Pain and Central Nervous System Week

Alzheimer Disease - Gold nanoparticles, radiation combination may slow AD progression

Alzheimer Disease - Reduced brain volume may predict Alzheimer risk

Autism - Variations in the serotonin transporter are associated with autism

Fibromyalgia - Characterization and consequences of pain variability studied in individuals with fibromyalgia

Stroke - Laser technique sheds light on small strokes implicated in dementia

Addiction Medicine - Adolescent research animals are more sensitive to handling experience than adults

Addiction Medicine - Agency issues approvable letter for Vivitrol for treatment of alcohol dependence

Addiction Medicine - Different drugs produce attention and motivation deficits in rats

Addiction Medicine - MRI findings are key to a leukoencephalopathy diagnosis caused by drug use

Alzheimer Disease - A-beta-degrading enzymes are targets for therapeutic intervention in Alzheimer disease

Alzheimer Disease - Drugmaker applies for a new indication of severe Alzheimer disease for Aricept in Japan

Alzheimer Disease - Imaging study links key genetic risk for AD to myelin breakdown

Alzheimer Disease - Insulin and cholesterol are important for normal neuronal function and AD pathways

Alzheimer Disease - New findings in the area of Alzheimer Disease described

Alzheimer Disease - Researchers show astrocytes directly control blood flow in brain

Anesthesia - Clonidine reduces post-anesthesia agitation in children

Anesthesia - Lidocaine and mexiletine were safe and relieved neuropathic pain better than placebo

Aneurysms - Balloon occlusion testing helps determine PICA segment involvement

Angiology - Clinical symptoms announce arcuate ligament vascular compression syndrome in children

Angiology - Sufentanil has direct vasodilatory effect on vascular tissue

Antisense Technology - Nuclear receptor 5a2 functions in skeletal muscle organization

Antisense Technology - Smad-interacting protein regulates chordin expression in the Xenopus embryo

Apoptosis - A better understanding of the pathways governing apoptosis may yield new targets for therapy

Arthritis - Stepwise autoantibody testing can be used to distinguish RA patients at risk for poor outcome

Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder - U.S. FDA issues approvable letter for Daytrana methylphenidate transdermal system

Autism - Senate bill grants drug companies immunity from liability for injuries caused by vaccines

Behavioral Medicine - Florida behavioral healthcare provider licenses physiological substance abuse protocols

Botulism Vaccine - Anti-neurotoxin antibody production is enhanced by subcomponents of C. botulinum hemagglutinin

Brain Cancer - Ability of MET-PET to diagnose dysembryoplastic neuroepithelial tumors assessed

Brain Cancer - Radiosurgery for metastatic brain cancer discussed

Brain Cancer - Reports describe recent advances in Brain Cancer research

Brain Cancer - Surgery for primary brain tumors indicated quality of U.S. academic training

Breast Cancer Therapy - Mental health plays strong role in chemotherapy-related fatigue in breast cancer patients

Cancer Therapy - Angiogenesis inhibitor ZD6474 helps control central nervous system tumors in mice

Cancer Therapy - Data advance knowledge in Cancer Therapy research

Cancer Therapy - Reports add new data to Cancer Therapy research

Cardiology - Atherosclerosis prevention in schizophrenics requires targeting multiple risk factors

Cardiology - Neurocardiogenic injury may be due to excess norepinephrine

Cardiology - Sympathetic stimulation can reveal congenital long-QT syndrome

Cardiovascular Research - Aerobic endurance training decreased blood pressure, improved cardiovascular risk factors

Central Nervous System - BDNF may influence the retinal dopaminergic system

Cerebral Palsy - Virus exposure during perinatal period is CP risk factor

Chronic Liver Disease - Study examines new pathways linking cholestatic liver disease to central nervous system changes

Chronic Pain - Positive preliminary results reported from transdur-sufentanil patch study

Chronic Pain - Studies suggest potential for acceptance-based clinical methods for chronic pain management

Clear Cell Sarcoma - Up-regulation of neural markers detected in clear cell sarcoma of the kidney

Clinical Trials - Enrollment completed in phase 2b/3 study of cancer pain drug

Collaborations - AstraZeneca and collaborator announce license, research agreement for Alzheimer compound

Collaborations - Collaboration initiated for new molecular diagnostic assays for rheumatoid arthritis

Complementary & Alternative Medicine - Chiropractic activator methods used in unretractable temporomandibular disorder pain

Developmental Biology - Neurotrophins help maintain the spinal cord motor neurons

Developmental Biology - Removal of apoptotic cells can be lessened in developing neural tubes

Developmental Biology - Slow muscle regulates the pattern of trunk neural crest migration in zebrafish

Diabetes Complications - Microangiopathy may influence normocytic normochromic anemia

Diabetes Therapy - New data illuminates research in Diabetes Therapy

Diagnostics - New findings in the area of diagnostics detailed

Diagnostics - Rapid immunochromatographic assay detects adenovirus from conjunctival swabs

Diagnostics - Reports describe recent advances in diagnostics research

Diet & Nutrition - Diet, but probably not obesity levels, affects hypothalamic energy balance signals

Disease Associations - Increased risk of Alzheimer disease in type 2 diabetes patients is investigated

Drug Development - A modeling study determines the molecular inhibitors of AChE

Drug Development - Approval granted from U.S. FDA for Zonisamide capsules, 25 mg, 50 mg & 100 mg

Drug Development - Investigational new drug application submitted to U.S. FDA for Delta opioid agonist compound

Drug Development - Pivotal phase III trial of drug for Huntington disease commences

Drug Development - Swiss agency approves Erbituxfor for the treatment of head and neck cancer

Drug Development - U.S. FDA grants approval for zonisamide capsules for epilepsy

Dystonia - Reduced fMRI signal reveals dystonic basis for this voice disorder

Facilities - DMI BioSciences is first tenant in new Colorado bioscience park

Finance - Stroke-focused biopharmaceutical company completes $15 million private placement

Finance - Swiss-based pharmaceutical company raises $19 million by further closing B financing round

Fitness & Wellness - Aerobic fitness may increase neurocognitive function in healthy preadolescent children

Fitness & Wellness - Malonyl-CoA hypothalamus levels may be linked to food intake and peripheral energy use

Fungal Infections - Antifungal therapy can prevent relapse in organ transplant recipients

Galantamine - Age-related memory deficits were reversed by galantamine treatment in murine model

Gastroenterology - Notch signal blockade halts pancreatic cancer neurovascular progression

Gene Therapy - Effect of epidermal growth factor receptor inhibitors on gliomas studied

Generic Drugs - U.S. FDA grants approval for generic muscle relaxant baclofen tablet

Glioblastoma - Independent monitoring committee recommends that the PRECISE trial continue as planned

Glioblastomas - Matrix-degrading proteases are expressed in human glioblastomas

Gliomas - PET and SPECT used to image low-grade glioma

Graves Disease - TSAb and TBII measurements are valuable in diagnosis, management of children with Graves disease

Headache & Migraine - Understanding etiology of postpartum headaches may improve therapy, reduce readmissions

Heart Failure - Blood volume rather than BNP may be more accurate guide in CHF

Herpes - BCS appears to be associated with primary HHV-6, but more research is needed