Press Release Percussion Rhythmyx braininfo@ninds.nih.gov Copyright 2008, National Institute of Neurological Disorders and Stroke Saturday Sunday http://blogs.law.harvard.edu/tech/rss Press Releases & News Articles: National Institute of Neurological Disorders and Stroke (NINDS) http://www.ninds.nih.gov/news_and_events/press_releases/index.htm Researchers Pinpoint Genes with Key Role in Neuronal Growth and Regeneration Study identifies KLF gene family as important regulators of axon growth and repair. http://www.ninds.nih.gov/news_and_events/news_articles/news_klf_neurite_growth.htm http://www.ninds.nih.gov/news_and_events/news_articles/news_klf_neurite_growth.htm Better Understanding of Newborn Seizures Leads to Potential New Treatment Study linking silent, treatment-resistant seizures in the newborn cortex to delayed maturation of cortical neurons. http://www.ninds.nih.gov/news_and_events/news_articles/news_electroclinical_uncoupling_explained.htm http://www.ninds.nih.gov/news_and_events/news_articles/news_electroclinical_uncoupling_explained.htm Study Calls for Rethinking CT Scans in the ED to Diagnose Children with Headache In the study entitled, "Headache in young children in the emergency department: use of computed tomography,” that appeared in Pediatrics, Vol. 124 No. 1 July 2009, pp. e12-e17, the authors concluded: “CT scanning for young children with headache is expensive, poses risks, and usually is without benefit.” The authors emphasized the importance of a neurological exam and family history for children with headache. http://www.ninds.nih.gov/news_and_events/news_articles/Child_headache_and_CT_scans.htm http://www.ninds.nih.gov/news_and_events/news_articles/Child_headache_and_CT_scans.htm Therapy Investigated for ALS May Find New Role in Kennedy’s Disease Mouse model of SBMA is rescued by transgenic mIGF-1. http://www.ninds.nih.gov/news_and_events/news_articles/news_sbma_mice_rescued_by_migf1.htm http://www.ninds.nih.gov/news_and_events/news_articles/news_sbma_mice_rescued_by_migf1.htm Investment in Parkinson’s Disease Data Bank Yields Potential Therapy Mining of data from the DATATOP trial shows that higher levels of urate in blood and CSF are associated with slower progression of Parkinson's disease. http://www.ninds.nih.gov/news_and_events/news_articles/pressrelease_Parkinson_datatop_urate.htm http://www.ninds.nih.gov/news_and_events/news_articles/pressrelease_Parkinson_datatop_urate.htm NINDS Names Dr. Petra Kaufmann Director of the Office of Clinical Research Dr. Kaufmann's appointment as director of the office of clinical research at NINDS. http://www.ninds.nih.gov/news_and_events/news_articles/pressrelease_Kaufmann_appt.htm http://www.ninds.nih.gov/news_and_events/news_articles/pressrelease_Kaufmann_appt.htm NIH Researchers Identify Key Factor that Stimulates Brain Cancer Cells to Spread Researchers describe a protein that regulates the spread of glioblastoma cells throughout the brain. http://www.ninds.nih.gov/news_and_events/news_articles/pressrelease_glioblastoma_dispersal.htm http://www.ninds.nih.gov/news_and_events/news_articles/pressrelease_glioblastoma_dispersal.htm From Nerve Roots to Plant Roots – Researchers are Gaining Unexpected Insights into Hereditary Spastic Paraplegia Describes research by Craig Blackstone that points to a common mechanism between the growth of axons and the growth of plant roots, and sheds lights on how axons degenerate in hereditary spastic paraplegia. http://www.ninds.nih.gov/news_and_events/news_articles/pressrelease_Blackstone_neurons_roots_HSP.htm http://www.ninds.nih.gov/news_and_events/news_articles/pressrelease_Blackstone_neurons_roots_HSP.htm Dr. William Matthew Tapped to Lead NINDS Office of Translational Research Dr. William Matthew appointed director of NINDS Office of Translational Research. http://www.ninds.nih.gov/news_and_events/news_articles/pressrelease_william_matthew_OTR.htm http://www.ninds.nih.gov/news_and_events/news_articles/pressrelease_william_matthew_OTR.htm NIH Launches the Human Connectome Project to Unravel the Brain’s Connections Launch of the Blueprint Human Connectome Project, which will generate a map of connections in the healthy, adult human brain. http://www.ninds.nih.gov/news_and_events/news_articles/pressrelease_blueprint_connectome_launch.htm http://www.ninds.nih.gov/news_and_events/news_articles/pressrelease_blueprint_connectome_launch.htm Novel Drug Discovery Tool Could Identify Promising New Therapies for Parkinson’s Disease Describes a potential method of drug discovery for Parkinson’s disease that involves inducing yeast cells with characteristics of the disease to make their own therapeutic proteins. http://www.ninds.nih.gov/news_and_events/news_articles/pressrelease_parkinson_cyclic_peptides.htm http://www.ninds.nih.gov/news_and_events/news_articles/pressrelease_parkinson_cyclic_peptides.htm Family with Alzheimer's Disease may Carry Clues to Treatment Study describes a mutation in beta-amyloid that interferes with aggregation of normal beta-amyloid and may serve as the basis for drugs to slow or prevent Alzheimer's disease. http://www.ninds.nih.gov/news_and_events/news_articles/news_protective_APP_mutation.htm http://www.ninds.nih.gov/news_and_events/news_articles/news_protective_APP_mutation.htm