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Estrogen therapy likely must be given soon after menopause to provide stroke protection
Publish Date: 04-NOV-2009 08:28 AM
AUGUSTA, Ga. – For estrogen replacement to provide stroke protection, it likely must be given soon after levels drop because of menopause or surgical removal of the ovaries, scientists report in the Journal of Neuroscience. Animal studies indicate a "critical period" for estrogen replacement and that when therapy is delayed, estrogen receptors on brain cells are significantly diminished along with the neuroprotection estrogen typically conveys, according to scientists from the Medical College of Georgia, North China Coal Medical University and the University of Texas Health Sciences Center at San Antonio. 
 
Smart rat "Hobbie-J" produced by over-expressing a gene that helps brain cells communicate
Publish Date: 19-OCT-2009 08:32 AM
AUGUSTA, Ga. – Over-expressing a gene that lets brain cells communicate just a fraction of a second longer makes a smarter rat, report researchers from the Medical College of Georgia and East China Normal University. 
 
Dr. Maria to chair annual Neurobiology of Disease in Children Symposium
Publish Date: 12-OCT-2009 05:10 PM
Dr. Bernard L. Maria, chair of the Department of Pediatrics and Ellington Charles Hawes Chair in Pediatrics at the Medical College of Georgia School of Medicine, will chair the annual Neurobiology of Disease in Children Symposium Oct. 14 in Louisville, Ky. 
 
AAMC official stresses strategic planning for future research funding success
Publish Date: 28-AUG-2009 05:19 PM
The chief science officer for the Association of American Medical Colleges told a group of top Medical College of Georgia scientists and clinicians that the near-term outlook for federal research funding is good. However, she cautioned that academic medical centers must think and act more strategically to successfully obtain future funding.  
 
Protein handlers should be effective treatment target for cancer and Alzheimer's
Publish Date: 06-AUG-2009 09:57 AM
Cancer and Alzheimer's have excess protein in common and scientists say learning more about how proteins are made and eliminated will lead to better treatment for both. Medical College of Georgia researchers Drs. Nahid F. Mivechi and Dimitrios Moskofidis have received two National Cancer Institute grants totaling nearly $3 million and a $982,800, four-year grant from the U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs in the last 12 months to support studies of proteins and the molecular chaperones that mange them from cradle to grave.  
 
Dr. Brann named to American Heart Association, National Institutes of Health study sections
Publish Date: 05-AUG-2009 09:23 AM
Dr. Darrell W. Brann has been appointed chair of the R2 Brain Study Section at the American Heart Association and to a four-year term as a full-time member of the National Institutes of Health Integrative and Clinical Endocrinology and Reproduction Study Section 
 
Dr. Sethi on review committee for Michael J. Fox Foundation awards
Publish Date: 20-JUL-2009 02:56 PM
Dr. Kapil Sethi, neurologist and director of the Movement Disorders Program at the Medical College of Georgia, is part of a panel of experts choosing winners of the Michael J. Fox Foundation for Parkinson’s Research 2009 Clinical Intervention Awards. 
 
Estrogen can reduce stroke damage by inactivating protein
Publish Date: 16-JUL-2009 08:01 AM
AUGUSTA, Ga. – Estrogen can halt stroke damage by inactivating a tumor-suppressing protein known to prevent many cancers, Medical College of Georgia researchers say. "Our research suggests that estrogen suppresses p53 after stroke, which stops the damage," says Limor Raz, a fourth-year Ph.D. student in the MCG School of Graduate Studies. 
 
Dr. Sethi named to advisory group for World Health Organization
Publish Date: 11-JUN-2009 04:03 PM
Dr. Kapil Sethi, neurologist and director of the Movement Disorders Program at the Medical College of Georgia, has been appointed to the World Health Organization’s Advisory Group for the International Classification of Diseases. Dr. Sethi will serve as a representative of the Movement Disorders Society. 
 
Wii-hab may enhance Parkinson's treatment
Publish Date: 11-JUN-2009 08:55 AM
The Nintendo Wii may help treat symptoms of Parkinson's disease, including depression, a Medical College of Georgia researcher says.