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The image shows Dr Tandon operating on a patient to place electrodes on the brain.

·January 29, 2013·3 min read

In-Brain Monitoring Shows Memory Network

Working with patients with electrodes implanted in their brains, researchers show that areas of the brain work simultaneously to recall memories. The approach promises new insights into how we remember details of time and place.

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·March 30, 2011·1 min read

New Method to Localize Epileptic Focus in Severe Epilepsy

The first two stereo-EEG explorations in Finland were carried out by neurosurgeons of the Epilepsy surgery team in Helsinki University...

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·May 16, 2012·3 min read

Researcher Discovers Role of Gene Variant Associated with Alzheimer’s Disease in Damage to Brain Circulation, Function

A gene variant responsible for vascular damage to the brain is a promising new target for drug therapy to fight...

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·January 25, 2012·4 min read

Researchers Induce Alzheimer’s Neurons from Pluripotent Stem Cells

First-ever feat provides new method to understand cause of disease, develop drugs Led by researchers at the University of California,...

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·June 27, 2012·3 min read

Brain Scans Detect Early Signs of Autism

A new study shows significant differences in brain development in high-risk infants who develop autism starting as early as age...

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·September 15, 2010·1 min read

Human Neural Stem Cells Reverse Rat Stroke Brain Damage

Neuralstem has released a new report detailing positive results for stem cell treatments. Initial findings show that not only do implanted human spinal cord-derived stem cells survive, but also differentiate into neurons in rats brains affected by strokes. This finding could potentially provide new therapies for treating strokes.

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·June 30, 2011·3 min read

Scientists Use ‘Optogenetics’ to Control Reward-Seeking Behavior

The findings suggest that therapeutics targeting the path between two critical brain regions, the amygdala and the nucleus accumbens, represent...

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·April 8, 2011·2 min read

World First: Discovery of a Common Genetic Cause of Autism and Epilepsy

Researchers from the CHUM Research Centre (CRCHUM) have identified a new gene that predisposes people to both autism and epilepsy....

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·January 22, 2013·4 min read

Discovering the “Needle in a Haystack” for Muscular Dystrophy Patients

Scientists identified a sequence in the dystrophin gene that is essential for helping muscle tissues function, a breakthrough discovery that could lead to treatments for the deadly hereditary disease.

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·January 28, 2013·3 min read

Protein Family Linked to Autism Suppresses the Development of Inhibitory Synapses

A study shows another family of proteins linked to neurodevelopmental disorders regulates the function of neuroligins and neurexins in order to suppress the development of inhibitory synapses.