Pain and Central Nervous System Week

Cancer Therapy - Central nervous system chemoprophylaxis in non-Hodgkin lymphoma requires standardization

Genetics & Genomics - Variation in genes influences clinical response to morphine

Neurology - T-lymphocyte movement through blood-central nervous system barrier is reviewed

Neuroscience - Scientists study chemical preconditioning as a way to help nerve cells withstand toxic attack, preserve function

Pain Management - Flavonoid treatment has little impact on pain or bleeding after ambulatory stapled hemorrhoidopexy

Addiction Medicine - Constella Group awarded $25 million contract to help prevent substance abuse

Addiction Medicine - Hythiam expands to Utah; PROMETA protocols now offered to patients at Cirque Lodge

Addiction Medicine - U.S. Institute of Medicine issues report on mental illnesses and drug addictions

Alzheimer Disease - Acute gamma-secretase inhibition improves contextual fear conditioning in mice

Alzheimer Disease - Fluorinated stilbene derivatives show promise for PET imaging of beta-amyloid plaques

Alzheimer Disease - Help is just a phone call away for individuals affected by memory loss

Neurology - New findings in neurology described

Alzheimer Disease - High-resolution serum proteomic profiling developed for Alzheimer disease detection

Alzheimer Disease - New scrapbooking approach to help families affected by Alzheimer disease

Alzheimer Disease Vaccine - Adenovirus vector induced an anti-inflammatory immune response

Alzheimer Disease Vaccine - Aldolase is target antigen in Alzheimer disease

Anesthesia - Anesthesia with pentobarbital rather than ketamine/xylazine may be preferred for echocardiography

Apoptosis - Immunosuppression by morphine-induced lymphocyte apoptosis did not occur

Neuroscience - Researchers publish new studies and findings in the area of neuroscience

Arthritis - Lifestyle choices may help control arthritis pain

Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder - SPARLON, for treatment of ADHD in children and adolescents, receives approvable letter

Attention-Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder - Medication patch shown effective for attention-deficit hyperactivity disorder

Awards - LSU researcher receives $485,000 U.S.NIH grant to study Friedreich's ataxia

Back Pain - Stimulation system launched to diagnosing back and neck pain

Biomaterial - Osteogenic protein 1 putty may improve bone autograft outcome in lumbar fusion

Neuroscience - Studies advance knowledge in neuroscience research

Biomedical Engineering - Electrostatic microactuators were developed for neural microelectrode positioning

Bioterrorism - U.S. grants $20 million for developing compounds to treat radiation damage

Bipolar Depression - Development agreement to fund drug trial for bipolar depression

Botulism - Mass spectrometric method developed to differentiate botulinum neurotoxins

Brain Cancer - Chest CT and brain MRI provide optimal evaluation of patients with newly detected brain mass

Brain Cancer Therapy - Pemetrexed has limited distribution to brain

Brain Injury - Rat study of blood substitute in traumatic brain injury shows positive results

Business & Finance - Biotechnology company requests reconsideration pending delisting from Nasdaq

Cancer Clinical Trials - Recommended phase II dose for T900607 determined

Cancer Pain Management - Age and tumor type significantly influence transdermal fentanyl absorption

Cancer Risk Factors - Cell phone use not related to risk of acoustic neuroma

Cancer Therapy - Reports add new data to cancer therapy research

Cancer Therapy - Second-line chemotherapy showed modest activity in patients with hormone-refractory prostate cancer

Cardiomyocytes - Recent studies add new data to cardiomyocytes research

Cardiomyopathy - Valsartan decreases type I collagen synthesis in patients with hypertrophic cardiomyopathy

Cardiovascular Research - Propranolol inhibits the human ether-a-go-go-related gene potassium channels

Carpal Tunnel Syndrome - Topical analgesic patch effective in reducing pain of carpal tunnel syndrome

Cell Development - Sonic hedgehog is required for cardiac outflow tract and neural crest cell development

Cell Physiology - Hyperpolarization-activated cyclic nucleotide-gated channels are modulated by Src kinase

Chemotherapy - Chemotherapy induced toxic myelopathy

Chemotherapy - Intracavitary chemotherapy used to treat recurrent glioblastoma

Chemotherapy - Razoxane was combined with radiotherapy for treatment of melanoma brain metastases

Clinical Trials - Phase I study begins of triple reuptake inhibitor for major depression

Clinical Trials - Positive preliminary results reported from trial of inhaled narcotic analgesics

Contracts - Health software company signs $1.2 million contract with Sweetser

Coronary Artery Bypass - Radial artery harvesting doesn't cause neurologic hand dysfunction

Dental Care - Clinical pediatric study supports benefits of CompuDent in administering anesthetic injections to children

Dermatology - Three studies show investigational psoriasis therapy may be effective option

Developmental Biology - fgf8 signaling functions in left-right patterning of visceral organs and craniofacial skeleton

Diagnostics - Brain abscess and cystic brain tumor discriminated with perfusion MRI

Diagnostics - HPLC method simultaneously detects four antiepiletic drugs in human serum

Diagnostics - MDCT angiography replacing catheter angiography as initial evaluation standard

Diagnostics - MRI visual rating scale improves assessment of cholinergic pathway hyperintensities

Diagnostics - Minimally invasive breath ammonia test not suitable for diagnosis

Diet & Exercise - Dietary alpha-linolenic acid increases brain but not heart and liver docosahexaenoic acid levels

Disease Associations - Duplications and copy number variants of 8p23.1 are studied in heart defects

Drug Delivery - Novel microemulsion system shows promise for transdermal aceclofenac delivery

Drug Development - Atypical antipsychotics based on 8-substituted 3,4-dihydroquinolinones show promise

Drug Development - Lilly to support study of antagonist to curb weight gain from antipsychotic drugs

Drug Safety - High doses of ibuprofen can cause significant GI bleeding despite its safety profile

Electroencephalography - Independent component analysis improved recognition rates for four classifiers

Embolism - Cerebral embolism occurred after transcatheter arterial chemoembolization

Endocrinology - Neuroblasts migrate in response to endothelin-1 through involvement of endothelin type B receptors

Endocrinology - Travelers can avoid jet lag by resetting their body clocks

Epilepsy - Application filed for treatment of myclonic seizures in juveniles

Finance - Cancer vaccine maker records loss of $0.60 per share

Finance - Drug developer raises $29.4 million in series A financing

Finance - Medical device company reports 3 month revenue of $9.1 million

Generic Drugs - California pharma company authorized to distribute generic oxycodone tablets

Genetics & Genomics - Hippocampus and amygdala have distinct genomic responses to fear conditioning

Genetics & Genomics - Novel molecular karyotyping system submicroscopic chromosome alterations

Genetics & Genomics - Tryptophan hydroxylase 2 gene variants are associated with ADHD

Geriatrics - Survey reveals older Americans' attitudes toward sleep and healthy aging

Glioblastoma - Kinase genes are amplified in highly vascular brain tumors

Granulocytic Sarcoma - Granulocytic sarcoma manifested as multiple skeletal lesions

HIV/AIDS Pathogenesis - Research add new data to HIV/AIDS pathogenesis body of knowledge

Heart Failure - CorCap cardiac support device improves surgical outcome in patients with cardiomyopathy

Hospice - Patients indicated a dislike for questionnaires

Hypoxia - Supercooling varies glycogen, free glucose, and lactate in organs of Chrysemys picta

Imaging - Lesion size determines imaging accuracy