Pain and Central Nervous System Week

Hemifacial Spasm - Abnormal muscle response monitoring useful during microvascular decompression

Hip Replacement - Computer-assisted arthroplasty not linked to permanent nerve injury

Hormones - Estrogen receptor alpha and beta neurons are co-localized in rat hippocampus

Hypertension - Deep brain stimulation can lower blood pressure

Imaging - Origin of intracanalicular neoplasms predicted with high-resolution MR imaging

Infectious Mononucleosis - Corticosteroids are often used in the treatment of infectious mononucleosis

Intracranial Aneurysm - 4-D CT angiography provides valuable information on aneurysm hemodynamics

Intracranial Aneurysm - Stent-assisted coil embolization effective for wide-necked aneurysms

Labor & Delivery - Acceptable level of maternal and neonate side effects found with patient-controlled analgesia

Labor & Delivery - Paracervical block and OB experience play important role in labor pain relief

Leukemia - Clinical testing approved for therapy of relapsed and refractory leukemias

Mental Health - Drug company awards scholarships to winners who have severe mental illnesses

Mental Health - Hange-koboku-to lowers 5-HT levels, and raises DA and HVA levels in mouse model cerebrum

Metastasis - Single brain metastasis treated with surgery

Migraines - Trexima NDA accepted for review by U.S. Food and Drug Administration

Mitochondrial Disease - Foundation funds first clinical fellowship in mitochondrial medicine

Multiple Sclerosis - Avonex is cost-effective for delaying MS onset after single demyelinating event

Multiple Sclerosis - MS progression may be linked to immune cell substance

Muscular Dystrophy - Development-stage biopharmaceutical submits application for orphan drug status for Myodur

Nanotechnology - U.S. NIH awards $3.7M grant for development of molecular imaging, brain tumor therapy agent

Neurodegenerative Disease - Alpha-synuclein double mutant prevents fibril formation

Neurohypophysis - Case of granular cell tumor of the neurohypophysis reported

Neurology - Cerebellar fastigial nucleus-mediated neurogenic neuroprotection involves mitochondria

Neurology - Endogenous neuregulin restores radial glia in a model of cortical dysplasia

Neurology - H₂ O₂ activation of p38 MAPK pathway shown to properties in astrocytes

Neurology - NT-3 promotes nerve regeneration and sensory improvement in CMT1A mouse models

Neurology - Ndrg2 promotes neurite outgrowth of differentiated PC12 cells

Neurology - Opposing actions of glucocorticoids mediate rapid inhibition of magnocellular neuroendocrine cells

Neurology - Response profiles in vomeronasal sensory neurons are heterogeneous

Neurology - Zebrafish model indicates neuronal mechanism for behavioral control

Neuropathy - Novel neuropathic organophoshorus biosensor detects biomarker NTE in blood

Neuroscience - Dr. Peter Vajkoczy presents latest data on Bowman Perfusion Monitoring System

Neuroscience - Nonsynaptic GABAergic signaling exists between neuroblasts and GFAP-expressing cells

Neuroscience - Stimulated expression of dentate gyrus granule cell mu-opioid receptor occurs after focal ischemia

Neuroscience - Use of full-body biomechanics may improve study of motor cortex function

Neuroscience - Your brain cells may know more than you let on by your behavior

Neurosurgery - Codubix polypropylene-polyester knit safe and effective as cranioplasty material

Neurotransmitters - RIM1 alpha PDZ domain forms a complex with an ELKS1 b C-terminal peptide

Ophthalmology - Pattern electroretinography indicates early evidence of inner retinal damage

Ossiculoplasty - Sculpted incus interposition produces hearing comparable with allograft prostheses

Ossiculoplasty - Silastic banding stabilizes ossicular prosthesis in patients with intact stapes and absent malleus

Oxidative Stress - Immobilization stress alters and causes oxidative damage in the nigrostriatal system

Oxidative Stress - Parachlorophenylalanine exacerbates gentamicin-induced oxidative stress

Pain Management - Almost 10 million Britons suffer pain almost daily

Pain Management - Gamma knife is effective in treating trigeminal neuralgia

Pain Management - Magnetic insoles fail to reduce workplace foot pain

Pain Management - Pain minimized in swimmers educated in proper stroke and training techniques

