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KIRKLAND, Wash., May 5 /PRNewswire/ -- Breakthrough biotechnology research is providing new applications for nutraceutical and functional foods in cognitive health and diabetes, two leading health concerns among consumers. Leading industry expert, Peter Leighton, CEO of Advana Science, www.advanascience.com, will present future business opportunities for the advancement of this dynamic consumer healthy category at VitaFoods International on Wednesday, May 6, 2009 at 4:55pm/16:55, Palexpo...

A drug commonly used to help people recover from a stroke may one day help them improve their memories and learning abilities as well.In a study conducted in middle-aged rats, Arizona researchers discovered a key component in Fasudil, which has been used safely and effectively in people for more than a decade, improved memory and learning. Specifically rats who received the component performed better on a test in which they had to remember which arm of a maze contained a reward than rats who...

 A drug used to improve blood flow to the brain also could help improve learning and memory and reduce the risk of Alzheimer's disease, according to a new study released today by investigators at the Translational Genomics Research Institute (TGen) and Arizona State University.Fasudil has been used for more than 10 years to help protect the brain in stroke patients by dilating blood vessels when blood flow is curtailed.Now, a team of Arizona psychologists, geneticists and neuroscientists...

Researchers found a dietary supplement that promises to help memory, didn't help prevent dementia and Alzheimer's disease in the largest study ever of the extract. "We don't think it has a future as a powerful anti-dementia drug," said Dr. Steven DeKosky of the University of Virginia School of Medicine, who led the federally funded study.U.S. sales of the supplement reached $107 million in 2007, according to Nutrition Business Journal estimates.Ginkgo was believed to protect the...

Nutritious, plant-based foods greatly increase strength and vitality in the human body. Most know that. Today, researchers are rediscovering a long-held truth: foods also generate a profound effect in the human brain. You think what you eat. They're one of the mysteries of life-those tiny flashes of light deep in the recesses of our brains. Soft sparks ignite whenever we remember; whenever we plan, rejoice, or sorrow. Every moment of awareness takes place because of...

Increasingly popular recreational drug, salvia, shows rapid uptake, short duration in animalsBrain-imaging studies performed in animals at the U.S. Department of Energy's (DOE) Brookhaven National Laboratory provide researchers with clues about why an increasingly popular recreational drug that causes hallucinations and motor-function impairment in humans is abused. Using trace amounts of Salvia divinorum - also known as "salvia," a Mexican mint plant that can be smoked in the form...

Winston-Salem, NC, June 30, 2005 "“ In a review of research to be published in the July issue of Trends In Pharmacological Sciences, Targacept compounds were reported to have a beneficial effect on cognition well after they were no longer present in the central nervous system. For example, in preclinical animal studies, Targacept's compounds TC-1827 and TC-1734 improved cognitive performance for up to 15 and 18 hours, respectively, though the compounds were appreciably metabolized and...