«Common food additives and colorings can increase hyperactive behavior in a broad range of children, a study being released today found. ~ It was the first time researchers conclusively and scientifically confirmed a link that had long been suspected by many parents. Numerous support groups for attention deficit hyperactivity disorder have for years recommended removing such ingredients from diets, although experts have continued to debate the evidence.»

«Deep brain stimulation with electrical pulses may offer hope for patients trapped in a minimally conscious state.»

«Keeping a healthy weight may help people live longer by limiting brain exposure to insulin, say US scientists.»

«A part of the brain associated with emotional learning and fear shrinks in people with autism, research suggests.»

«Scientists have discovered how mutations in two key proteins may lead to autism.»

«Symptoms of mental retardation and autism have been reversed for the first time in laboratory mice.»

«The primary focus of this risk assessment is use of sodium tetraborate decahydrate to treat annosum root disease. Sodium tetraborate decahydrate, also know as borax, is the active ingredient and sole constituent in Sporax, the commercial formulation used by the Forest Service. While this risk assessment nominally concerns Sporax or orax, the agent of toxicologic concern is boron and exposures as well as toxicity information are expressed as boron equivalents in the analysis of risk. ~ [...]»

«Science Daily — In work published in the Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, a research team led by a Brown University neuroscientist describes groundbreaking recordings of activity in two brain regions during deep sleep. ~ The “dialogue” they captured occurred between the hippocampus and the neocortex, areas of the brain where scientists believe memories are made and stored. The findings were startling. ~ Researchers found that electrical activity in the brain cells of sleeping mice wasn’t completely random, the conclusion of past research. Instead, the team found that the slow and regular firing of excitatory cells in the neocortex was echoed a fraction of a second later in the hippocampus. The echo of cortical activity was different in the three parts of the hippocampus. Excitatory cells in the dentate gyrus showed a strong echo, while CA3 region cells showed a weak echo. Cells in the CA1 region responded in reverse, quieting down when the cortex was active.»

«A team of New Jersey scientists believes it has found ways to detect biological risk factors for autism through simple urine and blood tests, a discovery that could lead to groundbreaking medical treatment for the neurological disorder. ~ The team of 16 scientists, mostly drawn from the campuses of the University of Medicine and Dentistry of New Jersey, say their findings, the result of more than two years of study on how the body breaks down fatty acids, could be a breakthrough for what is the fastest-growing developmental disorder in the nation, with no known cause or cure. [...]»

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