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Overweight or obese women with the mentality that they are “eating for two” are more likely to experience excessive weight gain while pregnant, according to researchers at Penn State College of Medicine.Cynthia Chuang, associate professor of medicine a…
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Researchers report that one change in the sequence of the BDNF gene causes some people to be more impaired by traumatic brain injury (TBI) than others with comparable wounds.The study, described in the journal PLOS ONE, measured general intelligence in…
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The impact that genes may have on Huntington’s disease have been illuminated by a new, novel study. The study identified specific small segments of RNA (called micro RNA or miRNA) encoded in DNA in the human genome that are highly expressed in Huntingt…
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Ten years after having a stroke, nearly a third of young survivors still need assistance or are unable to live independently. About one in 10 strokes occurs in 18- to 50-year-olds. “We don’t know if it’s cognition, depression, problems in their familie…
February 27, 2014 by NewsBot - No Comment
There is no federal law protecting gay Americans from more severe discrimination – including termination from jobs over their sexual orientation.
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Research has revealed that differences in a single gene may predict how well a person recovers from a traumatic brain injury, compared to others with similar injuries.
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Key questions regarding the activity of glycogen in neurons are answered in two recently published articles, building on years of research and publications. The authors postulated that glycogen is a lifeguard under oxygen depletion, a condition that le…
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The biologic mechanisms that individual cancer cells use to metastasize to the brain have been revealed by recent research. Metastasis, the process that allows some cancer cells to break off from their tumor of origin and take root in a different tissu…
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The mammalian cerebral cortex, long thought to be a dense single interrelated tangle of neural networks, actually has a ‘logical’ underlying organizational principle. Researchers have identified eight distinct neural subnetworks that together form the …
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Different brain regions must communicate with each other to control complex thoughts and behaviors, but little is known about how these areas organize into broad neuronal networks. In a new study, researchers developed a mouse whole-brain atlas that re…
