Learning from locusts: Study points toward new treatment for stroke and migraine
A similarity in brain disturbance between insects and people suffering from migraines, stroke and epilepsy points the way toward new drug therapies to address these conditions.Queen's University biologists studying the locust have found that these human disorders are linked by a brain disturbance during which nerve cells shut down.
"This suggests that similar treatments in humans might be able to modify the thresholds or severity of migraine and stroke," says Gary Armstrong, who is completing his PhD research in Biology professor Mel Robertson's laboratory.
Learning from locusts: Study points toward new treatment for stroke and migraine
A similarity in brain disturbance between insects and people suffering from migraines, stroke and epilepsy points the way toward new drug therapies to address these conditions.
Thu 2 Jul 09 from PhysOrg
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Learning from locusts, Thu 2 Jul 09 from Eurekalert
Human-like Brain Disturbances In Insects: Locusts Shed Light On Migraines, Stroke And Epilepsy, Fri 3 Jul 09 from ScienceDaily
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New stroke, migraine therapy proposed
KINGSTON, Ontario, July 6 (UPI) -- Canadian scientists say a study involving locusts might lead to new drugs to treat migraine headaches, stroke and epilepsy and other illnesses.
Mon 6 Jul 09 from UPI
New stroke, migraine therapy proposed, Mon 6 Jul 09 from RedOrbit
Locust Experiments May Lead To New Treatments For Strokes, Migraines, & Epilepsy
Scientists at Queen's University in Canada have discovered a link betwen locust comas and human strokes, migraines and epilepsy. This is not only an interesting scientific finding, but ...
Fri 3 Jul 09 from InventorSpot
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