Pain and Central Nervous System Week

Prion Diseases - RNA may boost rogue prions

Spinal Cord Injury - Thoughts translate to actions

Alzheimer Disease - Animal research points to new direction for AD therapy

Neuroscience - Role of dopamine D4 receptor gene mutations in ADHD clarified

Stroke Rehabilitation - Imagining movement of affected limbs aids stroke recovery

Addiction Medicine - Researchers receive $4.9 million grant to continue study of prenatal exposure

Adverse Drug Effects - Apoptosis precedes necrosis in acetaminophen-induced liver injury

Alzheimer Disease - Breakthrough cancer drug offers hope for Alzheimer patients

Alzheimer Disease - Consortium formed to advance state-of-the-art neurological research

Alzheimer Disease - Early, accurate diagnosis of AD possible with urine sample

Alzheimer Disease - Exercise and caregiver training can improve mood, physical health for patients

Alzheimer Disease - Insulin and IGF-1 may have therapeutic roles in Alzheimer disease

Alzheimer Disease - Physicist devises way to observe protein folding

Amyotrophic Lateral Sclerosis - Oxidative stress involved in neurodegeneration of ALS

Anal Fissures - Enrollment in Cellegesic phase III trial passes two-thirds mark

Antineuronal Antibodies - Anti-Ma2 antibody may occur in breast cancer expressing Ma1, Ma2, and Ma3

Antipneumococcal Activity - LPS binding protein also binds non-lipid sections of pneumococcal cell wall

Arteriovenous Fistulae - Treatment and outcome of spinal dural arteriovenous fistulas are examined

Autoimmune Disease - Protein microarrays guide DNA vaccine treatment of autoimmune disease

Behcet Disease - Finding genetic, environmental factors in Behcet disease may help predict risk

Biogenic Amine Transporters - Lymphocytes transport neurotransmitters; transporter substrates alter immunity

Brain Cancer - Study of brain tumors points to resection over biopsy as one key to survival

Brain Injury - Damage to the frontal lobes can affect a person's ability to "stay on the job"

Brain Tumors - Combination of 2D PAGE, MALDI-TOF-MS successful as global screening tool for CSF

Brain Tumors - New 3-D tortuosity metric seems to detect several kinds of abnormalities

Cancer - Sleep may fight cancer progression

Central Nervous System - FDA puts phase III trial of antianxiety product on hold

Central Nervous System - Myelin-associated inhibitors of axonal regeneration reviewed

Cerebral Aneurysms - NIH grant to be used for development of a collagen-based coil

Cerebral Malaria - Role of TNF-alpha in cerebral malaria pathogenesis reviewed

Cognitive Function - Biological basis for creativity linked to mental illness

Complementary and Alternative Medicine - St. John's wort affects neuroendocrine responses to 5-T-2A agonist

Degenerative Brain Diseases - Squid research unlocking mysteries of the brain

Depression - Regulatory plan reiterated after pre-PMA-S meeting with FDA

Dermatology - FDA approves generic lidocaine/prilocaine cream

Developmental Biology - Study describes how genes orchestrate facial expressions

Emotion - Pathways of emotion - from cortex to peripheral organs - described

Emotion - Rejection really hurts, psychologists find

Endothelium - Flk-1 and Flt-1 receptors take a time-dependent course in rat brain expression

Epilepsy - Company receives tentative approval for generic Topiramate tablets

Epilepsy - Magnetic fields guide brain surgery

Fetal Medicine - Toxemia, specific language impairment may be caused by low essential fatty acids

Fragile X Syndrome - Neurodegeneration caused by the fragile X premutation rCGG repeats

Gene Targeting - Lentiviral vectors have advantages for brain cell transfection

Generalized Anxiety Disorder - Lexapro gets approvable letter from FDA

Genetic Disorders - Gene locus for novel form of Joubert syndrome identified

Genetic Disorders - Hereditary sensory neuropathy locus found on chromosome 3p22-p24

Genetic Disorders - Loci with possible effects on age of Huntington disease onset identified

Geriatrics - Gender and apolipoprotein E are predictive factors for Alzheimer disease

Glioma - ERBB receptor tyrosine kinases, cellular radiation responses reviewed

HIV/AIDS Neurotoxicity - Schwann cell chemokine receptors mediate HIV gp120 toxicity to sensory neurons

HIV/AIDS Vaccine - Adenoviral vector HIV vaccine stimulates enhanced mucosal IgA response

Headache and Migraine -  ATP1A2 mutations linked to familial migraine with aura

Hearing Disorders - Genes that regulate hearing link humans and fruit flies in new way

Hematology - Brain morphogenetic gene Otx1 plays unexpected role in hematopoiesis