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09/06/2008
Antioxidant shows promise to prevent 'chemobrain' memory loss (New Kerala)
Washington, September 5 : Animal studies conducted at West Virginia University (WVU) suggest that injections of an antioxidant called N-acetyle cysteine (NAC) have the potential to prevent the memory loss that breast cancer chemotherapy drugs sometimes induce.
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09/05/2008
High Watch to honor Bantles Sunday (The Kent Dispatch)
There is an intangible something about High Watch Farm on Carter Road in Kent. It is a feeling that has fostered healing in hundreds of persons suffering from addiction and substance abuse since its founding in 1940.
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09/05/2008
Interdisciplinary Volume On Biological Rhythms Serves As Both Primer And In-depth Resource, New Book (Medical News Today)
A variety of organisms-from bacteria and fungi to plants and animals - have biological rhythms, where the timing and duration of fundamental biological processes is naturally adjusted to allow them to adapt and survive, even under fluctuating environmental conditions.
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09/05/2008
Study Suggests a Possible Way to Offset Chemobrain Memory Loss (PR Newswire via Yahoo! News)
Cancer patients have complained for years about the mental fog known as chemobrain. Now in animal studies at West Virginia University, researchers have discovered that injections of N-acetyl cysteine (NAC), an antioxidant, can prevent the memory loss that breast cancer chemotherapy drugs sometimes induce.
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09/05/2008
New Methods Identify And Manipulate 'Newborn' Cells In Animal Model Of Parkinson's Disease (Science Daily)
Researchers in the United States and Sweden used an engineered virus to deliver a protein that glows green when exposed to blue light (green fluorescent protein) into newborn cells of the striatum in an animal model of Parkinson's disease.
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09/04/2008
Potential remedy for the 'mental fog' in cancer patients (EurekAlert!)
( Springer ) Cancer patients have complained for years about the mental fog known as chemobrain. Now in animal studies at West Virginia University, researchers have discovered that injections of N-acetyl cysteine, an antioxidant, can prevent the memory loss that breast cancer chemotherapy drugs sometimes induce. The WVU researchers' study has just been published in the September issue of the ...
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09/04/2008
Chemobrain Treatment? Potential Remedy For The 'Mental Fog' In Cancer Patients (Science Daily)
Cancer patients have complained for years about the mental fog known as chemobrain. Now in animal studies, researchers have discovered that injections of N-acetyl cysteine, an antioxidant, can prevent the memory loss that breast cancer chemotherapy drugs sometimes induce. .
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09/04/2008
Chemical in Plastic Is Connected to Health Problems in Monkeys (Washington Post)
Researchers at the Yale School of Medicine have linked a chemical found in everyday plastics to problems with brain function and mood disorders in monkeys -- the first time the chemical has been connected to health problems in primates.
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09/04/2008
New methods identify, manipulate 'newborn' cells in Parkinson's patients (New Kerala)
Washington, Sept 4 : Researchers from Cedars-Sinai Medical Centre's Maxine Dunitz Neurosurgical Institute and Lund University in Sweden have developed new methods that may help in identifying and manipulating 'newborn' cells to replace those lost to Parkinson's disease.
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09/04/2008
Everyday Plastic Ingredient BPA Damages Brain Cells And Affects Mood And Memory (Medical News Today)
Scientists in the US and Canada studying the effects of bisphenol-A (BPA), an ingredient of polycarbonate plastic used to make common everyday items for storing food and medicines, found it caused loss of connections between brain cells in primates and may lead to disruption in memory and learning as well as depression.
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  • Advanced Brain Monitoring - Develops portable devices that interpret electrical activity and identify levels of alertness or drowsiness.
  • Auditory Physiology and Biophysics - Cellular basis of information processing in the auditory system. Potassium channels, modeling, synaptic transmission, and dendritic integration.
  • Behavioral Neuroscience - Memorial to Shirley L. Buchanan and her contribution to behavioral neuroscience research. Includes information about her and other associated scientists, particularly journal publications.
  • BESA - Innovators in digital EEG and MEG software for research and clinical applications.
  • Biophysics of Neuronal Computation - Using the detailed biophysics and microanatomy of cortical neurons to study their complexity from an information theory point of view - from the California Inst. of Technology.
  • Brain and Behavior, from Serendip - Interactive exhibits, forum, and links aimed at exploring the observational basis and significance of the assertion that the nervous system underlies all aspects of human behavior and experience.
