Pain and Central Nervous System Week

Diabetic Neuropathy - Supporting sensory neurons may aid diabetic patients

Drug Delivery - Transdermal permeation of synthetic cannabinoids determined

Epilepsy - Effects of vagus nerve stimulation on cortical excitability determined

Knee Replacement - Obdurator nerve block enhances femoral nerve block analgesia

Neuroscience - Hepatitis A virus infection sparks acute disseminated encephalomyelitis

Addiction Medicine - Novel model improves assessment of methadone compliance

Adolescent Health - Many adolescent girls experience headache, stomachache, back pain and fatigue

Alzheimer Disease - "Tangled" rat provides landmark experimental model

Alzheimer Disease - Early clinical treatment can halt progression of AD

Alzheimer Disease - HIV survivors vulnerable to dementia?

Alzheimer Disease - Immune therapy "untangles" Alzheimer plaques

Alzheimer Disease - Mice overexpressing A-beta are incomplete model of Alzheimer disease

Alzheimer Disease - New drug treats both symptoms and cause of Alzheimer disease

Alzheimer Disease - Oakland facility may have found possible contributing cause of AD

Alzheimer Disease Therapy - Vaccine reduces A-beta levels in non-human primate

Amyotrophic Lateral Sclerosis - Orphan drug designation granted by FDA for drug candidate to treat ALS

Antiretroviral Therapy - Mental illness and sociological factors impact antiretroviral adherence

Arrhythmias - Diffuse T-wave inversions can occur with electroconvulsive therapy

Arthritis - A novel therapy of murine collagen-induced arthritis with soluble T1/ST2

Autism - Physiological treatment center uses LifeShirt to measure signs of autism

Awards - 2004 Alzheimer Award presented to Lester I. Binder

Bovine Spongiform Encephalopathy - Human mad cow infection may be more widespread than previously thought

Brain Aneurysm - 3D CT cisternogram useful for preoperative contour evaluation

Brain Cancer - 3-D irradiation of brain cancer in children can spare cognitive functions

Brain Cancer - 3-D irradiation of brain tumors in children spares IQ, memory

Brain Cancer - Clusters of alterations on PIK3CA gene found in brain cancers

Brain Cancer - Small molecule inhibitors thwart glioma growth

Brain Tumor - Nutritional rehabilitation may help growth in pediatric brain cancer patients

Brain Tumor - Permanently implanted device used for intratumoral chemotherapy in rat brain

Business & Finance - CHRONOGESIC maker reports increased Q2 revenue, updates development programs

Business & Finance - Medical device company announces financial results

Business & Finance - Neuroscience-based biotech updates Q2, reports $118 million net loss

Central Nervous System - Estrogen facilitates neurite extension via ApoE in mouse cortical neurons

Cerebral Palsy - United Cerebral Palsy extends resources, services through MetDESK

Cholesterol - Lipid association releases findings attitudes about over-the-counter statins

Collaborations - Target & marker discovery collaboration with Merck to focus on AD

Depression - Boomers warned to watch for signs of elderly depression

Depression - Depression traced to overactive brain circuit

Depression Therapy - Perospirone may enhance fluoxetine efficacy

Drug Abuse - Relationship between psychiatric disorders and addiction explored in report

Drug Addiction - Cocaine does not affect dopamine synthesis in rats

Drug Development - Drug developer receives approval for drug bringing 2004 total approvals to 10

Drug Development - Enrollment completed in clinical trial for Gaucher disease

Drug Development - Manhattan Pharmaceuticals, Inc., to file for IND for lingual spray sedative

Drug Development - Novel selective GSK-3beta inhibitors synthesized

Environmental Health - Hardness of drinking water studied as cardio-, cerebrovascular disease risk

Environmental Toxins - Study finds high mercury in lake fish

Epilepsy - Patent application filed for epilepsy compound

Erectile Dysfunction - FDA clears device for erectile dysfunction

Finance - Drug development company reports 2004 second quarter results

Finance - Neuromodulation device maker reports net income increases 48%

Finance - Pharma company specializing in neurodegenerative diseases secures financing

Finance - Strong second quarter for pharmaceutical company, 2004 to be very good year

Geriatrics - Use of statin drugs for Alzheimer treatment gaining wide attention

HIV/AIDS Infection - HIV/AIDS knowledge does not translate into perceived risk

HIV/AIDS Research - Cerebral synthesis of complement factors strongly upregulated in SIV infection

HIV/AIDS Research - HIV Tat protein prevents long-term potentiation in hippocampal CA1 region

HIV/AIDS-Associated Dementia - HIV associated neurodegeneration requires p53 in neurons and microglia