Researchers at the Translational Genomics Research Institute (TGen) announced on 19 Oct 2006 the discovery of a gene that plays a significant role in memory performance in humans. The findings, reported by TGen and research colleagues at t...

By studying a gene earlier linked to deafness in humans, researchers now have insight into the molecular process by which components of the inner ear send messages to the brain. The team reports its findings in the October 20, 2006, is...

Scientists at Dana-Farber Cancer Institute report they have found how the brain turns on a system designed to protect its nerve cells from toxic "free radicals," a waste product of cell metabolism that has been implicated in some degenerat...

If you've ever wondered how you recognize your mother's voice without seeing her face or how you discern your cell phone's ring in a crowded room, researchers may have another piece of the answer. Their work indicates that once you figure...

Newspaper articles skew coverage of comas by focusing heavily on patients who are more likely to awaken and recover, thus possibly leading the public to believe that coma patients have better odds than they truly do. These findings of a Ma...

Eating vegetables, not fruit, helps slow down the rate of cognitive change in older adults, according to a study published in the October 24, 2006, issue of Neurology , the scientific journal of the American Academy of Neurology. In determ...

What could possibly be worse than struggling with a painful condition and feeling ashamed to discuss the problem because of its intimate nature? Such is the case for many suffering with pudendal neuralgia, a little known disease that affec...

A , easy-to-use diagnostic tool that can quickly identify a sizeable subset of learning disabled children is now commercially available. That's good s for youngsters aged 8 to 12 who, once identified, can receive auditory training th...

Patients with implanted cardiac devices and their physicians sometimes defer important electrodiagnostic testing because of anxiety about potential negative effects the testing may have on the device. Good s for these patients and physi...

Researchers at the Methodist Neurological Institute (NI) have demonstrated that the immune cells of the spinal cord and brain contribute significantly to prolonging survival in a model of amyotrophic lateral sclerosis (ALS), a progressive...