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Bile acids reduce desire for cocaine, finds study

Bile acids -- gut compounds that aid in the digestion of dietary fats -- reduce the desire for cocaine, according to a new study by researchers at Vanderbilt University Medical Center and the University of Alabama at Birmingham.

31 Aug 2018

Plant-derived substance could offer new option for treatment of obesity

A plant-derived substance widely used in traditional Chinese medicine has demonstrated promising weight loss effects.

31 Aug 2018

Researchers discover materials which form new presynapses for release of transmitters

Synapses are the interfaces for information exchange between neurons. Teams of scientists working with Professor Dr. Volker Haucke, Director at the Leibniz-Forschungsinstitut für Molekulare Pharmakologie and Professor at the Freie Universitaet Berlin, and Professor Dr. Stephan Sigrist at the Freie Universität Berlin discovered the materials, which form new presynapses for the release of transmitters. The findings may help to design better nerve-regenerating therapies in the future.

31 Aug 2018

Single dose of cannabidiol showed effective results in rats with symptoms of depression

Commercial antidepressants typically take two to four weeks to have a significant effect on a depressed patient. They are also inneffective in approximately 40% of the cases.

31 Aug 2018

KU Leuven study: Macrophages in the intestine can survive for a long time

Macrophages are specialized immune cells that destroy bacteria and other harmful organisms. KU Leuven scientists, Belgium, have come to the surprising conclusion that some macrophages in the intestines of mice can survive for quite some time.

30 Aug 2018

Study reveals way to regrow lost spinal cord connections

For many years, researchers have thought that the scar that forms after a spinal cord injury actively prevents damaged neurons from regrowing.

30 Aug 2018

FDA accepts Bristol-Myers Squibb’s application for Sprycel for treating pediatric leukemia

Bristol-Myers Squibb Company today announced that the U.S. Food and Drug Administration accepted its supplemental Biologics License Application for Sprycel (dasatinib) in combination with chemotherapy for the treatment of pediatric patients with newly diagnosed Philadelphia chromosome-positive acute lymphoblastic leukemia.

30 Aug 2018

SMA treatment may be effective even if started in children seven months and older

A drug shown to be effective in the treatment of babies with the rare muscle-wasting disease spinal muscular atrophy may be effective for muscle control even when treatment is started in children seven months and older, according to a study published in the August 29, 2018, online issue of Neurology, the medical journal of the American Academy of Neurology. Previous studies focused on children younger than seven months old.

30 Aug 2018

Hesperos receives SBIR grant to create ‘human-on-a-chip’ model to mimic Alzheimer's disease

Hesperos, Inc., announced today the receipt of a NIH Phase I Small Business Innovation Research grant from the National Institutes of Health National Institute on Aging to help create a new multi-organ "human-on-a-chip" model that can realistically mimic the biology of Alzheimer's Disease and the effects of potential new therapies under realistic human physiological conditions.

29 Aug 2018

Scientists regenerate nerve fibers after spinal cord injury

Scientists have discovered the biological mechanisms needed for nerve fibers to regenerate in spinal cord injury.

29 Aug 2018

New parental training program improves toddlers' reactions to mildly stressful situations

A parental training program for families referred to Child Protective Services improved toddlers' unconscious reactions to mildly stressful situations, as well as improving parents' behavior, according to a new study by researchers at the University of California, Davis and the University of Washington.

29 Aug 2018

The connection between brain anatomy, genes and obesity

Clinicians should consider how the way we think can make us vulnerable to obesity, and how obesity is genetically intertwined with brain structure and mental performance, according to new research.

29 Aug 2018

Researchers find how NF2 gene mutations lead to out-of-control cellular proliferation

A team of Massachusetts General Hospital Cancer Center researchers has determined one way that mutations in a gene involved in a rare, hereditary cancer syndrome lead to out-of-control cellular proliferation.

29 Aug 2018

New treatment can offer relief to people with chronic runny nose, postnasal drip and cough

A new treatment that delivers a freezing or near-freezing temperature to the back of the nose of patients can offer relief to people suffering from chronic stuffy or runny nose, postnasal drip and cough. These symptoms result from persistently inflamed nose and sinuses, a condition known as chronic rhinitis.

28 Aug 2018

Listening to yoga music before sleep has beneficial impact on heart rate variability

Listening to yoga music at bedtime is good for the heart, according to research presented today at ESC Congress 2018.

27 Aug 2018

New improved method to judge effectiveness of experimental therapies for neurodegeneration

Researchers at UBC's Okanagan campus have developed a new and improved method to judge the effectiveness of experimental therapies for neurodegeneration--the progressive loss of neurons.

27 Aug 2018

Studies on fruit flies reveal new findings of how neurons in the brain function

Studies of the song of the fruit flies reveal new findings of how the neurons in the brain function. These results can be used to uncover new knowledge on how brains in general function which in the longer term may have medical significance.

25 Aug 2018

Researchers identify series of molecules involved in regeneration of damaged nerves

Researchers at Nagoya University have identified the series of molecules involved in the regeneration of damaged nerves in roundworm, showing that it largely overlaps with the signals used by the intrinsic removal system to take up and process dying cells.

24 Aug 2018

Proteins that protect neurons from destruction can be delivered through nose

Protective proteins that mitigate the destruction of nerve cells after a stroke can be administered into the brain through the nose, as Heidelberg University researchers demonstrated using a mouse model.

24 Aug 2018

Study findings shed light on fundamental feature of nerve repair

Through a study of roundworm nerve cells with severed axons, researchers at Nagoya University showed that a signaling cascade that normally functions in promoting the phagocytosis of apoptotic cells also acts in inducing axon regeneration.

24 Aug 2018

Nervous System News and Research

Latest Nervous System News and Research

Bile acids reduce desire for cocaine, finds study

Plant-derived substance could offer new option for treatment of obesity

Researchers discover materials which form new presynapses for release of transmitters

Single dose of cannabidiol showed effective results in rats with symptoms of depression

KU Leuven study: Macrophages in the intestine can survive for a long time

Study reveals way to regrow lost spinal cord connections

FDA accepts Bristol-Myers Squibb’s application for Sprycel for treating pediatric leukemia

SMA treatment may be effective even if started in children seven months and older

Hesperos receives SBIR grant to create ‘human-on-a-chip’ model to mimic Alzheimer's disease

Scientists regenerate nerve fibers after spinal cord injury

New parental training program improves toddlers' reactions to mildly stressful situations

The connection between brain anatomy, genes and obesity

Researchers find how NF2 gene mutations lead to out-of-control cellular proliferation

New treatment can offer relief to people with chronic runny nose, postnasal drip and cough

Listening to yoga music before sleep has beneficial impact on heart rate variability

New improved method to judge effectiveness of experimental therapies for neurodegeneration

Studies on fruit flies reveal new findings of how neurons in the brain function

Researchers identify series of molecules involved in regeneration of damaged nerves

Proteins that protect neurons from destruction can be delivered through nose

Study findings shed light on fundamental feature of nerve repair

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