  • The Brain Page - Eclectic collection of thought-provoking, quasi-scientific opinions on brain function.
  • BrainInfo: A Primate Brain Information System - Extensive resource to belp site visitors identify structures in the brain. Provides information about each structure, including comparative neuroanatomy of primates and rodents.
  • Brain-Mind.com - Everything you ever wanted to know about the brain and the mind, but were afraid to ask.
  • Center for Consciousness Studies - Interdisciplinary program promoting open, scientifically rigorous discussions of all phenomena related to the mind. Includes course, conference and workshop listings - from the Univ. of Arizona.
  • CNS Healthcare - Clinical Neuroscience Solutions - Advanced evaluations, treatments, monitoring, education, for those with psychiatric and neurological diseases.
  • Contemporary Philosophy of Mind - An annotated bibliography of recent work in the philosophy of mind, philosophy of cognitive science, philosophy of artificial intelligence, and on consciousness in the sciences.
  • Ear & Brain Seminar - Describes people and projects of hearing and balance research in Germany.
  • Evogen LC - Offering a compilation of current research on: genetics, brain and mind.
  • Hardin MD: Neurology & Neurosciences - Lists of Internet sources in neurology, neurosurgery, and neurosciences, and nervous system diseases.
  • Imaging the Deaf Brain - A research project exploring how British Sign Language (BSL) is processed by deaf people, with BSL translations of findings to date.
  • Ion Channels, Transmitters, Receptors, and Disease - Extensive review of ion channel biology and related neuromuscular pathology - from Washington Univ.-St. Louis.
  • Microiontophoresis - A practical guide to the art of microiontophoresis employed in neuroscience research.
  • Mitochondria and Neurons - Innovative and speculative hypotheses on how mitochondria might act as flip-flop memory elements in the dendrites of neurons. Explanation of how mitochondria could trigger impulses and detect frequencies.
  • The Myelin Group - Research concerning the correct formation and maintenance of the myelin sheath. Includes publications, members, photo gallery, and views and opinions. University of Oulu.
  • Neurobiology - Information from Wikipedia on study of the nervous system and the organization of cells into functional circuits that process information and mediate behavior.
  • NeuroDetective - Contract research firm specializing in testing the functional efficacy of potential CNS therapeutics in animal models, with an additional focus on behavioural evaluation of genetically altered animals.
  • Neurodudes - A weblog edited by several neuroscientists, which discusses neuroscience, consciousness, and AI.
  • Neuroscience for Kids - Intended for elementary and secondary school students and teachers who are interested in learning more about the nervous system and brain. Hands on activities, experiments, information for all grade levels.
  • Neuroscience on the Internet - A searchable and browsable index of neuroscience resources available on the Internet.
  • Neurosciences - Examine everything from how neurons communicate with each other to the physiological processes that govern the way we act and think. From About.com.
  • Neurotrophic Factors - Information on neurotrophic factors.
  • Olfaction - Current understanding of the physiological basis for olfaction (sense of smell) and the possible molecular interactions that specify odorant signaling.
  • OpenStim: The Open Noninvasive Brain Stimulator - An open-source project to build a transcranial device. Includes Wiki for self-reporting of brain-stimulation experience.
  • Principles of Psychobiology - Interactive software study guide in psychobiology and neuroscience - for purchase from Red Reef Publications.
  • Processes in Animal Vision - A new advanced text on all aspects of the visual system. Major sections on physiology, the photoreceptor cell, the neuron and the performance of the eye.
  • Research Network on Early Experience & Brain Development - Strives to be inter- and multi-disciplinary by drawing on experts from developmental psychology, developmental neurobiology, and developmental/behavioral pediatrics.
  • The Science of Sleep - Science Friday audio discussion of why we need sleep, with Clifford Saper, David White, and Craig Heller.
  • Scientific American Frontiers - Learn more about the fascinating human brain and uncover startling new evidence of our brain's ability to change, plus, take a virtual tour of the famous organ.
  • Telluride Workshop on Neuromorphic Engineering - A three-week workshop focused on bringing together researchers from academia with their counterparts in industry, working on sensory systems and sensory-motor integration.
  • The W.U.S.M. Neuroscience Tutorial - Excellent tutorial for neuroscience.
  • Brain Update -
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