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Pain and Central Nervous System Week

Susan Hasty, Publisher

Table of Contents . . . May 5th, 2003

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Dystonia - FDA grants expanded use of brain implant for movement disorder

Parkinson Disease - UF scientists to test testosterone on symptoms in men

Gene Distribution - Class III alcohol dehydrogenase mRNA is the only one detected in adult brains

Migraine Headache - Sufferers may not be receiving most effective treatment

Multiple Sclerosis - Interferon beta-1a may lessen brain atrophy

Pain Medicine - Higher pain tolerance in males can't be bought

Alzheimer Disease - Three new products launched for detecting genetic mutations

Amyotrophic Lateral Sclerosis - Transgenic mouse model shows glial factor prevents motor neuron loss

Autoimmune Disease Vaccine - Soluble tumor necrosis factor receptor improves autoimmune neuritis in mice

Borrelia Burgdorferi - Activated CD8+ T cells increase clonally in the CNS

Bowel Inflammations - Potassium channel IK1 and neurotrophin-3 are decreased in the nerves

Brain Tumors - Patients receiving a Gliadel wafer have a higher incidence of infection

Cancer Pain - Better directions and practice screens would improve PAINReportIt questionnaire

Cognitive Impairment - Company begins dosing patients in brain protection indication for dexanabinol

Diabetic Neuropathy - Abnormal PI3 kinase/Akt signal pathway in nerves of diabetic rats

Diabetic Neuropathy - Diagnostics and therapy of diabetic nephropathy reviewed

Diabetic Neuropathy - Insulin signal disruption significant in diabetic protein synthesis regulation

Diabetic Neuropathy - Lower extremity amputations at 8% in diabetic Mexican American elders

Diabetic Neuropathy - Neurotrophin treatment restores diabetes-induced cutaneous axon loss in mice

Diabetic Neuropathy - Nimodipine exerts antinociceptive effect on diabetic neuropathic pain

Diabetic Neuropathy - Overexpression of PKC-delta reverses retarded neurite outgrowth in rats

Down Syndrome - Study suggests link to neural tube defects

Encephalomyelitis - Rare case of ADEM developing after allogeneic bone marrow transplantation

Epilepsy - Study results on harkoseride presented at meeting

Eye Nerve Death - Axotomy induces cytochrome c release in retinal ganglion cells

Focal Brain Ischemia - Glutamate receptor antagonists modulate heat shock protein response

Glioblastoma - Temozolomide can induce apoptosis, but resistance occurs if given in low doses

Glutamine Repeat Diseases - Histone H3 is phosphorylated in Huntington disease

Huntington Disease - Emory University researchers study earliest signs of disease

Inherited Neoplasia - Homozygous mutations in the same genes result in severe neurological impairment

Marine Science - Cholestyramine shows protective effects for marine toxin poisoning

Metastatic Pain - Percutaneous CT stabilization relieves pain from sacroiliac metastases

Multiple Sclerosis - Flavonoids may be able to decrease myelin phagocytosis by macrophages

Multiple Sclerosis - Meta-analysis shows Copaxone slows accumulated disability

Multiple Sclerosis - Mutations in toll-like receptor 4 are at the same frequency as in normals

Murine Neuroblastoma - Alpha 2,9-PolyNeu5Ac glycoprotein in C-1300 is discovered

Nasopharyngeal Carcinoma - Nasopharyngeal cancer pain during radiation therapy is often undertreated

Nerve Growth Factor - Unmedicated psychotics and medicated schizophrenics have lower levels

Neuroactive Molecules - Astrocytes perform calcium dependent exocytosis of atrial natriuretic peptide

Neuroblastoma - Restoration of TR2 expression enhances IFN-gamma-induced TRAIL sensitivity

Neuronal Ceroid Lipofuscinosis - Data presented on use of stems cells in treatment of Batten disease

Neuroscience - Connexins improve the bystander effects of suicide gene therapy

Parkinson Disease - Behavioral impairment measures are improved in a new MPTP mouse model

Parkinson Disease - Brainy robot breaks new ground in Parkinson research

Parkinson Disease - Neuropeptide Y mRNA expression is differentially upregulated

Postoperative Analgesia - Cryolesioning may result in suitable postoperative analgesia

Postoperative Pain - Patient satisfaction is influenced by effectiveness of medication

Posture Support - Chiropractors endorse seating solution

Radiation Therapy - Hyperbaric oxygen doesn't improve tolerance to subsequent re-irradiation

Schizophrenia - Elevated blood superoxide dismutase correlates with degree of disease

Stem Cell Research - BMP4 mediates astrocyte differentiation

Stem Cell Research - Neurotrophins stimulate neurotransmitter-synthesizing enzyme expression

Stroke - Antisense oligonucleotide to angiotensin II receptor prevents cerebral ischemia

Wound Healing - Human adherent monocytes/macrophages can now be isolated and cryopreserved

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