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University of California, Irvine researchers have identified a gene that is specifically responsible for generating the cerebral cortex, a finding that could lead to stem cell therapies to treat brain injuries and diseases such as stroke and Alzheimer’s ...

Article - News Staff - Jan 17 2008 - 2:45pm - 0 attachments

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Article - Anna Ohlden - Dec 27 2007 - 9:30am - 0 attachments

A brain chemical that makes us sleepy also appears to play a central role in the success of deep brain stimulation to ease symptoms in patients with Parkinson’s disease and other brain disorders. The surprising finding is outlined in a paper published i ...

Article - News Staff - Dec 24 2007 - 2:56am - 0 attachments

... study into the brain material of Alzheimer's and Parkinson's patients, who gave permission to the Netherlands Brain Bank for ... be involved in the development of Alzheimer's disease and Parkinson's disease. The study - that must form the basis for potential drugs - ...

Article - Anna Ohlden - Dec 17 2007 - 2:30am - 0 attachments

The press release had a curious title: “Omega-3 fatty acids protect against Parkinson’s.” The certainty suggested an experiment, but Parkinson’s is too rare to study prevention experimentally. The press release turned out to be about a rat study tha ...

Article - Seth Roberts - Dec 15 2007 - 9:27am - 0 attachments

Omega-3 fatty acids protect the brain against Parkinson’s disease, according to a study by Université Laval researchers published in the online edition of the FASEB Journal, the journal of the Federation of American Societies for Experimental Biology. T ...

Article - News Staff - Dec 15 2007 - 9:26am - 0 attachments

Researchers at the University of Massachusetts Medical School, gained new insights into autophagy -- a cellular degradation process associated with a form of programmed cell death -- by studying the salivary gland cells of the fruit fly. Since its i ...

Article - News Staff - Dec 14 2007 - 1:46pm - 0 attachments

... of Green Tea Polyphenols in the 6-OHDA Rat Model of Parkinson's Disease Through Inhibition of ROS-NO Pathway”, Shuhong Guo, ...

Article - News Staff - Dec 13 2007 - 8:38pm - 0 attachments

... Fund a US$2 Million Initiative to Drive Treatments for Parkinson's Disease-Related Cognitive Dysfunction and Mood Disorders Merck ... commitment of The Michael J. Fox Foundation for Parkinson's Research (MJFF) for research toward therapies to alleviate Parkinson's disease (PD)-related cognitive dysfunction and mood disorders. The ...

Article - Anna Ohlden - Dec 13 2007 - 5:30am - 0 attachments

... MD, assistant professor of neurology and director of the Parkinson's Disease and Movement Disorders Program at the University of Texas ...

Article - Anna Ohlden - Dec 13 2007 - 4:30am - 0 attachments