Latest Neurology Stories
New research published in Restorative Neurology and Neuroscience In a study published in the current issue of Restorative Neurology and Neuroscience scientists report that a therapy combining exercise with the neurovascular protective agent S-nitrosoglutathione (GSNO) improved recovery from stroke in a rat model. GSNO is a compound found naturally in the body and it has no known side effects or toxicity. "In our study, GSNO or motor exercise provided neuroprotection, reduced neuronal...
Neurofibromatosis advocates Mark Bornfeld, Catriona Miller, and Sheila Heal recently participated in the evaluation of research applications submitted to the Neurofibromatosis Research Program (NFRP) sponsored by the Department of Defense. They were nominated for participation in the program by Advocure NF2. As a consumer reviewer, they are full voting members, along with prominent scientists, at meetings to help determine how the $12.8 million appropriated by Congress for Fiscal Year...
Iowa and Texas added to list of states impacted by Pennsylvania's parts ban HARRISBURG, Pa., Aug. 15, 2012 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- With thousands of Pennsylvania hunters heading off to hunt big game in other states and Canadian provinces, Pennsylvania Game Commission Executive Director Carl G. Roe reminds hunters that, in an effort to prevent the introduction of Chronic Wasting Disease (CWD) into the Commonwealth, the agency prohibits hunters from importing specific carcass...
ATLANTA, Aug. 15, 2012 /PRNewswire/ -- Since its launch in March 2012, the "My Four Words" project has reached thousands of people with empowering messages of living beyond the boundaries of epilepsy. Now, representatives from UCB and the Epilepsy Advocate(TM) program are inviting participants at the Epilepsy Foundation of Georgia's 29(th) Annual Magnolia Run and Walk for Epilepsy to contribute to the movement and raise awareness of epilepsy by sharing their four-word stories....
How the intricate network of blood vessels forms within the brain has long fascinated biologists. Though the human brain comprises only 2 percent of body weight it receives up to 15 percent of the cardiac output through this network, or vessel vasculature. The vasculature in the human brain consists of a complex branching network of blood vessels, in total some several hundred miles in length. The network is formed so as to distribute blood efficiently to all brain regions, and abnormalities...
PALO ALTO, Calif., Aug. 15, 2012 /PRNewswire/ -- Varian Medical Systems (NYSE: VAR) today announced that it has become a supporter of a phase III study comparing radiosurgery with surgical resection for the treatment of early-stage, high-risk, operable non-small cell lung cancer. The study, which will take place over the next eight years, will look at patients' overall, disease-free, and regional recurrence-free survival rates three years after treatment, and also adverse events and...
Researchers discover compounds in green tea and chocolate may help reduce neurological complications linked to HIV Current drug therapy for patients with HIV is unable to control the complete replication of the virus in the brain. The drugs therefore do not have any effect against the complications associated with neurocognitive impairment in patients with HIV. New research by Joseph Steiner and colleagues from Johns Hopkins University has discovered that a group of plant polyphenols...
MEMPHIS, Tenn. and MUNICH, Aug. 14, 2012 /PRNewswire/ -- MRI Interventions, Inc. (OTCBB: MRIC) and Brainlab AG announced today that the ClearPoint(®) Neuro Intervention System is being used in a groundbreaking clinical trial for the treatment of pediatric brain cancer. Dr. Mark Souweidane (Professor and Vice Chairman, Department of Neurological Surgery; Director of Pediatric Neurosurgery at New York Presbyterian Hospital/Weill Cornell and Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center) and...
Trial Will Test Efficacy of NeuRx Diaphragm Pacing System in People with Lou Gehrig's Disease TUCSON, Ariz., and WASHINGTON, Aug. 14, 2012 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- The Muscular Dystrophy Association (MDA) and The ALS Association today announced a joint commitment to provide funding for a phase 2 clinical trial that will test efficacy of the NeuRx Diaphragm Pacing System (DPS) in people with amyotrophic lateral sclerosis (ALS). (Logo:...
LA JOLLA, Calif., Aug. 14, 2012 /PRNewswire/ -- Zenobia Therapeutics, the leader in fragment-based lead discovery for CNS disease announce today a strategic partnership to provide ADDF researchers access to Zenobia's unique discovery platform. The Zenobia team is composed of leaders in the fields of high-throughput structural biology and fragment-based lead discovery (FBLD). Their founders are pioneers of crystallographic and NMR fragment screening, and Zenobia's FBLD approach is...
Latest Neurology Reference Libraries
Stroke is a peer-reviewed medical journal published monthly by Lippincott Williams & Wilkins on behalf of the American Heart Association. As of May 2012, the current editor-in-chief is Marc Fisher (University of Massachusetts Medical School). Stroke covers research on cerebral circulation and related diseases, including clinical research on assessment of risk for stroke, diagnosis, prevention, and treatment, as well as rehabilitation. The audience base for Stroke includes neurologists,...
Herpes zoster (or zoster), is known as shingles or zona and is a viral disease characterized by painful skin rash with blisters in a limited area on one side of the body. Initial infection causes chickenpox. Once chickenpox is over the virus remains in the body and can cause shingles. It can become latent in the nerve cell bodies and sometimes in the dorsal root, cranial nerve, or autonomic ganglion. Years after initial infection, another breakout can cause a painful rash. The rash usually...
