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Antenatal taurine reduces cerebral cell apoptosis in fetal rats with intrauterine growth restriction

Increased brain cell apoptosis in intrauterine growth-restricted fetal rats is a key reason for unfavorable long-term prognosis of the nervous system. The harmful effects of intrauterine growth restriction on fetal brain development originate in the womb.

6 Sep 2013

Rice University draws nearly $2.8 million from NSF to train neuroengineers

An effort by Rice University to train the neuroengineers of the future has drawn nearly $2.8 million in support from the National Science Foundation (NSF).

6 Sep 2013

Self-propagating aggregates key to Alzheimer's, other diseases

Two leading neurology researchers have proposed a theory that could unify scientists' thinking about several neurodegenerative diseases and suggest therapeutic strategies to combat them.

6 Sep 2013

Inner-ear dysfunction can increase hyperactivity, say researchers

Behavioral abnormalities are traditionally thought to originate in the brain. But a new study by researchers at Albert Einstein College of Medicine of Yeshiva University has found that inner-ear dysfunction can directly cause neurological changes that increase hyperactivity.

6 Sep 2013

ESMO recognises oncologists with prestigious awards

The European Society for Medical Oncology, the leading pan-European organisation representing medical oncology professionals, announced today the recipients of the annual society's prestigious awards, recognising excellence in oncology.

5 Sep 2013

Brown University establishes research center to study attention and other related behaviors

With a major new federal grant, Brown University has established a research center to study key questions in the neuroscience of attention and related behaviors. The COBRE Center for Central Nervous System Function will encompass five projects, each led by a junior faculty member with mentoring from a more senior professor, with the dual goals of better explaining the brain and generating potential new ideas for addressing disorders such as autism.

5 Sep 2013

Tel Aviv University researchers use zoological methods to study people with serious mental disorders

Because animals can't talk, researchers need to study their behavior patterns to make sense of their activities. Now researchers at Tel Aviv University are using these zoological methods to study people with serious mental disorders.

5 Sep 2013

Research: Men who exercise vigorously may reduce risk of epilepsy later in life

New research suggests that men who exercise vigorously as young adults may reduce their risk of developing epilepsy later in life. The study is published in the September 4, 2013, online issue of Neurology®, the medical journal of the American Academy of Neurology. Epilepsy is a brain disease that causes repeated seizures over time.

5 Sep 2013

FDA grants Priority Review status to Takeda's investigational drug vedolizumab for ulcerative colitis

Takeda Pharmaceutical Company Limited and its wholly-owned subsidiary, Takeda Pharmaceuticals U.S.A., Inc., today announced that the United States Food and Drug Administration has granted Priority Review status for the Biologics License Application for its new investigational drug vedolizumab for the treatment of adults with moderately to severely active ulcerative colitis.

5 Sep 2013

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4 Sep 2013

Study looks for molecular changes in genome caused by multiple sclerosis

The National Institutes of Health (NIH) awarded Benaroya Research Institute at Virginia Mason (BRI) a $1.9 million grant to find marks in the human genome which can explain why some white blood cells cause damage to the spinal cord and brain in multiple sclerosis (MS).

4 Sep 2013

NIH-funded study finds zebrafish model may help identify treatments for childhood epilepsy

According to new research on epilepsy, zebrafish have certainly earned their stripes. Results of a study in Nature Communications suggest that zebrafish carrying a specific mutation may help researchers discover treatments for Dravet syndrome (DS), a severe form of pediatric epilepsy that results in drug-resistant seizures and developmental delays.

4 Sep 2013

BIDMC receives grant to study new noninvasive neurophysiologic intervention for spinal cord injuries

Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center has been awarded a grant from the National Institutes of Health to investigate the use of a new noninvasive neurophysiologic intervention for the treatment of patients with spinal cord injuries.

