Medical News Today: Cerebellum: What is its Function?
This article provides a brief summary of anatomy, purpose, and disorders of the cerebellum, also offering tips on preserving brain health. (Source: Health News from Medical News Today)
Source: Health News from Medical News Today - October 5, 2016 Category: Consumer Health News Tags: Neurology / Neuroscience Source Type: news
A Woman Diagnosed With MS Is Turning Her Own Brain Scans Into Art
Shortly after Elizabeth Jameson was diagnosed with multiple sclerosis (MS) in 1991, she became obsessed with the inside of her mind.
Jameson would undergo brain scan after brain scan to track the progress of her disease, a process that unlocked what she calls “a deep fascination with the architecture of the brain.” Confronted with a slew of magnetic resonance images, or MRIs, she was able to see exactly what her “imperfect” brain looked like. “Frightening, yet mesmerizing,” the colorless images helped her to come to terms with an otherwise perplexing chronic illness, which would eventual...
Source: Healthy Living - The Huffington Post - August 23, 2016 Category: Consumer Health News Source Type: news
A Woman Diagnosed With MS Is Turning Her Own Brain Scans Into Art
Shortly after Elizabeth Jameson was diagnosed with multiple sclerosis (MS) in 1991, she became obsessed with the inside of her mind.
Jameson would undergo brain scan after brain scan to track the progress of her disease, a process that unlocked what she calls “a deep fascination with the architecture of the brain.” Confronted with a slew of magnetic resonance images, or MRIs, she was able to see exactly what her “imperfect” brain looked like. “Frightening, yet mesmerizing,” the colorless images helped her to come to terms with an otherwise perplexing chronic illness, which would eventual...
Source: Science - The Huffington Post - August 23, 2016 Category: Science Source Type: news
The eyes are the window into the brain
Insight into how neurons in the cerebellum respond to rapid eye movements may provide clues for modern medical technology. (Source: ScienceDaily Headlines)
Source: ScienceDaily Headlines - July 27, 2016 Category: Science Source Type: news
The eyes are the window into the brain
( < i > Okinawa Institute of Science and Technology (OIST) Graduate University < /i > ) Insight into how neurons in the cerebellum respond to rapid eye movements may provide clues for modern medical technology. (Source: EurekAlert! - Biology)
Source: EurekAlert! - Biology - July 26, 2016 Category: Biology Source Type: news
[Report] Chromatin remodeling inactivates activity genes and regulates neural coding
Activity-dependent transcription influences neuronal connectivity, but the roles and mechanisms of inactivation of activity-dependent genes have remained poorly understood. Genome-wide analyses in the mouse cerebellum revealed that the nucleosome remodeling and deacetylase (NuRD) complex deposits the histone variant H2A.z at promoters of activity-dependent genes, thereby triggering their inactivation. Purification of translating messenger RNAs from synchronously developing granule neurons (Sync-TRAP) showed that conditional knockout of the core NuRD subunit Chd4 impairs inactivation of activity-dependent genes when neurons...
Source: ScienceNOW - July 14, 2016 Category: Science Authors: Yue Yang Source Type: news
[Perspective] Chromatin controls behavior
Chromatin structure stabilizes and compacts the genome to package it within the nucleus. This structure also serves as a dynamic regulator of gene expression, silencing or activating transcription depending on molecular signals impinging upon it. It has been understood for the past two decades that chromatin stabilizes gene readout after cell-fate determination, establishing and perpetuating the precise pattern of genes transcribed in a given cell to maintain its phenotype (1, 2). But what about dynamic regulation of chromatin structure and its biological role? On page 300 of this issue, Yang et al. (3) describe how dynami...
