Mental Health Business Week

Michigan State University - People with low incomes more likely to develop brain tumors

Norwegian Radium Hospital - UV-induced intermediate stage oxidative stress maintains genomic instability

Presidency College, West Bengal - Arsenic trioxide generates islet cell toxicity in rabbits

Pseudobulbar Affect - Symposium addresses pseudobulbar affect in geriatric patients

Queen's University Belfast - Variation in actin-binding gene linked to diabetic nephropathy

RIKEN, Saitama - mtDNA 10398 polymorphism related to maintenance lithium treatment response

Roswell Park Cancer Inst. - Another study finds genetics modified greatly by dietary antioxidants

Royal Children's Hospital, Victoria - Guideline evaluates treatment of infantile spasms

Shaw Environmental Inc. - Novel assay provides improved measure of haloacetic acids in drinking water

Unilever Research Colworth - Standardized whole-blood leukocyte function assay validated

Univ. of California, Davis - Cationic lipid-DNA complexes slow glioblastoma growth in murine models

Univ. of Texas SW Medical Center - Orexin peptides prevent cataplexy in narcolepsy model

University of Alabama - Tissue transglutaminase likely plays important role in neuronal function

University of Alberta - Neuropeptide Y presynaptic actions reduced in obese rat hypothalamus

University of Bonn - Dogma destroyed: "Neural glue" can communicate!

University of California, Riverside - Novel microelectrode array can isolate individual neurons

University of G. D'Annunzio - IL-4 upregulated in AD patients treated with acetylcholinesterase inhibitors

University of Greifswald - Sexual disorders after radical prostatectomy involve the couple

University of Illinois - Gene linked to alcohol dependency

University of Kuopio - Glycoprotein deficiency enhances cortical neuronal excitability

University of Louvain, Brussels - Cxcr4 receptor may exert trophic influences on precursor cell proliferation

University of Maryland - IAP expression induces intestinal epithelial cells to resist apoptosis

University of Munich - Nerve tissue protein S100 levels identify high-risk patients

University of Naples Federico II - Pituitary tumors with D-2 receptor activity respond to cabergoline therapy

University of Padua - High BAb and NAb titers reduce clinical efficacy of IFNbeta in RRMS patients

University of Paris 06 - Soil samples reflect spatial trends for organic pollutants in France

University of Pittsburgh - Repeat radiotherapy offers children with metastatic bone cancer palliation

University of Santiago de Compostela - Rapid fluorimetric microplate assay detects seafood toxins

University of South Florida - Brain cholinergic pathway regulates microglial activation through nAChR

University of South Florida - Full moon exerts no pull on frequency of epileptic seizures

University of Southampton - Food colorings and preservatives have "significant" impact on preschool children

University of Texas - PPARalpha agonists show promise as anti-inflammatory agents

University of Utah - METH increases dopamine transporter higher molecular weight complex formation

University of Wisconsin, Madison - Scientists find a key to cell division

Veterans Army Hospital, Athens - Painless suction drain removal technique developed

Women's Health Research - Group hails introduction of Women's Health Office Act

World Health Organization - World surveys find mental disorders highly prevalent and often untreated

Yale University - CREB binds to multiple loci on chromosome 22