4 Sep 2013

Avanir Pharmaceuticals enters into patent settlement agreement with Actavis

Avanir Pharmaceuticals, Inc. today announced that it has entered into a settlement agreement with Actavis South Atlantic LLC and Actavis, Inc. (collectively, "Actavis") to resolve pending patent litigation in response to Actavis' abbreviated new drug application seeking approval to market generic versions of Avanir's NUEDEXTA (dextromethorphan hydrobromide/quinidine sulfate) capsules.

4 Sep 2013

Low temperature triggers acute myocardial infarction

Professor Claeys said: "Air pollution and temperature changes are the most frequently reported environmental triggers for acute myocardial infarction (AMI). Epidemiologic studies have focused mainly on one environmental condition, but most environmental triggers are related to each other and may attenuate or reinforce the triggering effect of a single environmental factor."

2 Sep 2013

Stem cell researchers receive Early Translational research awards from CIRM

Four prominent researchers from UCLA's Eli & Edythe Broad Center of Regenerative Medicine and Stem Cell Research have received Early Translational research awards totaling approximately $13 million from the California Institute for Regenerative Medicine (CIRM) the state stem cell agency. The UCLA researchers received four of the 12 total awards; no other applicant institution received more than one award.

30 Aug 2013

Five things every person should know about Parkinson's disease

Michael J. Fox is back in the spotlight this fall in a new sitcom "The Michael J. Fox Show" and spreading awareness about Parkinson's disease, a condition both he and his TV character have in common. Fox has been an outspoken advocate for Parkinson's disease research and awareness since disclosing his condition to the public in 1998.

30 Aug 2013

Scientists develop complex human brain tissue in 3D culture system

Complex human brain tissue has been successfully developed in a three-dimensional culture system established in an Austrian laboratory. The method described in the current issue of NATURE allows pluripotent stem cells to develop into cerebral organoids - or "mini brains" - that consist of several discrete brain regions.

29 Aug 2013

UTHealth professors receives 2013 Distinguished Investigator Award of Academy of Radiology Research

Ponnada Narayana, Ph.D., and Jonathan Ophir, Ph.D., professors in the Department of Diagnostic and Interventional Imaging at The University of Texas Health Science Center at Houston (UTHealth) Medical School, are among recipients of the 2013 Distinguished Investigator Award of the Academy of Radiology Research.

29 Aug 2013

Study reveals relationship between migraine and low income status

Studies show that migraine is more common among people with lower incomes. This relationship is examined in a study published in the August 28, 2013, online issue of Neurology®, the medical journal of the American Academy of Neurology, looking at whether developing migraines limits people's educational and career achievements, leading to a lower income status, or whether problems related to low income such as stressful life events and poor access to health care increase the likelihood of developing migraines.

29 Aug 2013

Nervous System News and Research

Latest Nervous System News and Research

Antenatal taurine reduces cerebral cell apoptosis in fetal rats with intrauterine growth restriction

Rice University draws nearly $2.8 million from NSF to train neuroengineers

Self-propagating aggregates key to Alzheimer's, other diseases

Inner-ear dysfunction can increase hyperactivity, say researchers

ESMO recognises oncologists with prestigious awards

Brown University establishes research center to study attention and other related behaviors

Tel Aviv University researchers use zoological methods to study people with serious mental disorders

Research: Men who exercise vigorously may reduce risk of epilepsy later in life

FDA grants Priority Review status to Takeda's investigational drug vedolizumab for ulcerative colitis

Boosting Your Brain Power With Sleep

Study looks for molecular changes in genome caused by multiple sclerosis

NIH-funded study finds zebrafish model may help identify treatments for childhood epilepsy

BIDMC receives grant to study new noninvasive neurophysiologic intervention for spinal cord injuries

Avanir Pharmaceuticals enters into patent settlement agreement with Actavis

Low temperature triggers acute myocardial infarction

Stem cell researchers receive Early Translational research awards from CIRM

Five things every person should know about Parkinson's disease

Scientists develop complex human brain tissue in 3D culture system

UTHealth professors receives 2013 Distinguished Investigator Award of Academy of Radiology Research

Study reveals relationship between migraine and low income status

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