Research by a Sandia National Laboratories engineer and a University of New Mexico Health Sciences Center neurologist shows that brain injury may occur within one millisecond after a human head is thrust into a windshield as a result of a...

Antioxidant-based pain killers may one day become a viable alternative to addictive medications such as morphine. Researchers found that synthetic antioxidants practically eradicated pain-like behavior in nearly three-quarters of mice with...

Two UC Riverside entomologists have won awards from the Entomological Society of America (ESA), the ESA has announced. Michael E. Adams, a professor of entomology and neuroscience, won the Recognition Award in Insect Physiology, Biochemist...

1. Intersubunit Anesthetic Binding on GABAA Receptors Guo-Dong Li, David C. Chiara, Gregory W. Sawyer, S. Shaukat Husain, Richard W. Olsen, and Jonathan B. Cohen Anesthesia has revolutionized medicine since its introduction in 1846. But th...

Exposure limits for chemicals should be set at values that recognise the unique sensitivity of pregnant women and young children, and they should aim to protect brain development, according to a Review this week. Neurodevelopmental disorde...

Radiation oncologists at the Kimmel Cancer Center at Thomas Jefferson University and Thomas Jefferson University Hospital in Philadelphia have found that giving less radiation than usual is just as effective against a benign but potential...

Timing is everything. For a mouse trying to discriminate between the scent of a tasty treat and the scent of the neighborhood cat, timing could mean life or death. In a striking discovery, Carnegie Mellon University scientists have linked...

The National Institutes of Health (NIH) recently awarded Barrow Neurological Institute at St. Joseph's Hospital and Medical Center a grant worth more than $500,000 to create a computerized system that will advance spine surgery. Within the...

A special research program at St. Joseph's Hospital and Medical Center is providing a safe and vital research component to scientists in hopes of finding treatments and cures for a variety of disorders. The Human Specimen Procurement S...

Researchers at Emory University's Winship Cancer Institute have identified a novel biomarker for brain tumors and have uncovered a potential role the marker may play when the tumor spreads or comes back after treatment. The study, -Attract...