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- Brain Facts: A Primer on the Brain and Nervous System
- Neuroscientists investigate the molecular and cellular levels of the nervous system; the neuronal systems responsible for sensory and motor function; and the basis of higher order processes, such as cognition and emotion. This research provides the basis for understanding the medical fields that are concerned with treating nervous system disorders....
- White papers 2004-06-18
- Bipolar Disorder: Making a Difference Today
- Bipolar disorder, also known as manic depression, is a serious brain disease that causes extreme mood swings, from intense feelings of euphoria mania to deep depression. The National Institute of Mental Health estimates that about 2.3 million American adults?or 1.2 percent of those 18 and older?have the condition. Symptoms typically...
- White papers 2005-02-16
- Depression: Making a Difference Today
- Depression is one of the most common and costly brain diseases, afflicting 18.8 million adults in the United States each year?that's 10 percent of the country's population over the age of 18. The disease exacts an enormous toll on individuals, families, and workplaces. Depressed people feel intensely sad and worthless...
- White papers 2004-02-25
- Dyslexia: Making a Difference Today
- A staggering 5 to 15 percent of Americans?14.5 to 43.5 million children and adults?have dyslexia, a learning disability that makes it difficult to read, write, and spell, no matter how hard the person tries or how intelligent he or she is. For years?until advances in neuroscience helped reveal a biological...
- White papers 2004-10-04
- Epilepsy: Making a Difference Today
- In epilepsy, clusters of nerve cells suddenly signal abnormally, causing seizures and sometimes convulsions, muscle spasms, and loss of consciousness. This brain disorder has many possible causes including genetic predisposition, illness, brain damage, or abnormal brain development. It most often appears either in early childhood or old age. Although many...
- White papers 2004-05-05
- Hearing Loss: Making a Difference Today
- Of the five classical senses (sight, hearing, taste, smell, and touch), hearing is the one that people are most likely to lose. Approximately 28 million Americans have some form of hearing loss, ranging from mild to profound. Loss of hearing can occur at any age. Of every 1,000 infants in...
- White papers 2004-10-04
- Memory Impairment: Making a Difference Today
- Alzheimer's disease, one of the most frightening memory-robbing disorders, hampers the lives of some 4 to 5 million older Americans. Individuals with Alzheimer's disease may have trouble recalling addresses, major events, or the name of the President. Making meals and managing finances can become difficult. Over time problems with memory...
- White papers 2004-05-05
- Multiple Sclerosis: Making a Difference Today
- It strikes people during the prime of life?between ages 20 and 40?when they begin to experience a tingling sensation or numbness in a hand or a leg, blurred vision, or chronic fatigue. These seemingly minor and often temporary symptoms could signal any one of a number of illnesses. But this...
- White papers 2004-05-05
- Parkinson's Disease: Making a Difference Today
- Each year, about 50,000 Americans are diagnosed with Parkinson's disease, joining the estimated 1 million people already living in the United States with this serious and disabling brain disorder. Parkinson's occurs when nerve cells become damaged or destroyed in the substantia nigra, an area of the brain that is important...
- White papers 2004-05-05
- Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder: Making a Difference Today
- Experiencing or witnessing a crime, battle, or terrorist attack, or being a victim of sexual abuse, can lead to a form of stress that can last a lifetime. Termed post-traumatic stress disorder, or PTSD, the condition afflicts 5.2 million Americans aged 18 to 54 each year. Its social and economic...
- White papers 2004-04-01
- Schizophrenia: Making a Difference Today
- Schizophrenia is a devastating brain disorder that torments sufferers with hallucinations, delusions, disordered thinking patterns, and memory deficits. It is especially tragic because it usually strikes during the late teens, 20s, or early 30s, right when individuals are establishing families and careers of their own. It costs society $32.5 billion...