Source: ScienceNOW - July 14, 2016 Category: Science Authors: J. David Sweatt Tags: Gene Expression Source Type: news
First drug target identified for children with rare type of brain tumor
(Genetics Society of America) Primitive neuroectodermal tumors are the largest group of malignant brain tumors in children. They can arise from the brain's cerebellum or from tissue located throughout the central nervous system. Little is known about how CNS-PNETs develop, although these tumors are more aggressive than other PNETs and have an overall survival rate of only about 20 percent. In a new study, researchers have identified a possible target for a new CNS-PNET therapy. (Source: EurekAlert! - Cancer)
Source: EurekAlert! - Cancer - July 13, 2016 Category: Cancer & Oncology Source Type: news
Cerebellum in Alzheimer Disease and Frontotemporal DementiaCerebellum in Alzheimer Disease and Frontotemporal Dementia
Does neurodegeneration in Alzheimer disease and frontotemporal dementia also extend to the cerebellum? Brain (Source: Medscape Today Headlines)
Source: Medscape Today Headlines - July 5, 2016 Category: Consumer Health News Tags: Neurology & Neurosurgery Journal Article Source Type: news
What Are The Most Common Pediatric Cancers?
Discussion
Cancer occurs in all ages including children. Fortunately cancer is much less common in the pediatric age group accounting for <1% of all cancers yearly in the US. Approximately 10,000 US children under age 15 will be diagnosed with cancer in 2016. More than 80% of those children will survive more than 5 years because of advances in direct cancer treatment and treatment of its complications. Survival rates depend on a number of factors including the type of cancer and location. Despite these good numbers, about 1250 children in the US die yearly from pediatric cancer. After accidents, childhood cancer, suicid...
Source: PediatricEducation.org - July 4, 2016 Category: Pediatrics Authors: pediatriceducationmin Tags: Uncategorized Source Type: news
Unlocking the secrets of nerve regeneration
A glutamate receptor GluD2 was responsible for the regeneration of synapses in the cerebellum, researchers report at the conclusion of a recent study. (Source: ScienceDaily Headlines)
Source: ScienceDaily Headlines - June 29, 2016 Category: Science Source Type: news
Unlocking the secrets of nerve regeneration
(Hokkaido University) Scientists at Hokkaido University found that a glutamate receptor GluD2 was responsible for the regeneration of synapses in the cerebellum. (Source: EurekAlert! - Biology)
Source: EurekAlert! - Biology - June 29, 2016 Category: Biology Source Type: news
New Neuronal Astroglial PNS Markers
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Source: Neuromics - May 2, 2016 Category: Neuroscience Tags: Astrocyte marker antibody Astrocyte Markers Astrocyte-Glial-Neuron Co-cultures glial cell Glial Markers Muscle Nerve junction neural markers Neuronal Markers Source Type: news
Becoming a Fearless Leader Through Yoga
Written By: Angela Mujukian Yoga cleanses the mind, body, and spirit. Yoga embraces mindfulness and simply "being" in the moment. Yoga is a space to leave all the luggage, carried on your shoulders, behind. Yoga, essentially is quite empowering. Here is a yogi's guide to three particular poses of embracing your inner fearless leader. These three poses leave a leader feeling invincible, still, yet in control. 1.) Chaturanga Dandasana (Plank) • All that rules the body, the spine, is the central and main support of the entire body. • This low plank pose pulls at all your core muscles, making you grounded a...
Source: Healthy Living - The Huffington Post - March 22, 2016 Category: Consumer Health News Source Type: news
Sub-lethal dose of shiga toxin 2 from enterohemorrhagic escherichia Coli affects balance and cerebellar cytoarchitecture - D'Alessio L, Pinto A, Cangelosi A, Geoghegan PA, Tironi-Farinati C, Brener GJ, Goldstein J.
Shiga toxin producing Escherichia coli may damage the central nervous system before or concomitantly to manifested hemolytic-uremic syndrome symptoms. The cerebellum is frequently damaged during this syndrome, however, the deleterious effects of Shiga toxi... (Source: SafetyLit)
Source: SafetyLit - March 13, 2016 Category: Global & Universal Tags: Falls Source Type: news
