Are Immune System Molecules Brain-Builders—And Destroyers?

jane2007 submitted, created time 8 months 2 weeks (www.sciam.com)

Researchers stumble across immune proteins that play an unexpected—and very different—role in the brain. These findings provide a new window into the way the brain operates and why certain enigmatic disorders such as autism and Alzheimer's disease may develop, potentially paving the way for new therapies to treat them.

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Optimism brain regions identified

june submitted, created time 1 year 3 weeks (www.nature.com)

Neuroscientists have pinpointed the areas of the brain that help us to look on the bright side.

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Exercise science principles strengthen swallowing rehabilitation

MCGmcrowley submitted, created time 1 year 6 months (www.mcg.edu)

Just thinking about swallowing makes it harder to do.
Head and neck cancer, a stroke, brain tumor, brain injury or even a tracheostomy tube and mechanical ventilation needed to sustain life can make it impossible.

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Interictal habituation deficit of the nociceptive blink reflex: an endophenotypic marker for presymptomatic migraine?

athena submitted, created time 1 year 7 months (brain.oxfordjournals.org)

"We found a positive intraindividual correlation between attack frequency and habituation in MO (r = 0.621; P = 0.010). Migraine patients have interictally a deficient habituation of the nBR which is inversely related to attack frequency, suggesting that it is not due to trigeminal sensitization. Surprisingly, the most pronounced habituation deficit is found in asymptomatic individuals with a family history of migraine. Deficient nBR habituation could thus be a trait marker for the genetic predisposition to migraine. "

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