Stomach pain, heartburn, and head rushes are frequent complaints of patients suffering from long-term diabetes. Doctors usually blame these symptoms on autonomic neuropathy, a dysfunction of the nerves that regulate blood pressure, heart rate, and digestion. But there's really not all that much evidence out there to prove this diagnosis. Researchers at the University of Minnesota and Wake Forest University set out to discover the...
Read MoreResearchers around the globe use stereology to efficiently and effectively gather quantitative data on the cellular level. The method is considered one of the most accurate ways to determine cell volume in 3D renderings of two-dimentional images. Two upcoming courses sponsored by MBF Bioscience offer hands-on instruction in the latest stereological methods. At the Sixth Course "Morphometry and Stereology in Neurosciences," taking place October 18-22 in...
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When your mouth is dry, your joints are stiff, or your heart is inflamed because your immune system is attacking your own body, chances are you're suffering from a little stress. A recent study shows that there may be physiological reasons why patients with autoimmune diseases experience increased levels of anxiety. Scientists at the City University of New York Medical School, Columbia University, and the University...
Read MoreIf topics like "cell death, regeneration, and recovery," "imaging and cell tracking in stroke research," and "stem cells and stroke therapy" pique your interest, head to the Baltic Sea city of Rostock Germany next month for the 6th International Symposium on Neuroprotection and Repair. Several of the speakers confirmed for this year's event are MBF Bioscience customers including Thomas Carmichael, Ulrich Dirnagl, Klaus Reymann, Michael Sofroniew,...
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Scientists who research genetic disorders might want to reconsider the way they transfer therapeutic genes to cells in the central nervous system. Adeno-associated virus (AAV) vectors are the most common way to transfer DNA into neural cells because of their nonpathogenic nature and long-term transduction abilities. Specifically, researchers most frequently use AAV serotype 2 (AAV2). But scientists at the Yale University School of Medicine believe that...
Read MoreOur offices are buzzing as we prepare for this year's Society for Neuroscience meeting in San Diego -- one of our biggest events of the year. Flights are booked and abstracts submitted! This year, in addition to unveiling version 10 of Neurolucida and Stereo Investigator, we are thrilled to be presenting neuroscientists some innovative technology. We'll be demonstrating automatic 3D cell counting using rigorous stereological sampling;...
Read MoreNeuro2010 is in full swing! If you're in Kobe, Japan for the event, stop by the MBF Bioscience booth (number 42). Norikazu Okada will be demonstrating Neurolucida, AutoNeuron, and Stereo Investigator. The joint conference of the 33rd Annual Meeting of the Japan Neuroscience Society, 53rd Annual Meeting of the Japanese Society for Neurochemistry, and the 20th Annual Meeting of the Japanese Neural Network Society, Neuro2010 takes...
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How do you find the volume of a sphere? It is a question that you’ve answered on math exams stretching all the way back to the sixth grade, but the formula eludes your brain. What is it that causes you to forget something that has been ingrained in your brain Dr. John Morrison of Mount Sinai School of Medicine and Peter R. Rapp, PHD and other...
Read MoreThe Senate appropriations labor, health, and human services subcommittee approved a $1 billion increase for the NIH in 2011, bumping the agency by 3.5% over its 2010 budget to $32 billion. Both House and Senate bills will go to the full appropriations committees before the two houses meet to work out a compromise bill. A vote on the final bill is not expected until after the...
Read MoreScientists explain the neurological process for the recognition of letters and numbers "We analyzed the influence of the context given by a word when linking the physical traits of its components to the abstract representations of letters," explains to SINC Nicola Molinaro, main author of the study and researcher of the Basque Research Center on Cognition, Brain and Language (BCBL)....
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