News tagged with neurobiology of aging
An Alzheimer's vaccine in a nasal spray
One in eight Americans will fall prey to Alzheimer's disease at some point in their life, current statistics say. Because Alzheimer's is associated with vascular damage in the brain, many of them will succumb through a painful ...
Medicine & Health / Medical research
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Cognitive decline begins in late 20s, study suggests
A new study indicates that some aspects of peoples' cognitive skills - such as the ability to make rapid comparisons, remember unrelated information and detect relationships - peak at about the age of 22, and then begin a ...
Medicine & Health / Neuroscience
Mar 20, 2009 |
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Research reveals novel transport mechanism for large ribonucleoproteins
The movement of genetic materials, such as RNA and ribosomes, from the nucleus to the cytoplasm is a critical component in a cell's ability to make the proteins necessary for essential biological functions. Until now, it ...
May 10, 2012 |
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'Sabre-toothed squirrel': First known mammalian skull from Late Cretaceous discovered in South America
Paleontologist Guillermo Rougier, Ph.D., professor of anatomical sciences and neurobiology at the University of Louisville, and his team have reported their discovery of two skulls from the first known mammal ...
Other Sciences / Archaeology & Fossils
Nov 02, 2011 |
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Mutated gene found in dog disease the same in humans, researchers find
University of Missouri researchers believe both man and animal will benefit from their discovery that the same gene mutation found in Tibetan Terrier dogs can also be found in a fatal human neurological disorder ...
Apr 18, 2011 |
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Bullying alters brain chemistry, leads to anxiety
(PhysOrg.com) -- Being low mouse on the totem pole is tough on murine self-esteem. It turns out it has measurable effects on brain chemistry, too, according to recent experiments at Rockefeller University. ...
Medicine & Health / Psychology & Psychiatry
Mar 28, 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 ...
Medicine & Health / Medical research
Mar 22, 2011 |
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Key mutations act cooperatively to fuel aggressive brain tumor
Mutations in three pathways important for suppressing tumors cooperate to launch glioblastoma, an aggressive brain tumor that strikes children and adults. But new research from St. Jude Children's Research Hospital scientists ...
Mar 14, 2011 |
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Transplanting umbilical cord and menstrual blood-derived stem cells offer hope for disorders
Transplanting stem cells derived from umbilical cord blood cells and menstrual blood cells may offer future therapeutic benefit for those suffering from stroke, Alzheimer's disease, and amyotrophic lateral sclerosis (ALS), ...
Medicine & Health / Medical research
Mar 07, 2011 |
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Skin cells help to develop possible heart defect treatment in first-of-its-kind study
Using skin cells from young patients who have a severe genetic heart defect, Stanford University School of Medicine scientists have generated beating heart cells that carry the same genetic mutation. The newly created human ...
Medicine & Health / Medical research
Feb 09, 2011 |
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WUSTL physicist debates 'quantum mind' at New York roundtable
(PhysOrg.com) -- Mark Alford, PhD, professor of physics in Arts & Sciences at Washington University in St. Louis, spent Saturday, Jan. 29, on Manhattan’s Upper East Side discussing the nature of reality ...
Feb 07, 2011 |
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Stimulating the brain's immune response may provide treatment for Alzheimer's disease
A new target for the prevention of adverse immune responses identified as factors in the development of Alzheimer's disease (AD) has been discovered by researchers at the University of South Florida's Department of Psychiatry ...
Medicine & Health / Neuroscience
Jan 26, 2011 |
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