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Krispy Kremes: The Borg Of Dieting Neuroscience?

... who also is director of the Cognitive Neurology and Alzheimer's Disease Center at the Feinberg School. "If your nerve cells fired ...

Article - News Staff - Mar 6 2008 - 2:19pm - 1 attachment

D-Pharm Completes Pre-IND Meeting With The FDA For Treatment Of Acute Stroke With DP-b99

... intended as an oral, disease-modifying therapy for Alzheimer's disease. Other mimics of bioactive lipids, LipidoMimetix, are at an ...

Article - Anna Ohlden - Mar 4 2008 - 8:30am - 0 attachments

Study Finds IONSYS (TM), A New Needle-Free System For Management Of Acute Postoperative Pain, Requires Less Staff Time And Resou

... (gastroenterology), TOPAMAX(R) (epilepsy), REMINYL(R) (Alzheimer's disease), RISPERDAL(R) (schizophrenia, acute bipolar mania, ...

Article - Anna Ohlden - Mar 4 2008 - 1:31am - 0 attachments

Does Gingko Biloba Improve Memory?

Taking the supplement ginkgo biloba had no clear-cut benefit on the risk of developing memory problems, according to a study published in Neurology®. The three-year study involved 118 people age 85 and older with no memory problems. Half of the part ...

Article - News Staff - Feb 27 2008 - 4:39pm - 0 attachments

Thomson Scientific Announces Strategic Alliance With Collexis To Develop Custom Data Mining Solution For Web Of Science Users

... on specific topics in the life sciences, such as Alzheimer's or Diabetes, or any research discipline." For more information ...

Article - Anna Ohlden - Feb 21 2008 - 2:30pm - 0 attachments

Senexis And O2H (Oxygen Healthcare) Announce Medicinal Chemistry Collaboration

... and diagnostics for major ageing-related diseases, such as Alzheimer's dementia, type II diabetes and dialysis related amyloidosis. It is ...

Article - Anna Ohlden - Feb 14 2008 - 1:31pm - 0 attachments

Transcranial Magnetic Stimulation Reduces Cognitive Deficits Of Sleep Deprivation

A Columbia University Medical Center research team has uncovered how stimulation of a particular brain region can help stave off the deficits in working memory associated with extended sleep deprivation. Working memory is a specific form of short-t ...

Article - News Staff - Feb 3 2008 - 10:01am - 0 attachments

Scientists As Portayed In Pop Culture Films: The Essential Top 10

... who genetically engineers giant shark brains to fight Alzheimer's is okay in my book. Plus, it's rare that someone can be so smart ...

Article - Cash Simpson - Jan 12 2008 - 2:13am - 16 attachments

TLX, Neurogenesis And Some Progress In Understanding How Adult Neural Stem Cells Modulate Learning

Boosted by physical and mental exercise, neural stem cells continue to sprout new neurons throughout life, but the exact function of these newcomers has been the topic of much debate. Removing a genetic master switch that maintains neural stem cells in ...

Article - News Staff - Jan 30 2008 - 3:06pm - 0 attachments

Controversial Alzheimer's Theory Gets Funding

Dr. Shaohua Xu, Florida Tech associate professor of biological sciences, has an original theory of the origin of Alzheimer’s Disease and has earned a $150,000 grant from Space Florida to test it. The grant was matched with $30,000 from NASA’s Aerospace ...

Article - News Staff - Jan 27 2008 - 12:46am - 0 attachments