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A cytokine not kind to an injury of the spine
Transverse Myelitis (TM) is an autoimmune inflammatory disease of the central nervous system that is characterized by focal spinal cord demyelination and axonal injury. view more (2005-09-23)
Protein key to neuro-regeneration
Researchers at the Peninsula Medical School in the South West of England, University College London, the San Raffaele Scientific Institute in Milan and Cancer Research UK, have for the first time identified a protein that is key to the regeneration of damage in the peripheral nervous system and which could with further research lead to... view more... (2008-05-21)
New study shows that therapeutic gene expression can be sustainable for 1 year
Researchers at the Board of Governors Gene Therapeutics Research Institute at Cedars-Sinai Medical Center have shown for the first time that it is possible to sustain therapeutic gene expression in the central nervous system for up to a year, even in the presence of an anti-viral immune response mechanism that is normally present in humans. view more (2007-10-26)
Diabetic Neurological Disease Could Affect Central Nervous System
Damage to the nervous system associated with diabetes could influence the central nervous system in addition to the peripheral nervous system, suggest authors of a pilot study published in this week's issue of THE LANCET. The origins of the neurological disorder diabetic neuropathy (distal symmetrical polyneuropathy), that affects a third of all... view more... (2001-07-05)
Blocking nerve cells delays onset of prion disease
A chemical that specifically blocking parts of the nervous system can delay the onset of scrapie and could lead to new drugs to prevent vCJD and BSE, medical experts heard today (Thursday 10 January 2002) during a joint meeting of the European Societies of Clinical and Veterinary Virology and the Society for General Microbiology at the Royal... view more... (2001-12-21)
Origins of nervous system found in genes of sea sponge
Scientists at the University of California, Santa Barbara have discovered significant clues to the evolutionary origins of the nervous system by studying the genome of a sea sponge, a member of a group considered to be among the most ancient of all animals. view more (2007-06-06)
Leptin's long-distance call to the pancreas
Rube Goldberg-the cartoonist who devised complex machines for simple tasks-would have smiled at one of leptin's mechanisms for curbing insulin release. view more (2008-12-22)
Researchers Discover New Factor in Nerve Regeneration
Researchers in Oxford University's Department of Human Anatomy have identified a factor involved in the regeneration of neurons in the central nervous system. The discovery and use of this factor could provide the basis for a reparative treatment for both brain and spinal cord injuries. Unlike lower vertebrates, mammals have lost the ability to... view more... (2003-04-07)
Stoned sea-squirts
The psychoactive ingredient of the drug cannabis exerts its effects on the human brain by activating proteins known as cannabinoid receptors. Dr. Maurice Elphick of Queen Mary, University of London has uncovered the first evidence that cannabinoid receptors may not be unique to humans and other vertebrates. The genome of the sea- squirt was... view more... (2004-03-31)
Protein involved in mad cow disease
This study, published in Brain Research, is an addition to the work of the Department of Pathological Histology and Anatomy at the University of Navarra regarding the manner in which prions enter the digestive tube of bovine animals, from which organ they enter the central nervous system, causing the mad cow disease or bovine spongiform... view more... (2005-10-19)
Central nervous system infections rare but devastating following heart transplantation
Central nervous system infections develop infrequently following heart transplants but are a significant predictor of death, according to an article posted online today that will appear in the December 2007 print issue of Archives of Neurology. view more (2007-10-09)
U of M researchers identify process that may help treat Parkinson's, spinal cord injuries
A new discovery by University of Minnesota researchers may lead to a better understanding of how the spinal cord controls how people walk. These insights could help lead to treatments for central nervous system maladies such as Parkinson's disease and spinal cord injuries. view more (2008-04-17)
Mayo Clinic identifies 2 genes as potential therapeutic targets for multiple sclerosis
A Mayo Clinic study has found that two genes in mice were associated with good central nervous system repair in multiple sclerosis (MS). view more (2009-09-11)
MU Researchers Find Statin Drugs Also May Help Reduce Risk of Heart Failure, Sudden Cardiac Death
Statin drugs, known primarily for their ability to lower cholesterol, also may reduce the overactive sympathetic nervous system response that contributes to the worsening of heart failure and increases the risk of sudden cardiac death. view more (2007-05-02)
Neuronal survival and axonal regrowth obtained in vitro
While repair of the central nervous system has long been considered impossible, French researchers from Inserm, the CNRS and the UPMC have just developed a strategy that could promote neuronal regeneration after injury. The in vitro studies have just been published in the journal PLoS ONE. view more (2009-07-27)
New Study Shows SARS Can Infect Brain Tissue
Severe acute respiratory syndrome (SARS), by its very name, indicates a disease of the respiratory tract. view more (2005-09-15)
To swim or to crawl: For the worm it's a no brainer
A study at the University of Leeds has shown, for the first time, that C. elegans worms crawl and swim using the same gait, overturning the widely accepted belief that these two behaviours are completely different. view more (2009-03-31)
NO solution to high salt intake
Nitric oxide, normally toxic at high concentrations, is now known to be involved in a number of functions within the nervous system of many animals. New research being presented today at the Society for Experimental Biology conference reveals for the first time that nitric oxide is also present within the neurosecretory system of fish and may help... view more... (2002-04-08)
New understanding of nervous system gives insight into common gut problem in newborn babies
Medical Research Council (MRC) researchers have unlocked the mysteries of the nervous system responsible for proper formation and function of the gut. This new understanding has implications for treating Hirschsprung's disease, a common disorder in newborns that requires corrective surgery in order for food to pass through the bowel and the colon.... view more... (2003-12-03)
Psychiatric and neurologic conditions may underlie many cases of chronic dizziness
Chronic dizziness may have several common causes, including anxiety disorders, migraine, traumatic brain injury and disorders in the part of the nervous system governing involuntary activities. view more (2007-02-20)
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