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Rabbit Models for Alzheimer's Disease
Rabbit Models for Alzheimer's Disease
Diana Woodruff-Pak (Temple University, Philadelphia, PA) used cholesterol-fed rabbits as a model of AD for evaluation of currently available and potential anti-Alzheimer drugs. These animals...
2440 views since Feb 5, 2009 11:19
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Sodium Channels and Pain
Sodium Channels and Pain
S. Waxman, MD, PhD. - Medical need for new analgesics is discussed by S. Waxman (Yale University) who evaluated the role of selective subtypes of sodium channels, particularly 1.7 and 1.8 subtypes,...
2784 views since Feb 5, 2009 10:55
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Cytokines and Neutrophins in Neuroprotection
Cytokines and Neutrophins in Neuroprotection
Dr. Michael Spedding published recently a review on the role of cytokines and neurotrophins in disease. Neurotrophins (e.g. BDNF) have beneficial effects on neuronal plasticity and brain...
3095 views since Feb 5, 2009 10:39
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AMPA Ligands in Neuroprotection
AMPA Ligands in Neuroprotection
Michael Spedding (Institute Internatinales Servier, Paris, France) described how neuroprotection can be achieved by either by blockade or by stimulation of AMPA...
1935 views since Feb 5, 2009 10:23
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Treatment of Epilepsy
Treatment of Epilepsy
Michael Rogawski (University of California, Davis) summarizes his research on the antiepileptic activity of neurosteroids (e.g. ganaxolone, allopregnanolone). They are allosteric modulators of...
2497 views since Feb 5, 2009 09:47
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TGFß & Alzheimer's Disease
TGFß & Alzheimer's Disease
R.A. Flavell (Yale University, New Haven, CT) discusses the role of Transforming Growth Factor ß (TGFß) in disease. In the central nervous system of a murine model of AD this cytokine appears to...
1783 views since Feb 5, 2009 09:23
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Neuropathic Pain Neurodegenerative Disease
Neuropathic Pain Neurodegenerative Disease
Dr. Remi Quirion (McGill University, Montreal, Quebec, Canada) described enhancement of the effects of pain-related peptides by PGE2 . This finding suggests a new, possible complimentary approach...
1997 views since Feb 5, 2009 09:04
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Cannabinoids
Cannabinoids
Daniele Piomelli, PhD. - Another approach was discussed by D. Piomelli (University of California, Irvine). URB 597, an inhibitor of fatty acid amide hydrolase (FAAH), is expected to increase...
2303 views since Feb 5, 2009 08:40
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Therapies for Multiple Sclerosis
Therapies for Multiple Sclerosis
J. Kocsis, PhD. - The current approaches to the therapy of multiple sclerosis are reviewed by J. Kocsis (Yale University). His research emphasizes remyelination as an approach to the therapy of...
1802 views since Feb 5, 2009 08:24
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Alzheimer's Disease
Alzheimer's Disease
Z. Khachaturian, PhD. - New approaches to the therapy of Alzheimer’s disease (AD) are discussed in video interviews of this series. According to Z. Khachaturian (Potomac, MD) substantial progress...
2006 views since Feb 5, 2009 07:47
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