- White papers 2004-02-25
- Spinal Cord Injury: Making a Difference Today
- Even something as mundane as driving to work puts you at risk. Annually, about 11,000 Americans experience a spinal cord injury, mostly caused by a car accident, violence, sporting activity, or fall. Victims often face a devastating loss of leg movement that hinders everyday functions like walking. Many also lose...
- White papers 2004-10-04
- Stroke: Making a Difference Today
- Until recently the outlook was especially grim for the 700,000 Americans estimated to experience a stroke each year. These "brain attacks" occur when a blockage bursts or clogs the blood vessel bringing oxygen and nutrients to the head. Brain cells die. In the past, those who survived this third leading...
- White papers 2004-02-25
- Vision Loss: Making a Difference Today
- As the population of the United States ages, vision loss is becoming an increasingly serious public health problem. Already, approximately 3.3 million Americans over the age of 40, or one person in 28, are either blind or have low vision (vision so poor that it significantly interferes with everyday life...
- White papers 2004-10-04
- Abnormal Neural Synchrony in Schizophrenia
- Schizophrenia has been conceptualized as a failure of cognitive integration, and abnormalities in neural circuitry have been proposed as a basis for this disorder. They used measures of phase locking and phase coherence in the scalp-recorded electroencephalogram to examine the synchronization of neural circuits in schizophrenia. Compared with matched control...
- White papers 2003-08-13
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- Researchers to Report Data from Cyberkinetics' BrainGate System at 2006 Annual Meeting of the Society for Neuroscience
- FOXBOROUGH, Mass. -- Cyberkinetics Neurotechnology Systems, Inc. (OTCBB:CYKN; Cyberkinetics) is scheduled to report its latest findings with respect to the Company's BrainGate Neural Interface System BrainGate System in presentations at the Annual Meeting of the Society for Neuroscience in Atlanta, Georgia. The presentations will include scientific, mathematical data and practical...
- Research articles 2006-10-11
- Maas BiolAB Demonstrates Mitochondrial Neuroprotection With Novel Cyclosporins at the 32nd Annual Meeting of the Society for Neuroscience
- Business Editors/Biotechnology Writers BIOWIRE2K ALBUQUERQUE, N.M.--BUSINESS WIRE--Nov. 12, 2002 Maas BiolAB scientists Eskil Elmer M.D., Ph.D. and Magnus Hansson M.D. presented two posters at the annual Society for Neuroscience meeting in Orlando Florida. The titles of their presentations were: "CHARACTERIZATION OF CYCLOSPORIN INHIBITION OF CALCIUM-INDUCED PERMEABILITY TRANSITION...
- Research articles 2002-11-12
- Neurocrine Biosciences Presents 17 Abstracts At Society of Neuroscience Meeting in New Orleans
- Business Editors and Health/Medical Writers BIOWIRE2K SAN DIEGO--BW HealthWire--Nov. 9, 2000 Company Provides Further Validation of Corticotrophin Releasing Factor CRF in Anxiety/Depression Neurocrine Biosciences Inc. (Nasdaq:NBIX) Thursday announced that its scientists presented data which further validates corticotrophin-releasing factor CRF for anxiety/depression at the Society for...
- Research articles 2000-11-09
- Cyberkinetics Presents Innovative Direct Brain-Computer Interface for Clinical Use in Motor-Impaired Human Patients
- Business Editors/Health/Medical Writers BIOWIRE2K Society for Neuroscience 33rd Annual Meeting NEW ORLEANS & FOXBOROUGH, Mass.--BUSINESS WIRE--Nov. 10, 2003 Company Debuts BrainGateTM Development Plans at Society for Neuroscience 33rd Annual Meeting Cyberkinetics, Incorporated will debut its development plan for BrainGateTM, an innovative multi-electrode implantable brain-computer interface...
- Research articles 2003-11-10
- Social Networking for Business
- Here's how successful social networkers use sites like Facebook and Twitter for everything from recruiting to manufacturing. Finding Unexpected Collaborators Tools: within3.com,...
- Articles 2008-09-05
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