Xconomy Presents: What’s Next in Neuroscience Therapies

Click here to view original web page at xconomy.com Brain and neurological disorders are among the toughest conditions to diagnose and treat, but new approaches and technologies are on the horizon that could change how researchers and clinicians approach them. Join Xconomy on Tuesday, Nov. 19 for our life science forum at QB3 at UCSF … Continue reading “Xconomy Presents: What’s Next in Neuroscience Therapies”

African American Neuroscience Research Initiative Awarded Grant From Abell Foundation for Critical Program Support

Click here to view original web page at www.ptcommunity.com The Abell Foundation grant will enable the AANRI to establish a Scientific Advisory Committee, expand partnership and collaboration efforts, and hold an inaugural national meeting on the topic next year. Also, last month U.S. Senator Ben Cardin (D-MD) championed report language through the Senate Appropriations Committee … Continue reading “African American Neuroscience Research Initiative Awarded Grant From Abell Foundation for Critical Program Support”

Brain protein could be key to disrupting chronic pain symptoms

Click here to view original web page at www.phillyvoice.com Chronic pain researchers believe a brain protein involved in multiple functions could be a promising target for the development of drugs to treat symptoms of inflammation and nerve conditions. The transition of an acute source of pain to a chronic pain pathology is one of the … Continue reading “Brain protein could be key to disrupting chronic pain symptoms”

Brain protein promotes maintenance of chronic pain

Click here to view original web page at www.sciencedaily.com A protein called RGS4 (Regulator of G protein signaling 4) plays a prominent role in the maintenance of long-term pain states and may serve as a promising new target for the treatment of chronic pain conditions, according to research conducted at the Icahn School of Medicine … Continue reading “Brain protein promotes maintenance of chronic pain”

University of Cincinnati Health Gardner Neuroscience Institute

Click here to view original web page at www.healthcaredesignmagazine.com UCGNI building façade and front entry (view to the NW). North façade curtain wall and bridge connector (view to the SW). Close up detail of the polyester fabric mesh façade. ©Mark Herboth The UC Gardner Neuroscience Institute (Cincinnati), a collaboration of the UC College of Medicine … Continue reading “University of Cincinnati Health Gardner Neuroscience Institute”

Research sheds new light on how the brain forms and recalls memories

Click here to view original web page at www.eurekalert.org Neuroscientists at the University of Birmingham have proved how different parts of the human brain work together to create and retrieve episodic memory. Models suggested that, during formation of a memory, information is routed from cortex to hippocampus whilst retrieving a memory should see this information … Continue reading “Research sheds new light on how the brain forms and recalls memories”

Divergent Perception

Click here to view original web page at www.psychologytoday.com Perception Source: vectorfusionart/Shutterstock We do not see things as they are; we see them as we are. This perceptual awareness has spread through human civilization for hundreds of years, but its exact origin is unknown . Remarkably, current evidence from the field of neuroscience suggests this … Continue reading “Divergent Perception”

Slower walkers have older brains and bodies at 45

Click here to view original web page at www.eurekalert.org IMAGE: A long-term study has found that signs of aging may be detected by a simple walking test at age 45, and that the brains of slower walkers were different at… view more Credit: Duke University Communications DURHAM, N.C. — The walking speed of 45-year-olds, particularly … Continue reading “Slower walkers have older brains and bodies at 45”

Doctoral student first from ISU invited to world-renowned neuroscience course

Click here to view original web page at news.illinoisstate.edu Wolfgang Stein and Margaret DeMaegd working in Stein’s Crablab Doctoral student Margaret DeMaegd was the first Illinois State student to be invited to the internationally renowned Neural Systems and Behavior course (NS&B) at the Marine Biology Laboratory in Woods Hole, Massachusetts. DeMaegd’s presentations during the course … Continue reading “Doctoral student first from ISU invited to world-renowned neuroscience course”

How Fast You Walk Might Show How Fast You’re Aging

Click here to view original web page at consumer.healthday.com HealthDay Reporter FRIDAY, Oct. 11, 2019 (HealthDay News) — Middle-aged folks who worry about healthy aging would do well to keep an eye on their walking speed. Turns out that the walking speed of 45-year-olds is a pretty solid marker of how their brains and bodies … Continue reading “How Fast You Walk Might Show How Fast You’re Aging”