tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-74362431075170616822024-03-13T20:19:15.511-07:00Brain Matter(s)Latest news on the human brain, pharmaceuticals, and the effects one have on the other.BrainMhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03692994567251458417noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7436243107517061682.post-15377172802872758142011-02-13T13:48:00.000-08:002011-02-13T13:48:18.249-08:00Spicy new drug helps post-stroke regenerationCurrently, the only pharmaceutical treatment prescribed after a stroke is a "clot-buster" molecule that, well... bust clots. While this ensures the return of a good blood flow and prevents further damage, it does nothing to alleviate the damage that's already done.<br />
This may eventually change as researcher from Cedars-Sinai Med Center are presenting a new compund - CNB-001, which does just that.<br />
The kicker? This new drug is an hybrid derivative from curcumin, a common spice found in dozens of Indian and Middle-Eastern recipe. <br />
Hmmmm... curry.<br />
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<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><img alt="" class="txttoimage_image" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-0wsNSRKOQYE/TVhRc1OP2mI/AAAAAAAAAAQ/r2XchDxaaEc/s1600/images.jpg" style="max-height: 148.462px ! important; max-width: 200px ! important;" title="" /></div>BrainMhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03692994567251458417noreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7436243107517061682.post-83760871982292599542011-02-10T16:24:00.000-08:002011-02-10T16:24:45.477-08:00Turns out more testosterone gets in the way of empathyThe latest from Cambridge and Ulrecht researchers: dosing a girl with a shot of testosterone in the tongue will make her less able to "read minds" (deduce a person's emotions and thinking based on their facial expression, which is a good part of empathy).<br />
This is especially interesting considering that a leading hypothesis to explain autism (marked by mostly absent empathy) is linked to unbalance of pre-natal exposure to androgen, like testosterone.<br />
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Then again, maybe the subjects in the study just got a lower score because the testosterone made them stop caring about others' emotions and just want to smash their faces in instead.<br />
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