neurological disorders

New gene contributes to different neurological movement disorders

harminka — Wed, 02 Sep 2009 13:16:20 -0500

Researchers at the Mayo Clinic campus in Florida and their collaborators worldwide have discovered that a single gene promotes development of essential tremor in some patients and Parkinson's disease in others. These are two common but distinct neurological disorders. Notably, patients with essential tremor shake when they move, and Parkinson's disease patients shake when they are at rest.

Rett Syndrome Research Trust advisor makes significant discovery

harminka — Mon, 23 Feb 2009 10:20:28 -0600

A paper published online today in Nature Neuroscience reveals the presence of methyl CpG binding protein 2 (MeCP2) in glia. MeCP2 is a protein associated with a variety of neurological disorders, including Rett Syndrome, the most physically disabling of the autism spectrum disorders.

Link between CGG repeats in DNA and neurological disorders

harminka — Mon, 12 Jan 2009 00:44:17 -0600

Researchers have long known that some repetitive DNA sequences can make human chromosomes "fragile," i.e. appearing constricted or even broken during cell divisions.

What you give, might not always be received

harminka — Fri, 12 Dec 2008 15:06:31 -0600

A fundamental process in the transmission of genes from mother to child has been identified by researchers at the Montreal Neurological Institute, McGill University. The new study published in the December issue of the journal Nature Genetics

Study finds possible clues to epilepsy, autism

harminka — Tue, 09 Dec 2008 14:22:00 -0600

Rice University researchers have found a potential clue to the roots of epilepsy, autism, schizophrenia and other neurological disorders.

First disease-specific stem cells from human skin cells

harminka — Thu, 31 Jul 2008 14:14:14 -0500

A team of researchers from the Harvard Stem Cell Institute (HSCI) and Columbia University, in a collaboration catalyzed by the Project A.L.S./Jenifer Estess Laboratory for Stem Cell Research, has demonstrated that pluripotent stem cells generated from a patient with ALS (amyotrophic lateral sclerosis) can be directed to differentiate into motor neurons—the very brain cells destroyed by ALS.

Neurologically impaired mice improve after receiving human stem cells

harminka — Wed, 04 Jun 2008 14:04:14 -0500

Scientists report a dramatic success in what may be the first documented rescue of a congenital brain disorder by transplantation of human neural stem cells. The research, published by Cell Press in the June issue of the journal Cell Stem Cell, may lead the way to new strategies for treating certain hereditary and perinatal neurological disorders.

Gene may shed light on neurological disorders

harminka — Fri, 23 May 2008 05:35:26 -0500

In our brains, where millions of signals move across a network of neurons like runners in a relay race, all the critical baton passes take place at synapses. These small gaps between nerve cell endings have to be just the right size for messages to transmit properly. Synapses that grow too large or too small are associated with motor and cognitive impairment, learning and memory difficulties, and other neurological disorders.

Spasmodic Torticollis Association Ask For eBay Fundrasing

Armen Hareyan — Sun, 18 May 2008 09:01:06 -0500

Fundraise for the National Spasmodic Torticollis Association on eBay through Mission Fish.

Gene therapy clinical trial yields promising results for Batten disease

harminka — Tue, 13 May 2008 11:42:55 -0500

Promising results from a team of NewYork-Presbyterian Hospital/Weill Cornell Medical Center physician-scientists show that gene therapy is both safe and effective at slowing the progression of Batten disease, or Late Infantile Neuronal Ceroid Lipofuscinosis (LINCL), a rare, genetic, degenerative neurological disorder that usually becomes fatal in children by the age of 8 to 12.

Family study bolsters link between pesticides and Parkinson's

harminka — Fri, 28 Mar 2008 07:30:12 -0500

For the first time, the association between Parkinson’s disease and exposure to pesticides has been shown in patients with the neurological disorder compared with their unaffected relatives, according to a study in the online open access journal BMC Neurology.

Research unveils new hope for deadly childhood disease

harminka — Wed, 12 Dec 2007 10:29:02 -0600

Investigators at the University of Rochester Medical Center have uncovered a promising drug therapy that offers a ray of hope for children with Batten disease – a rare neurodegenerative disease that strikes seemingly healthy kids, progressively robs them of their abilities to see, reason and move, and ultimately kills them in their young twenties.