 
Neurology News Treating Brain Injuries With Stem Cell Transplants - Promising Results Sun, 05 Feb 2012 00:00:00 PST The February edition of Neurosurgery reports that animal experiments in brain-injured rats have shown that stem cells injected via the carotid artery travel directly to the brain, greatly enhancing functional recovery... Memory Function - Decaffeinated Coffee May Help Sun, 05 Feb 2012 00:00:00 PST Drinking decaffeinated coffee may improve brain energy metabolism associated with diabetes type 2, according to a study published in Nutritional Neuroscience and carried out by researchers at Mount Sinai School of Medicine. Brain energy metabolism is a dysfunction with a known risk factor for dementia and other neurodegenerative disorders like Alzheimer's disease... Does A Lab-Measured Compassionate Brain Fare Well In Real Life? Sat, 04 Feb 2012 11:00:00 PST A new series of studies is being launched by the University of Wisconsin-Madison, exploring insight knowledge on how laboratory measures of moral qualities, such as compassion, relate to real-life behavior. Founder of the UW's Center for Investigating Healthy Minds (CIHM), Dr. Richard J. Davidson at the Waisman Center, was awarded a three-year, $1... Link Between Insulin Resistance And Brain Health In Elderly Fri, 03 Feb 2012 01:00:00 PST New research from Uppsala University shows that reduced insulin sensitivity is linked to smaller brain size and deteriorated language skills in seniors. The findings are now published in the scientific journal Diabetes Care. The main hormonal function of insulin is to support the uptake and use of glucose in muscles and fat tissues... Study Of Human And Other Primate Brains Finds Extended Synaptic Development May Explain Our Cognitive Edge Fri, 03 Feb 2012 00:00:00 PST Over the first few years of life, human cognition continues to develop, soaking up information and experiences from the environment and far surpassing the abilities of even our nearest primate relatives...  |
