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Mental Health Law Weekly

Susan Hasty, Publisher

Table of Contents . . . April 23rd, 2005

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Axonyx, Inc. - Additional results reported from phase III trial of Alzheimer drug

Harris Interactive Inc. - 27% of adults needed or received mental health treatment within last two years

Institut Univ. de Medecine Legale, Switzerland - More evidence of cannabis-induced psychosis found

Karolinska Institute - Acute colitis studied, attenuation via NPYY1 receptor signaling block reported

Martek Biosciences Corporation - A dietary omega-3 fatty acid could protect against Alzheimer, mouse study shows

Aalborg Hospital - Rat study may prove useful in understanding digestive tract during early life

Academia Sinica - Baculovirus drives insect-specific neurotoxin expression

American Psychiatric Foundation - Recognition given for advancing minority mental health

Boston University - Benefits of black tea consumption may not be attributable to tea catechins

Boston University - Neurotransmitter conjugate activates membrane receptors

BrainStorm Cell Therapeutics - Neuroscience company appoints Ole Isacson to scientific advisory board

CHU Henri Mondor - Utility of neural transplantation in PD treatment reviewed

Cell Therapeutics, Inc. - Phase III study of XYOTAX results reported

Charite University Hospital, Berlin - High-field MRI allows tracking of minimal number of cells

Chi Mei Medical Center - Heat shock pretreatment protects against striatal ischemia in rats

Children's Hospital, Pittsburgh - Treatment strategies for high-risk medulloblastoma and neuroectodermal tumors

Children's Memorial Hospital, Chicago - Schwann cell and neuroblast interactions impact neuroblastoma biology

Chungbuk National University - Reports advance knowledge in neuroscience research

Cincinnati Children's Hospital - PARP-1 may provide cardioprotection by regulating signal transduction pathways

Claude Bernard University - Studies advance knowledge in neuroscience research

Columbia University, New York - Cardiac practices lack guidelines for managing psychosocial risk factors

DOV Pharmaceutical, Inc. - Company reports on "most productive year to date"

DeltaBouman Psychiatric Teaching Hospital - Oral risperidone with lorazepam suitable for acute psychosis treatment

Deutsch Herzzentrum, Munich - NT-pro-BNP concentrations are high across spectrum of coronary artery disease

Eating Disorders - Eating disorders are often undetected in pregnant women

Elekta, Inc. - Elekta Neuromag receives regulatory approval in Canada

Emory University - Aspirin safer than warfarin for treating blocked arteries in the brain

Erasmus University Medical Center, Rotterdam - O2 consumption is similar to supply in remodeled myocardium during exercise

European Commission - Europe faces brain drain unless it doubles amount spent on cancer research

Evotec OAI, AG - ENS in-licenses a compound

Free University of Berlin - CCK analyzed, inhibition of ghrelin orexigenic effect revealed

GW Medical Technologies, LLC - Pilot study of LymPro, a blood test for Alzheimer disease, launched

Graduate Institute of Medical Sciences, Taipei - Minocycline eases Fas-mediated fulminant hepatitis in mice

Gunma University - Studies may provide mechanistic explanation for effects of carvedilol in HF

Henry Ford Health System, Detroit - Cortical hyperexcitability characterized before and after valproate treatment

JLF UK - Non-linear measurement of HRV distinguishes cardiac dysregulation

Johns Hopkins University - Some brain cells "change channels" to fine-tune the message

Johnson & Johnson Pharmaceutical R&D LLC - Putative tumor suppressor DMBT1 is estrogen-regulated in uterus

Karolinska Hospital & Institute - Galnon stimulates insulin secretion in pancreatic islets of rats

Karolinska Institute, Stockholm - The effect of mobile phone radiation on biological stress needs more study

Kyoto University - Dopaminergic neurons from monkey ESCs function in Parkinson primate model

McMaster University, Hamilton - Protein expression in the schizophrenic brain studied, decrease observed

Medical Care Corporation - Alzheimer treatment improves with new diagnostic method

Medical College of Georgia - Neuregulin-induced expression of the acetylcholine receptor requires endocytosis

Medical College of Georgia - Researchers search for first sign of failing heart

Medical Univ. of South Carolina, Charleston - New research in the area of neuroendocrinology detailed

Medical University of Vienna - Oxidative stress is a factor in pathogenesis and progression of CV disease

Mental Health - Therapist discusses coping with anger

National Cardiovascular Center, Osaka - Exercise-induced inferior ischemia activates the cardioinhibitory reflex

National Institute of Neuroscience, Tokyo - Findings advance knowledge in neuroscience research

National Yang Ming University, Taipei - Distinct cytogenetic factors guide thymic neuroendocrine tumor formation

Neurosciences Institute, San Diego - Brain-based device facilitates analysis of behavior-related neural activity

Niigata University - Virus-mediated endostatin gene transfer may cure malignant brain tumors

Pasquinucci Hospital, Massa - Oxidative stress may be responsible for accumulation of mtDNA damage in CAD

Proneuron Biotechnologies - Biotech company's ProCord granted European patent

Queen's University, Ontario - Chronic pain treatments more effective when taken together

Senexis Limited - Drug development company and BioFocus announce collaboration

Smell & Taste Treatment and Research Foundation - Sense of taste is key to weight loss, study shows

St. John Hospital, Detroit - Left atrial dimension was associated with presence of coronary artery calcium

St. Jude Children's Hospital, Memphis - Cranial irradiation linked to impaired white matter development in children

Stanford University - Expressive writing may help reduce depression in survivors

Stanford University Medical Center - First real-time view of developing neurons reveals surprises, say researchers

Tehran University of Med Science - Magnesium controls STZ-induced diabetes and prevents its vascular complications

Tokyo University of Agriculture & Technology - Mechanism of dicyclanil-induced hepatocarcinogenesis determined

TorreyPines Therapeutics - Researchers identify gene that may increase risk of late-onset Alzheimer disease

Univ. of California, Los Angeles - Brain activity flags vulnerability to antidepressant side effects

Univ. of California, San Diego - Interleukin-6 appears associated with sleep quality

Univ. of Virginia Health Systems, Charlottesville - Researchers describe findings in angiology studies

Universidad Nacional Autonoma de Mexico - Reports add new data to diabetic nephropathy research

University Hospital, Munster - Glioma invasion genes function differentially in the brain and in vitro

University of Birmingham - Research shows Parkinson may be a disease of autointoxication

University of Bordeaux 1, Talence - Cellular stress factors propel the angiogenic switch in tumors

University of British Columbia - Chemokine IL-8 analyzed, influence in human microglia revealed

University of California Los Angeles - Limbic structures participate in responding to hypoxic challenges

University of California, Davis -  MECP2 deficiency lowers UBE3A and GABRB3 expression

University of Cincinnati - Impaired memory of drug-abusing couples causes disputes about IPV instances

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