News tagged with brain abnormality
Researchers to track tumor DNA through bloodstream
Medical scientists know this about glioblastoma multiforme: the malignant brain tumor is aggressive, it is elusive, and it appears in different permutations.
Medicine & Health / Medical research
Apr 04, 2011 |
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Pre-conception and early pregnancy iron deficiency harms brain
A mother's iron deficiency early in pregnancy may have a profound and long-lasting effect on the brain development of the child, even if the lack of iron is not enough to cause severe anemia, according to a University of ...
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Mar 22, 2011 |
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Researchers identify new form of muscular dystrophy
A strong international collaboration and a single patient with mild muscle disease and severe cognitive impairment have allowed University of Iowa researchers to identify a new gene mutation that causes muscular dystrophy.
Medicine & Health / Medical research
Mar 09, 2011 |
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Researchers find drug that stops progression of Parkinson's disease in mice
In a major breakthrough in the battle against Parkinson's disease, researchers at the University of Colorado School of Medicine have discovered a drug that stops the progression of the degenerative illness in mice and is ...
Mar 08, 2011 |
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Researchers use cell 'profiling' to detect abnormalities -- including cancer
An Ohio State University mathematician and his colleagues are finding ways to tell the difference between healthy cells and abnormal cells, such as cancer cells, based on the way the cells look and move.
Jan 25, 2011 |
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Scientist shows link between diet and onset of mental illness
Changes in diet have been linked to a reduction of abnormal behaviors in mentally ill people or animals, but a Purdue University study shows that diet might also trigger the onset of mental illness in the first place.
Medicine & Health / Neuroscience
Dec 13, 2010 |
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Does sex matter? It may when evaluating mental status
Schizophrenia is a mental disorder that differs between the sexes in terms of age at onset, symptomatology, response to medication, and structural brain abnormalities. Now, a new study from the University of Montreal shows ...
Medicine & Health / Psychology & Psychiatry
Nov 18, 2010 |
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Sleep apnea linked to cognitive difficulties and deficits in gray matter
Patients with obstructive sleep apnea (OSA) may blame their daytime difficulties on simple sleepiness, but new research suggests that their brains may be to blame. Specifically, their cognitive challenges may be caused by ...
Medicine & Health / Sleep apnea
Nov 12, 2010 |
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Study links immune protein to abnormal brain development
UCLA scientists have discovered that exposing fetal neurons to higher than normal levels of a common immune protein leads to abnormal brain development in mice.
Medicine & Health / Neuroscience
Oct 14, 2010 |
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Researchers use stem cells to create disease models
(PhysOrg.com) -- University of Connecticut researchers have used skin cells from patients with the genetic disorders Angelman Syndrome (AS) and Prader-Willi Syndrome (PWS) to generate induced pluripotent stem (iPS) cells.
Sep 28, 2010 |
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Schizophrenia: what we know now
(PhysOrg.com) -- Emory psychologist Elaine Walker, who has studied the origins and precursors of psychosis for 30 years, edited a special issue of 'Current Directions in Psychological Science,' summarizing the recent research ...
Medicine & Health / Diseases, Conditions, Syndromes
Sep 13, 2010 |
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Gene scan finds link across array of childhood brain disorders
Mutations in a single gene can cause several types of developmental brain abnormalities that experts have traditionally considered different disorders. With support from the National Institutes of Health, researchers found ...
Aug 22, 2010 |
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Immune responses during pregnancy linked to schizophrenia among offspring
(PhysOrg.com) -- According to research by Temple psychologist Lauren Ellman, exposure during pregnancy to immune proteins leads to increased risk for brain abnormalities associated with schizophrenia in offspring.
Aug 11, 2010 |
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New study identifies best tests for predicting Alzheimer's disease
New research has identified the memory and brain scan tests that appear to predict best whether a person with cognitive problems might develop Alzheimer's disease. The research is published in the June 30, 2010, online issue ...
Medicine & Health / Neuroscience
Jun 30, 2010 |
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Brain signs of schizophrenia found in babies
Schizophrenia is a debilitating mental disorder affecting one in 100 people worldwide. Most cases aren't detected until a person starts experiencing symptoms like delusions and hallucinations as a teenager ...
Medicine & Health / Neuroscience
Jun 21, 2010 |
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