Researchers at the University of Copenhagen have documented a previously unknown biological mechanism in the brain’s most important line of defence: the blood-brain barrier.
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New Mechanism In Brain’s Barrier Tissue Mapped By Scientists
New Mechanism In Brain’s Barrier Tissue Mapped By Scientists
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Findings In Songbirds May Have Important Implications For Brain Degeneration In Humans
January 5, 2012 By
Colin Saldanha, a biology professor at American University in Washington, D.C., has always been intrigued by the hormone estrogen. Specifically, how the hormone that does so much (for example, it promotes sexual behavior in women but can also increase susceptibility to seizures) does not cause major cross circuit meltdowns…
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Findings In Songbirds May Have Important Implications For Brain Degeneration In Humans
Protecting The Brain When Energy Runs Low
October 19, 2011 By
Researchers from the Universities of Leeds, Edinburgh and Dundee have shed new light on the way that the brain protects itself from harm when ‘running on empty.’ The findings could lead to new treatments for patients who are at risk of stroke because their energy supply from blood vessels feeding the brain has become compromised…
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Protecting The Brain When Energy Runs Low
Researchers Report Progress On Compound To Treat Neurological Diseases
October 10, 2011 By
Results of a study by a group of University of Notre Dame researchers represent a promising step on the road to developing new drugs for a variety of neurological diseases…
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Researchers Report Progress On Compound To Treat Neurological Diseases
Discovery Of Key To Survival Of Brain Cells
September 30, 2011 By
Nicolas G. Bazan, MD, Ph.D, Boyd Professor and Director of the Neuroscience Center of Excellence at LSU Health Sciences Center New Orleans, and David Stark, an MD/Ph.D student working in his lab, have discovered how a key chemical neurotransmitter that interacts with two receptors in the brain promotes either normal function or a disease process – determining whether brain cells live or die…
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Discovery Of Key To Survival Of Brain Cells
Painkilling Peptide May Improve Traumatic Brain Injury Outcomes
August 15, 2011 By
Scientists have discovered a new peptide that reduces acute and chronic pain as well as preventing cell death after traumatic brain injury. Researchers from Indiana University School of Medicine wrote in the Journal of Biological Chemistry that the CDB3 peptide short circuits a chronic pain pathway without undermining other vital nerve functions…
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Painkilling Peptide May Improve Traumatic Brain Injury Outcomes
