Pain and Central Nervous System Week

Parkinson Disease - Brain-derived neurotrophic factor controls dopamine D3 receptor expression

Huntington Disease - Simple sugar could prevent degenerative disorder

Infectious Disease - Vertebral cryptococcosis can mimic tuberculosis

Information Technology - Electronic patient diaries distributed for phase III trial of back pain therapy

Insomnnia - A pill-free route to better sleep for elderly

Intraoperative Awareness - Published study results show BIS monitoring reduces intraoperative awareness

Long-Term Care - Nursing homes may need help instituting clinical practice guidelines

Memory - Rat brain reverberations during sleep described

Mergers and Acquisitions - Northwest Toxicology to be acquired by LabOne

Mergers and Acquisitions - Pain relief company completes merger

Motor Control - Brain offers an ultra-fast neural code at your fingertips

Stem-Cell Research - Hematopoietic progenitor subset expresses neural genes

Multiple Sclerosis - High intake of vitamin D linked to reduced risk of MS

Multiple Sclerosis - Taking vitamin D supplements lowers women's risk of MS

Neural Repair - Keck Foundation grant launches interdisciplinary brain research at Illinois

Neurodegeneration - Metabotropic glutamate receptor agonist prevents neuropathological changes

Neuroscience - G protein modules voltage-gated calcium channels

Neuroscience - Kinase inhibitors on TGF-beta induced upregulation of Kv1.3 K⁺ channels

Neuroscience - VEGF plays a significant role in maintaining nervous system integrity

Nicotine Addiction - Hidden cues that make smokers light up

Niemann-Pick Disease - Niemann-Pick type C disease associated with peripheral neuropathy

Pain Medicine - Drugs in obstetrical epidurals are not linked to chronic adhesive arachnoiditis

Alcoholism - Adolescent rodents experience milder hangover effects than do adult rodents

Pain Medicine - Sex differences account for pain response and treatment outcomes

Pain Medicine - Temporomandibular pain in women aligns with menstrual cycle phases

Paraplegia - Understanding nerve degeneration in spastic paraplegia

Personnel - Ivy Bernhardson named Hazelden general counsel

Personnel - Management additions announced at neurotechnology company

Postoperative Pain - Results of the postoperative pain management project are described

Protein Kinase C - p190RhoGAP plays role in protein kinase C epsilon morphological changes

Receptor Studies - Negative feedback involved in release of substance P from afferent fibers

Reproductive Medicine - Chronic morphine exposure during puberty won't alter rodent maternal behavior

Sandhoff Disease - Autoantibodies at large in Sandhoff disease

Alcoholism - Dependence gene identified

St. John's Wort - Hyperforin enhances proteolytic processing of beta-amyloid precursor protein

Stem-Cell Research - Bax and Bak regulate size of neural stem-cell pool

Stress Response - Melanocortin receptor ligands affect neuronal activities in rat model

Stroke - Risk for lowered cognitive performance is greater in people at high risk for stroke

Stroke - Study documents benefits of acupuncture

Substance Abuse - Ecstasy affects memory, new international study shows

Substance Abuse - Heavy drinkers use narcotics to relieve back pain, despite possible interactions

Trauma - Keeping synapses clean may hold key to fear-conditioning

Weight Loss - Dieters seek alternatives to ephedra

Weight Loss - Study suggests dieters shouldn't give up - slimming hormone waits to be unleashed

Alcoholism - Genetic variation may influence drinking to relieve social anxiety, improve mood