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...

Researchers at the University of Rochester may have answered one of neuroscience's most vexing questions--how can it be that our neurons, which are responsible for our crystal-clear thoughts, seem to fire in utterly random ways? In the Nov...

The risk of a Gulf War veteran developing Lou Gehrig's disease (ALS) later on is 50% higher than for other people, say researchers from the Institute of Medicine (IOM), USA. ALS is a neurodegenerative disease, which is often fatal - the pa...