Georgetown University Medical Center
Imaging reveals how brain fails to tune out phantom sounds of tinnitus
About 40 million people in the U.S. today suffer from tinnitus, an irritating and sometimes debilitating auditory disorder in which a person "hears" sounds, such as ringing, that don't actually exist. There isn't a cure for ...
Medicine & Health / Neuroscience
Jun 23, 2010 |
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Mental introspection increases as brain areas begin to act in sync
Neuroscientists at Georgetown University Medical Center can now show, using functional MRI images, why it is that behavior in children and young adolescents veers toward the egocentric rather than the introspective.
Medicine & Health / Neuroscience
Nov 15, 2010 |
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Scientists reaching consensus on how brain processes speech
Neuroscientists feel they are much closer to an accepted unified theory about how the brain processes speech and language, according to a scientist at Georgetown University Medical Center who first laid the ...
Medicine & Health / Neuroscience
May 26, 2009 |
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Boosting protein garbage disposal in brain cells protects mice from Alzheimer's disease
Gene therapy that boosts the ability of brain cells to gobble up toxic proteins prevents development of Alzheimer's disease in mice that are predestined to develop it, report researchers at Georgetown University Medical Center. ...
Mar 04, 2011 |
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Monoclonal antibodies primed to become potent immune weapons against cancer
New research suggests that monoclonal antibody therapy of cancer can be improved to be much more powerful than it is today, says a researcher at Georgetown University Medical Center's Lombardi Comprehensive Cancer Center ...
Mar 20, 2009 |
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Studying the metabolome of smokers, researchers find early signs of damage
Examining the blood "metabolomics" profile of smokers immediately after they had a cigarette revealed activation of pathways involved in cell death, inflammation, and other forms of systemic damage, say researchers at Georgetown ...
Nov 07, 2010 |
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Researchers discover paradox about general anesthesia: It can increase post-surgical pain
The general anesthesia that puts patients into unconscious sleep so they do not feel surgical pain can increase the discomfort they feel once they wake up, say researchers from Georgetown University Medical Center. They say ...
Jun 24, 2008 |
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Breast cancer risk tied to grandmother's diet
Eating too much fat in pregnancy may be an indulgence that has a less-than-beneficial effect on generations to come, say researchers at Georgetown Lombardi Comprehensive Cancer Center. Their unique study in rats shows that ...
Apr 19, 2010 |
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By shutting down inflammation, agent reverses damage from spinal cord injury in preclinical studies
Researchers at Georgetown University Medical Center (GUMC) have been able to speed recovery and substantially reduce damage resulting from spinal cord injury in preclinical studies.
Medicine & Health / Neuroscience
Mar 31, 2009 |
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Bat brains offer clues as to how we focus on some sounds and not others
How do you know what to listen to? In the middle of a noisy party, how does a mother suddenly focus on a child's cry, even if it isn't her own?
Medicine & Health / Neuroscience
Nov 15, 2010 |
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Common household pesticides linked to childhood cancer cases in Washington area
A new study by researchers at the Georgetown's Lombardi Comprehensive Cancer Center finds a higher level of common household pesticides in the urine of children with acute lymphoblastic leukemia (ALL), a cancer that develops ...
Jul 28, 2009 |
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Understanding the brain's natural foil for over-excited neurons
Glutamate is to the brain like coffee is to our bodies. A cup of Joe in the morning can wake us, but overloading on caffeine causes the stimulant to work against us.
Medicine & Health / Neuroscience
Oct 19, 2009 |
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New research could advance research field critical to personalized medicine
It's the ultimate goal in the treatment of cancer: tailoring a person's therapy based on his or her genetic makeup. While a lofty goal, scientists are steadily moving forward, rapidly exploiting new technologies. Researchers ...
Dec 29, 2009 |
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A new understanding of why seizures occur with alcohol withdrawal
Epileptic seizures are the most dramatic and prominent aspect of the "alcohol withdrawal syndrome" that occurs when a person abruptly stops a long-term or chronic drinking habit. Researchers have shown that the flow of calcium ...
Medicine & Health / Neuroscience
Oct 17, 2009 |
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Looking for the origins of music in the brain
Music serves as a natural and non-invasive intervention for patients with severe neurological disorders to promote long-term memory, social interaction and communication. However, there is currently no plausible explanation ...
Medicine & Health / Neuroscience
Oct 20, 2009 |
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