Mental Health Business Week

Johns Hopkins University, U.S. - Valproic acid prevents brain injury in canine model of hypothermic circulatory arrest

Johnson & Johnson - Paliperidone ER appears to significantly delay symptom recurrence in schizophrenia

Kaiser Permanente Medical Center, Walnut Creek - Findings from the United States and Germany in diagnostics provide new insights

Kennedy Krieger Institute, U.S. - Study confirms men and women use different parts of brain in language and visuospatial tasks

King's College London, U.K. - Children of depressed women are at elevated risk of suffering physical and emotional abuse

Leibniz Institute of Neurobiology, Magdeburg - Recent findings from Germany, the South Korea and the United States illuminate research in proteins

Loyola Marymount University, U.S. - Laboratory gambling task measures risky decision making in adults with HIV/AIDS

Ludwig-Maximilians University, Germany - Prefrontal transcranial magnetic stimulation causes striatal dopamine release in depression

Lund University, Sweden - Ross River glycoprotein-pseudotyped lentiviral vector is used to transduce neurons

M.D. Anderson Cancer Center - Research from the United States add new data to cancer treatment body of knowledge

Maastricht University, Netherlands - Psychometric properties of revised Piper Fatigue Scale in Dutch cancer patients deemed satisfactory

Max Planck Institute of Neurobiology, Germany - Researchers highlight effects of B cells, immunoglobulin in the central nervous system

McGill University, Canada - Cancer patients benefited from meaning-making cancer coping strategies

Medical University, Poland - New findings from Poland, Norway and Brazil in the area of hypertension described

Mental Health - Locating mental health providers in pediatric practices improves quality of care

Michigan State University, U.S. - Exposure to concentrated ambient particles may aggravate allergic airway disease

National Cancer Institute, U.S. - Stress kinase mediates cytotoxic effects of thalidomide analogue in cancer cells

National Research Council of Canada - Researchers from Canada and the United States report details of new studies and findings in the area of cancer treatment

National Taiwan University, Taiwan -  Lactobacillus-fermented milk decreases cholesterol levels

National University of Singapore, Singapore - Recombinant baculovirus used for malignant glioma therapy

Neurologische Universitatsklinik, Freiburg, Germany - Role of functional imaging in neurological disorders is focus of review

Neurologix - Neurologix names Sapan chief development officer

NorthPoint Domain - NorthPoint Domain launches Neuroscience Domain as specialty business unit

Oxford University, U.K. - Manipulating personal standards affects eating attitudes and behavior

Pacific Institute for Research & Evaluation, U.S. - Societal costs of underage drinking are high

Pennsylvania State University, U.S. - Mercury is found in largemouth bass from five South Carolina reservoirs

Psychiatric Solutions - Psychiatric Solutions purchases National Deaf Academy and Cedars Hospital

Selcuk University, Konya - New findings in atherosclerosis described from Turkey, Germany and Japan

Shionogi & Co - Positive results reported from study of neuropeptide Y5 receptor antagonist in obesity

Simmons College - Suicidal thoughts in teens may predict adulthood mental health problems, new study finds

SmartBead Technologies - Cambridge merger creates Pronostics

Society for Neuroscience - An autistic brain has fewer neurons for processing emotion, social behavior

Stroke - Functional brain MRI may predict therapeutic gains after stroke

Synthetic Blood International - Brain injury patients treated with synthetic blood have higher brain oxygen, data show

Technical University of Munich - Researchers from the United States and Japan report details of new studies and findings in the area of anesthesia

Teva Pharmaceutical - Teva's U.S. marketing subsidiary to promote rasagiline tablets for Parkinson disease

Tokyo Medical & Dental University, Japan - Voglibose reduces oxidative stress markers and soluble adhesion molecules in obese diabetics

avVaa - avVaa World Health Care Products reports promising research findings on developing products