Items tagged with Nerve

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'Cell Phone Elbow' Damages Nerves Wednesday, June 3rd, 2009 - 10:29:19 - Anuradha Menon If your pinkie and ring fingers tingle or feel numb, you might not want to pick up that cell phone to call the doctor. Orthopedic specialists are... read more

Restoring Sight with Gene Therapy Friday, May 29th, 2009 - 14:35:53 - Anuradha Menon Several years ago, when Ed Boyden developed a novel technology to make nerve cells sensitive to light, he knew that it would rapidly catch on in the... read more

Tooth Enamel Gene Discovered Tuesday, February 24th, 2009 - 18:51:24 - Iddo Genuth Researchers have identified the gene that ultimately controls the production of tooth enamel, a significant advance that could some day lead to the... read more

Small-Molecule Drugs Could Heal Brain Damage Friday, November 7th, 2008 - 18:05:03 - Anuradha Menon Silencing natural growth inhibitors may make it possible to regenerate nerves damaged by brain or spinal cord injury, finds a study from Children's... read more

Receptor's Function to Stop Tumor Growth Tuesday, October 7th, 2008 - 16:05:34 - Anuradha Menon An international team of researchers has discovered what promises to be the on-off switch behind several major diseases. In the advance online... read more

Immune And Nerve System - Genetic Link Monday, September 22nd, 2008 - 11:55:49 - Ehud Rattner Duke University Medical Center researchers have discovered genetic links between the nervous system and the immune system in a well-studied worm, and... read more

Takes Nerves for Flies to Keep a Level Head Friday, July 25th, 2008 - 14:35:44 - Anuradha Menon The nerve connections that keep a fly's gaze stable during complex aerial manoeuvres, enabling it to respond quickly to obstacles in its flight path... read more

Molecule That Matures Nerve Cells Created Monday, June 16th, 2008 - 12:23:06 - Ehud Rattner Inspired by a chance discovery during another experiment, researchers at UT Southwestern Medical Center have created a small molecule that stimulates... read more

Gene Sheds Light On Neurological Disorders Sunday, May 25th, 2008 - 10:26:50 - Ehud Rattner In our brains, where millions of signals move across a network of neurons like runners in a relay race, all the critical baton passes take place at... read more

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