News tagged with neurologic conditions
Dogs chasing their tails on YouTube could be a sign of welfare issues and pathological conditions
(PhysOrg.com) -- The assumption that tail-chasing is normal behaviour in dogs could be leading to welfare issues being left untreated according to new research from The Royal Veterinary College, London.
Nov 10, 2011 |
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Blocking the channel: A pharmacologically active antagonist of the two-pore-domain potassium ion channel K2P9.1 (TASK-3)
Treatment of neurological conditions such as sleep–wake control, cognition, and depression could be possible by modulation of the TWIK-related acid-sensitive K+ ion channel (TASK-3, or K2P9.1).
Sep 27, 2011 |
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Researchers identify signals triggering dendrite growth
A study in worms that are less than a millimetre long has yielded clues that may be important for understanding how nerves grow.
Sep 20, 2011 |
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New imaging tech promising for diagnosing cardiovascular disease, diabetes
Researchers have developed a new type of imaging technology to diagnose cardiovascular disease and other disorders by measuring ultrasound signals from molecules exposed to a fast-pulsing laser.
Jun 09, 2011 |
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Multiple sclerosis more linked to depression in minorities
Multiple sclerosis (MS) can cause significant physical impairment, including fatigue, pain, muscle spasms, tremors and dizziness. For many with MS, the disease wreaks havoc with emotional well being, too, ...
Dec 22, 2010 |
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New way for nonverbal dysphagia patients to communicate
Though many people suffering from neurological conditions such as cerebral palsy and Lou Gehrig’s disease have lost their ability to speak, they can communicate using augmentative and alternative communications ...
Nov 17, 2010 |
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Hepatitis C virus damages brain cells
A University of Alberta researcher specializing in neurological infections has discovered that the hepatitis C virus injures and inflames brain cells, resulting in neurological issues for some patients living with the disease. ...
Medicine & Health / Diseases, Conditions, Syndromes
Oct 08, 2010 |
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New registry to accelerate research on fragile X syndrome
(PhysOrg.com) -- As researchers delve further into the genetic basis for disease, they face a conundrum: finding enough affected people who can fill out a true picture of mutations that can vary from one person to another. ...
Medicine & Health / Diseases, Conditions, Syndromes
Oct 06, 2010 |
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Scientists identify new gene for memory
A team led by a Scripps Research Institute scientist has for the first time identified a new gene that is required for memory formation in Drosophila, the common fruit fly. The gene may have similar functions in humans, sheddi ...
Medicine & Health / Neuroscience
Sep 08, 2010 |
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Lizard venom offers hope for Parkinson's disease patients
(PhysOrg.com) -- The saliva of a venomous lizard native to southwestern America and Mexico could provide a cure for patients with Parkinson's disease.
Medicine & Health / Medications
Aug 26, 2010 |
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Brain to behaviour
How do you know where your keys are? Why do we develop habits and what influences our judgement? Throughout the Cardiff University, psychologists, behavioural geneticists and neurologists are working together to understand ...
Medicine & Health / Psychology & Psychiatry
Aug 23, 2010 |
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Thousands of New Proteins Discovered in Spinal Fluid
(PhysOrg.com) -- Scientists and doctors have a far better understanding of the proteins in healthy spinal fluid, thanks to a U.S., Swedish team who identified 2,630 proteins in the clear fluid that protects ...
Medicine & Health / Medical research
Jul 16, 2010 |
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New treatment helps control involuntary crying and laughing -- common in MS, ALS patients
Pseudobulbar affect (PBA) is a neurologic condition of involuntary, sudden and frequent episodes of laughing or crying and is quite common in patients with underlying neurologic diseases or injuries, especially those with ...
Medicine & Health / Neuroscience
Apr 13, 2010 |
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Promising therapy for relapsing multibple sclerosis
An international team of researchers has found that adding a humanized monoclonal antibody called daclizumab to standard treatment reduces the number of new or enlarged brain lesions in patients with relapsing multiple sclerosis. ...
Medicine & Health / Neuroscience
Feb 16, 2010 |
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People who 'see' numbers have better memories for dates
(PhysOrg.com) -- A new research project has shown that people who perceive numbers visually, and who see sequences of numbers as visual patterns, have better memories for dates and events in the past than ...
Medicine & Health / Neuroscience
Dec 15, 2009 |
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