and preconditioning with sevoflurane has been shown to exert protective effects against ischemic injury in the brain. But the mechanism is unclear.

13 Sep 2013

Discovery sheds light on boundaries between brain regions

If the violins were taken away from the musicians performing Beethoven's 9th symphony, the resulting composition would sound very different. If the violins were left on stage but the violinists were removed, the same mutant version of the symphony would be heard.

13 Sep 2013

Wnt proteins essential to formation of long-term memories

Scientists from the Florida campus of The Scripps Research Institute have found a group of proteins essential to the formation of long-term memories.

13 Sep 2013

Researchers develop method to distinguish memory declines from memory disorders

Cornell University researchers have developed a reliable method to distinguish memory declines associated with healthy aging from the more-serious memory disorders years before obvious symptoms emerge. The method also allows research to accurately predict who is more likely to develop cognitive impairment without expensive tests or invasive procedures.

12 Sep 2013

Study finds low doses of vancomycin to be effective in treating serious C-difficile infection

Clostridium difficile infection (CDI) treatment in a hospital setting using low dose oral vancomycin showed similar effectiveness compared to high dose, according to a new study by researchers at Montefiore Medical Center and Albert Einstein College of Medicine of Yeshiva University.

12 Sep 2013

TRACC program aims to increase scientists from minority groups conducting addiction research

Aiming to increase the number of scientists from underrepresented minority groups conducting addiction research, the National Institute on Drug Abuse (NIDA) has awarded $1.5 million to support a new training program at The City College of New York.

12 Sep 2013

Study: People who get occasional migraines are more likely to be obese

People who get occasional migraines are more likely to be obese than people who do not have migraines, according to a study published in the September 11, 2013, online issue of Neurology®, the medical journal of the American Academy of Neurology.

12 Sep 2013

Professors receive 100,000 Euro from Hartwig Piepenbrock-DZNE for outstanding brain research

The prize is awarded by the Piepenbrock Group and the German Center for Neurodegenerative Diseases (DZNE). The award ceremony will be held in Berlin on September 24, 2013.

12 Sep 2013

Jersey Shore University Medical Center doctors receive volunteer faculty awards from Rutgers RWJMS

Jersey Shore University Medical Center physicians Glenn S. Parker, M.D., FACS, interim chief of Surgery; Stacy Doumas, M.D., Psychiatry; and Meghan Rattigan, D.O., Obstetrics and Gynecology, recently received volunteer faculty awards from Rutgers Robert Wood Johnson Medical School.

11 Sep 2013

Neuroscience News and Research

New evidence suggests that taking vitamin B supplements may help reduce risk of stroke

Discovery of gene essential for memory extinction could lead to new PTSD treatments

Florida Hospital and VTT of Finland collaborate to predict early onsets of Alzheimer's disease

UCSF neuroscientist wins Barancik Prize for multiple sclerosis research

Kessler Foundation researcher honored for excellence in physical medicine and rehabilitation

Repeated exposure to low level blasts causes harmful effects in brain

Oxytocin shows evidence of therapeutic value for autism, schizophrenia

Longer time sevoflurane preconditioning does not grant better neuroprotective effects, says study

Discovery sheds light on boundaries between brain regions

Wnt proteins essential to formation of long-term memories

Researchers develop method to distinguish memory declines from memory disorders

Study finds low doses of vancomycin to be effective in treating serious C-difficile infection

TRACC program aims to increase scientists from minority groups conducting addiction research

Study: People who get occasional migraines are more likely to be obese

Professors receive 100,000 Euro from Hartwig Piepenbrock-DZNE for outstanding brain research

Jersey Shore University Medical Center doctors receive volunteer faculty awards from Rutgers RWJMS

Szechuan pepper found to mimic sense of touch in brain

MIT-based center gets $25 million from NSF to advance brain understanding

Pain, itching associated with shingles may be due to virus causing "short circuit" in nerve cells

Neurobiologists create specific memories by direct manipulation of brain

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