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Dendritic Spines And The Building Blocks Of Memory

A molecular “recycling plant” permits nerve cells in the brain to carry out two seemingly contradictory functions – changeable enough to record new experiences, yet permanent enough to maintain these memories over time. The discovery of this molecul ...

Article - News Staff - Sep 19 2007 - 8:05pm - 0 attachments

Spermatogonial Progenitor Stem Cells (SPCs) May Eliminate Need For Embryonic Ones

... failing organs in patients with heart disease, Alzheimer's, Parkinson's, stroke, diabetes, arthritis, macular degeneration and ...

Article - News Staff - Sep 19 2007 - 6:42pm - 0 attachments

'Junk' RNA Molecules May Be Important In Human Cancer

Research here shows that an obscure form of RNA, part of the protein-making machinery in all cells, might play an important role in human cancer. These ultraconserved non-coding RNAs (UCRs) have been considered “junk” by some researchers, but a new repo ...

Article - News Staff - Sep 11 2007 - 5:39pm - 0 attachments

Preventing The Cognitive Decline Of Alzheimer's With Aβ Peptide

... of Inhibitory Hippocampal Circuits in Mouse Models of Alzheimer's Disease", Neuron, Vol 55, 697-711, 06 September 2007 (Social ...

Article - News Staff - Sep 8 2007 - 7:39am - 0 attachments

The Fenton Reaction, Bad Iron And Alzheimer's

... key to battling neurological diseases like Parkinson's and Alzheimer's diseases may lie in binding up iron and then separating the good ... brain cells that has been associated with Parkinson's and Alzheimer's as well as other age-related maladies such as macular degeneration ...

Article - News Staff - Aug 23 2007 - 11:10am - 0 attachments

Huntingtin Protein, Kinases And The Search For The Origin Of Huntington Disease

Huntington disease (HD) is a neurological disorder resulting from degeneration of brain cells. The degeneration causes uncontrolled limb movements and loss of intellectual faculties, eventually leading to death. There is no treatment. HD is a familial d ...

Article - News Staff - Aug 22 2007 - 10:04pm - 0 attachments

Fluorescent Nanoparticles Could Help Track Molecules Through A Living Cell

... of plaques and fibrils in the brain associated with Alzheimer's disease and mad cow disease. Graduate students Changfeng Wu, Craig ...

Article - News Staff - Aug 21 2007 - 10:34pm - 1 attachment

Memory's Molecular Machine Fueled By PKMzeta

... Einhorn-Dominic Brain Research Institute; the Irwin Green Alzheimer's Research Fund; and the Sylvia and Martin Snow Charitable ...

Article - News Staff - Aug 16 2007 - 2:02pm - 0 attachments

AIDS Interferes With Stem Cells In The Brain

A prominent problem in AIDS is a form of dementia that robs one’s ability to concentrate and perform normal movements. Scientists at the Burnham Institute for Medical Research (Burnham) have discovered how HIV/AIDS disrupts the normal replication of ste ...

Article - News Staff - Aug 15 2007 - 11:44am - 0 attachments

Discovered: Novel Regulator For The Development Of The Nervous System

Nerve cells must perform millions of neuronal processes and form connections between them during embryonic development to ensure that the nervous system will function properly. Dr. Marta Rosário and Prof. Walter Birchmeier from the Max Delbrück Center f ...

Article - News Staff - Aug 15 2007 - 1:03am - 0 attachments