Fighting like a girl or fighting like a boy is hardwired into fruit fly neurons, according to a study in the Nov. 19 Nature Neuroscience advance online publication by a research team from Harvard Medical School and the Institute of Molecul...

A discovery on how neural circuitry develops to aid proper cerebral cortex activity may help explain the memory and cognitive decline seen in Alzheimer's disease patients - a discovery that could point toward potential treatments, accordin...

A University of Utah study suggests that memories are held in our brains because certain proteins serve as anchors, holding other proteins in place to strengthen synapses, which are connections between nerve cells. "The essential idea is t...

1. Moving Calcium from Store to Store Yu Mi Choi, Shin Hye Kim, Sungkwon Chung, Dae Yong Uhm, and Myoung Kyu Park Most cells, including neurons, have developed multiple safeguards to keep internal calcium low; thus, calcium signals are usu...

Dr. Jeffrey L. Saver, professor of neurology at the David Geffen School of Medicine at UCLA and director of the UCLA Stroke Center, received the American Heart Association (AHA) Stroke Council Award Nov. 13 at the AHA Scientific Sessions C...

Scientists at UT Southwestern Medical Center in Dallas and Immunotec Research Ltd. have initiated a study in which a specially formulated whey protein isolate (Immunocal)will be used to raise glutathione levels in an attempt to lessen symp...

The DRAXIMAGE radiopharmaceutical business unit of DRAXIS Health Inc. (TSX: DAX) (NASDAQ: DRAX) has been approved by the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) to run two clinical trials using radioactive Iobenguane I-131 Injection (also...

Canadian Health Minister, Tony Clement, announced a package of initiatives to improve research and knowledge on ASD (Autism Spectrum Disorders). He said the aim will be to help families and individuals who face the challenges of ASD. Cleme...

Many women experience declines in their memory during and after menopause, a change thought to be due, in part, to the rapid hormonal changes they weather during that time. Now, research from the University of Michigan Health System sugges...

Millennium Research Group (MRG), the global authority on medical technology market intelligence, has conducted a detailed and thorough analysis of the US critical care patient monitoring market and finds that neonatal electroencephalograph...