Mental Health Law Weekly

Legal Issues - Organ donation group insists man was properly declared dead

Manchester Royal Infirm - Diabetic foot management reviewed

Mayo Clinic and Mayo Foundation - Antibody-induced remyelination characterized with MRI

McGill University - Metallothionein protects motor neurons in culture from oxidative stress

Medtronic, Inc. - StimPilot System launched for DBS surgery

National Autonomous University of Mexico - Hippocampal MAP2 distribution during estrous cycle determined

National Cancer Center, Tokyo - Early CNS complications follow reduced-intensity stem cell transplantation

National Jewish Medical Center, Denver - d4T treatment enhances mitochondrial oxidative stress

National Research Council of Canada - Novel process improves data mining of gene expression changes

National Research Council, Italy - Common mechanisms facilitate the death of neurons

National Tropical Botanical Garden, Hawaii - Mechanism proposed for development of neurodegenerative disease in Guam

National University, San Luis - Variable cholinergic agent activity in estrous cycle regulates ovarian steroids

Nestec Ltd - Matrix-bound nitrofuran residues in honey analyzed

Nordic Naturals - Provider of essential fatty acids releases Omega 3.6.9 Junior

Ohio State University - Survivors may have less ability to learn certain tasks

Oregon Health & Science University - Dantrolene and chlorzoxazone linked to rare serious hepatotoxicity

Pennsylvania State University - Calcium ion-phosphate transfection facilitates gene study in single neurons

RESOLVE - Survey shows women unaware of factors that cause future fertility problem

Repligen Corporation - Pharma company initiates clinical trial for obsessive compulsive disorder

Rice University - Study probes basic science related to AD, other diseases

Royal Free and University College - Hyperlipidemia does not affect circulating Abeta 40 levels

SCHWARZ PHARMA, INC. - Pharma company announces orally dissolving tablets for Parkinson Disease

Schizophrenia Association of Great Britain - The frizzled-3 gene and schizophrenia cannot be linked in British populations

St. Louis University - Testosterone may help in recovery from strokes

Stanford University - Retinal cell migration phenomenon may aid implant design

Stanford University - Transplanted CNS cells survive/migrate/differentiate in ischemic cerebral cortex

State University of New York - Long thought inflexible, personality disorders show evidence of change

Stockholm University - COMT gene polymorphism correlates with adult and old age memory function

Sunnybrook & Women's College - Antioxidants block prostate cancer in transgenic mice

Taipei Veterans General Hosp. - Study says women don't suddenly experience memory loss upon menopause

U.S. National Institutes of Health - Blocked rhinal cortex D2 receptor protein interrupts learning cues in monkeys

U.S. National Institutes of Health - Effects of inorganic arsenic on hepatic gene expression determined

U.S. National Institutes of Health - Select alleles in females make early adversity a mental health risk factor

U.S. National Institutes of Health - Vision area of the brain finds new work as language processor in blind people

Univ. of California, San Diego - Minor depression is effectively treated with medication

Univ. of Illinois, Chicago - Clinical trial will see if botanicals can reduce memory loss in menopause

Universidad Miguel Hernandez, Alicante - Piceid and resveratrol content in Monastrell grapes determined

Universitat Autonoma de Barcelona - C-terminal domain of tetanus heavy chain rescues neurons from apoptosis