Pain Management - Patients with chronic pain don't have to suffer in silence

Parkinson Disease - Treadmill walking acts as external pacemaker to improve gait stability

Personnel - Pharma company appoints Terrence Moore as vice president

Pharmaceutical Research - Researchers discover previously unknown form of plasticity in nerve cells

Philanthropy - Queensland Brain Institute receives $650,000 spinal research bequest

Physiology - Catecholamines, serotonin, acetylcholine and nitric oxide co-exist in aortic glomus cells

Physiology - Regulation of cyclic GMP levels in olfactory sensory neurons may be crucial in odorant stimulation

Posterior Cortex Epilepsy - Epilepsy duration and neurologic abnormalities predict surgery outcome

Prions - Perineuronal net destruction is caused by the pathogenic effect of prions

Prions - Researchers identify location of cellular prion protein in a rat brain model

Protein Misfolding - Phase I study begins with Fx-1006a, to stabilize protein misfolding in hereditary amyloid disorders

Psoriasis - Study to measure safety and efficacy of immunomodulator in psoriasis patients

Quality Assurance - Biotech holding company announces facilities GMP-certified for drug production

Radiosurgery - Vestibular schwannomas successfully treated with gamma knife radiosurgery (GKRS)

Radiotherapy - Radiotherapy could be deferred for low-grade glioma patients in good condition

Receptors - Huperzine A protects neuroblastoma cells against oxidative stress damage

Regulatory Approval - IGRT receives regulatory approval in Canada

Reproduction - Gonadotropin-releasing hormone secretion is regulated by cannabinoids

Rett Syndrome - RSRF-funded research reveals novel function for Rett syndrome gene

Rheumatoid Arthritis - Data suggest that 2ME2 inhibits inflammation and disease progression in rheumatoid arthritis model

Schizophrenia - Myelin-associated glycoprotein genotype linked to schizophrenia in Chinese Han

Schizophrenia - Neural development protein proves not to be a marker for schizophrenia

Shoulder Replacement - Prosthesis migration impairs function in avascular necrosis but not osteoarthritis patients

Sick Worker Syndrome - Repetitive strain syndrome injuries can cause sick worker syndrome

Sickle Cell Disease - Inhaled nitric oxide may help sickle cell disease

Spinal Cord Injury - Survey reveals many Hispanics in U.S. not aware of available paralysis resources

Spine Surgery - Anterior iliac crest reconstruction reduces pain after bone graft harvest

Stapes Fixation - Stapedotomy feasible for osteogenesis imperfecta patients

Stem Cell Proliferation - Low power laser radiation stimulates stem cell proliferation rate during tissue regeneration

Stem Cell Research - Confirmed survival and differentiation of ESC-derived NPCs transplanted into ischemic brain

Stem Cell Research - Extracellular signal-regulated kinase/MAPK induces neuronal markers in MSCs

Stem Cell Research - Increased TCF/beta-catenin/CBP-mediated transcription decreases neuronal differentiation

Stem Cell Research - Neural stem cells partition DNA asymmetrically

Stem Cell Research - Radial cells in the spinal cord are precursors to radial glia

Stem Cell Research - Studies show immature stem cells proliferate, create multiple types of neural cells

Stem Cell Transplantation - BM stromal cell treatment improves neurologic recovery in autoimmune encephalomyelitis

Stroke - Balance between antioxidants and by-products of oxidative stress may be best stroke marker

Suicide - New study reveals attempted suicide often a snap decision fuelled by drugs and alcohol

Surgery - Comorbidity impacted survival after surgical resection of lung cancer

Surgical Technology - Non-stick bipolar forceps launched for neurosurgery

Systemic Lupus Erythematosus - LymphoStat-B shown to be safe, well-tolerated in patients with systemic lupus erythematosus

Tobacco Use - U.S. Department of Defense funds research on how nicotine impairs bone healing

Urology - Bladder smooth muscle cells exhibit hypertrophy, not hyperplasia, following spinal cord injury

Vaccine Safety - Newest study finds no link between MMR vaccine and autism

Varicose Veins - Varicose veins successfully treated once pelvic symptoms treated

Vector Development - Herpes virus amplicon vectors are useful in studies of brain disorders

West Nile Virus - Focus and Panbio flavivirus enzyme immunoassays useful for diagnosis

Zoonosis - Elk chronic wasting disease prions not transmissible to humans