News tagged with journal of neurochemistry
Twenty-year protein mystery solved with surprising results
(PhysOrg.com) -- A new study of the CRYM protein, previously connected with deafness and cancer, has now proven that it has an enzymatic function. This opens up new implications for the treatment of neurological ...
Jan 11, 2012 |
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Study investigates immune system alterations in the brain
Using laboratory mice that had been bred to have brain changes similar to Alzheimer's disease, scientists were able to reduce two characteristic features of the disease by modifying the mice's immune systems with a special ...
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Jan 07, 2010 |
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Enzyme may be a key to Alzheimer's-related cell death
(PhysOrg.com) -- A Purdue University researcher has discovered that the amount of an enzyme present in neurons can affect the mechanism thought to cause cell death in Alzheimer's disease patients and may have ...
Medicine & Health / Neuroscience
Oct 06, 2009 |
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Cellular target may prove useful in treating deadly brain tumors
Duke University researchers have identified a receptor on the surface of cells that may give them another avenue of attack against glioblastoma, the most common and most deadly type of brain cancer.
Apr 03, 2009 |
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Potential mechanisms for future anti-obesity drugs identified
An interdisciplinary group of researchers at the University of Pennsylvania has, for the first time, identified the neurological and cellular signaling mechanisms that contribute to satiety — the sensation of feeling ...
Medicine & Health / Medical research
Mar 03, 2011 |
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Serotonin plays role in many autism cases, studies confirm
Mouse models are yielding important clues about the nature of autism spectrum disorders, which impact an estimated one in 110 children in the U.S. In labs at the UT Health Science Center San Antonio, researchers ...
Medicine & Health / Neuroscience
Feb 24, 2011 |
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Compound derived from curry spice is neuroprotective against stroke and traumatic brain injury
A synthetic derivative of the curry spice turmeric, made by scientists at the Salk Institute for Biological Studies, dramatically improves the behavioral and molecular deficits seen in animal models of ischemic stroke and ...
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Dec 15, 2010 |
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New findings pull back curtain on relationship between iron and Alzheimer's disease
Massachusetts General Hospital researchers say they have determined how iron contributes to the production of brain-destroying plaques found in Alzheimer's patients.
Oct 06, 2010 |
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Drug holds promise to halt debilitating condition of diabetes
A drug developed at the University of Kansas has the potential to stop a debilitating condition of diabetes that often leads to pain in the extremities and even amputations, KU researchers have found.
Medicine & Health / Neuroscience
Sep 10, 2010 |
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Stress in middle age could contribute to late-life dementia
Psychological stress in middle age could lead to the development of dementia later in life, especially Alzheimer's disease, reveals research from the University of Gothenburg, Sweden. Based on data from a study which followed ...
Medicine & Health / Diseases, Conditions, Syndromes
Aug 16, 2010 |
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The Mechanisms of Memory
(PhysOrg.com) -- USC College's Michel Baudry and graduate student Sohila Zadran brought forty years of research to a pinnacle with their breakthroughs in the science of learning and memory.
Medicine & Health / Neuroscience
Mar 09, 2010 |
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Researcher finds genetic link between obesity and Alzheimer's disease
(PhysOrg.com) -- An Auburn University researcher has discovered a genetic link between obesity and Alzheimer's disease, which could be the first step in curing the memory-debilitating illness that affects millions of individuals, ...
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Feb 18, 2010 |
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Potent screening tool finds new roles for some drugs in rest, waking
(PhysOrg.com) -- A robust new technique for screening drugs' effects on zebrafish behavior is pointing Harvard University scientists toward unexpected compounds and pathways that may govern sleep and wakefulness ...
Jan 14, 2010 |
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Study reveals how one form of natural vitamin E protects brain after stroke
Blocking the function of an enzyme in the brain with a specific kind of vitamin E can prevent nerve cells from dying after a stroke, new research suggests.
Medicine & Health / Neuroscience
Jan 11, 2010 |
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