News tagged with central nervous
Immune system helps transplanted stem cells navigate in central nervous system
By discovering how adult neural stem cells navigate to injury sites in the central nervous system, UC Irvine researchers have helped solve a puzzle in the creation of stem cell-based treatments: How do these cells know where ...
Medicine & Health / Medical research
Jun 01, 2010 |
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Mannitol boosts effectiveness of potential cord blood treatment for cerebral palsy in lab animals
The sugar-alcohol compound mannitol improved the therapeutic effectiveness of human umbilical cord blood cells injected into neonatal rat models of cerebral palsy, reports a new international study led by ...
Medicine & Health / Medical research
Jun 01, 2010 |
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Acupuncture's molecular effects pinned down
Scientists have taken another important step toward understanding just how sticking needles into the body can ease pain.
Medicine & Health / Neuroscience
May 30, 2010 |
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Modified measles virus shows potential for treating childhood brain tumors
The use of modified measles virus may represent a new treatment for a childhood brain tumor known as medulloblastoma, according to a new study appearing in Neuro-Oncology.
May 26, 2010 |
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Discovery of stem cell illuminates human brain evolution, points to therapies
UCSF scientists have discovered a new stem cell in the developing human brain. The cell produces nerve cells that help form the neocortex - the site of higher cognitive function -- and likely accounts for the dramatic expansion ...
Medicine & Health / Medical research
May 25, 2010 |
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Catching multiple sclerosis before it strikes
Multiple sclerosis (MS) is an equal opportunity destroyer. It attacks the central nervous system and eventually renders most patients disabled. Among its high-profile victims are celebrated cellist Jacqueline du Pre, whose ...
Medicine & Health / Medical research
Apr 29, 2010 |
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Cell transplants may benefit children with cerebral palsy
A unique cell type that supports and surrounds (ensheathes) neurons within the nose (olfactory system) known as olfactory ensheathing cells (OECs), possess the ability to regenerate, are relatively easy to obtain, and have ...
Medicine & Health / Medical research
Apr 19, 2010 |
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New studies reveal that age-related nerve decline is associated with inflammation, differs by gender
New research investigating neurological decline in a population of "super healthy" elderly subjects found that the decline in neurological function of the peripheral nervous system attributed to aging may be related to metabolic ...
Medicine & Health / Neuroscience
Apr 15, 2010 |
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Sequence is scaffold to study sleeping sickness
Researchers have made a further step toward understanding sleeping sickness - a chronic disease caused by Trypanosoma parasites, which affect the human central nervous system. The team have generated a high-quality draft ...
Medicine & Health / Diseases, Conditions, Syndromes
Apr 13, 2010 |
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Multiple sclerosis drug has clinical benefits
A drug whose clinical benefit in treating multiple sclerosis was discovered at Rush University Medical Center was approved by the Food and Drug Administration on January 22 and is now available in the U.S.
Medicine & Health / Medications
Apr 05, 2010 |
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Sleep apnea linked to hard-to-diagnose eye disorders
A British study finds that the condition known as floppy eyelid syndrome (FES) is strongly associated with obstructive sleep apnea (OSA), implying that when doctors see FES in a patient, they should also look for OSA, and ...
Medicine & Health / Sleep apnea
Apr 01, 2010 |
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Inflammation research opens route to better pain relief
Research at the University of Leeds could pave the way to a new generation of painkillers by providing a new theory of how inflammation causes pain.
Medicine & Health / Medical research
Mar 24, 2010 |
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Retina implants: location is key
(PhysOrg.com) -- The first UK trial of a promising new retinal implant technique is to be led by Oxford University researchers.
Medicine & Health / Medical research
Mar 24, 2010 |
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ATS issues statement on disorder of respiratory and autonomic nervous system regulation
The American Thoracic Society has released a new official clinical policy statement on congenital central hypoventilation syndrome (CCHS), a disorder of respiratory and autonomic nervous system (ANS) regulation. The ANS regulates ...
Medicine & Health / Medical research
Mar 12, 2010 |
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Researchers find further evidence linking Epstein-Barr virus and risk of multiple sclerosis
Researchers from the Harvard School of Public Health, Walter Reed Army Institute of Research, and a team of collaborators have observed for the first time that the risk of multiple sclerosis (MS) increases by many folds following ...
Medicine & Health / Neuroscience
Mar 04, 2010 |
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