Pain and Central Nervous System Week
Susan Hasty, Publisher
Table of Contents . . . August 11th, 2003
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Cell Biology - New growth-stimulating cue identified for nerve cells
Pain Medicine - Individual genetic differences can lead to severe toxicity, therapeutic failure.
Brain Cancer - Researchers detail events that enable brain tumors to weaken immune system
Diabetic Neuropathy - Diabetic neuropathy and nerve regeneration reviewed
Down Syndrome - Young patients have high Abeta40 only; in the old, Abeta40 and 42 are high
Multiple Sclerosis - Avonex associated with fewer neutralizing antibodies
Acquired Autoimmune Disease - Steroids can treat encephalitis characterized by anti-white matter antibodies
Alzheimer Disease - Common treatment for depression is safe and effective
Alzheimer Disease - Families wanted for gene bank
Autism - Cases may have leveled out in U.K. and previous surge not "real"
Bacterial Pathogenicity - Listerial invasiveness occurs due to listeriolysin O mediated calcium influx
Bone Cancer - Peripheral opioids act as analgesics in bone cancer pain in mice
Brain Glutamine Transport - Glutamine transport at blood-brain, blood-cerebrospinal fluid barriers examined
Brain Tumors - Glutamine transport in C6 glioma cells shows ASCT2 system characteristics
Brain Tumors - Putative tumor suppressor gene KLF6 is mutated in astrocytic gliomas
Brain Tumors - Radiotherapy immediately after hyperbaric oxygenation is feasible for gliomas
Brain Tumors - Researchers develop a representative model of evolution of human gliomas
Brain Tumors - Waterjet used in the resection of brain metastases
CNS Tumors - Inhibition of signaling pathways may represent promising therapeutic strategies
Collaborations - Research agreement signed to discover biomarkers in neurodegenerative diseases
Collaborations - Research partnership broadened in CNS-disease area
Complementary and Alternative Medicine - Acupuncture may work as an anti-inflammatory by control of neuropeptide release
Degenerative Disc Disease - FDA approves radiolucent BAK Vista Interbody Fusion system
Depression - Link between sensory experience and long-term depression described
Diabetic Neuropathy - Diabetic polyneuropathy presentation and treatment reviewed
Diabetic Neuropathy - Nerve decompression procedures improve distal limb function in diabetic rats
Duchenne Muscular Dystrophy - Axonal sprouting for innervation may aid new gene mediated dystrophin therapy
Epilepsy - Maternal gabapentin exposure doesn't compromise pregnancy or developing infants
Epilepsy - Study points to new gene therapy tool in preventing epileptic seizures
Head Injury - Amnesia, confusion may signal concussion
Herbal Medicine - Long-term butterbur use is associated with rare cases of reversible hepatitis
Herpesvirus Latency - The VZV gene 66 is active in latency, phosphorylating IE62 to maintain latency
Huntington Disease - New disease mechanism identified
Intracerebral Hemorrhage - Thrombin exposed macrophages produce MMP-12, minocycline reduces pathology
Lymphoma Therapy - Stem cell transplantation successful in patient with central nervous system lymphoma
Multiple Sclerosis - Serum osteopontin levels vary depending on type of disease and activity
Nerve Grafts - Beta may play a different role from alpha, gamma catenins in nerve regeneration
Neurodegenerative Disease - Acetylcholine-blocking drugs linked to Alzheimer plaques in Parkinson patients
Neurologic Disease - IFN beta helped central and IVIG peripheral demyelination in multiple sclerosis
Neuroscience - The peaks and valleys of the menstrual cycle affect auditory response
Neurosurgery - Live biological tissue bonding technology breakthrough reported
Peripheral Nerve Grafts - Chemically acellularized nerve grafts can support axonal regeneration in rats
Rheumatoid Arthritis - Phase II results reported from trial of AGIX-4207
Spinal Cord Injury - Neuroprosthesis results in better overall health and general well-being
Spinal Muscular Atrophy - Foundations join forces to find a cure or treatment for deadly genetic disease
Stem Cell Research - Neural stem cells have unexplored angiogenic potential
Stem Cell Research - Sonic hedgehog, FGF8 induce dopaminergic phenotypes in neural stem cells
Stroke - Changes in deep brain tissue signal an increased risk
Transcervical Sterilization - First 100 women in EASE treated
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