Among the many thousands of proteins in the cell, some are essential players while some are "hangers-on." The neuronal protein syntaxin is essential. Without it, you die. A more recently discovered protein called tomosyn hangs on, or binds...

When contemplating the coos and screams of a fellow member of its species, the rhesus monkey, or macaque, makes use of brain regions that correspond to the two principal language centers in the human brain, according to research conducted...

Researchers at the University of Pennsylvania School of Medicine found that chronic ibuprofen therapy given after brain injury worsens cognitive abilities. These findings - in a preliminary, animal-model study - have important implications...

Severely ill patients with anxiety disorders or Obsessive-Compulsive Disorder undergoing neurosurgical treatment risk serious complications. The safety of the method must be carefully reconsidered. This according to the largest study made...

Researchers at Pablo Olavide University (Seville) and 22 European countries will shortly be working on a scientific project called NEREPLAS. Two of its aims are to carry out a detailed analysis of the brain mechanisms involved in the learn...

For the first time, research has shown that the autistic brain has fewer neurons in an area related to emotion and social behavior, according to a study published in the July 19 issue of The Journal of Neuroscience. This study provides...

Chronic pain affects approximately 48 million people in the U.S. and current medications are either largely ineffective or have serious side effects. But researchers from Columbia University Medical Center have discovered a protein in nerv...

The International League Against Epilepsy has set treatment guidelines for antiepileptic drugs, as published in the journal Epilepsia . The guidelines call for more thorough and specific studies before a treatment is decided upon for a...

Multiple Sclerosis patients who receive a brief course of Mitoxantrone, and then Cupaxone, experience a reduced replase rate of 90%, according to a five-year study carried out at The Walton Centre for Neurology, Liverpool, UK. A further te...

Transplanting human embryonic stem cells does not cause harm and can be used as a therapeutic strategy for the treatment of acute spinal cord injury, according to a recent study by UC Irvine researchers. UCI neurobiologist Hans Keirstead a...