[gwenith]

A DRUG that triggers the birth of neurons in rat brains has opened up the possibility of a new treatment for Parkinson's disease. Animals given the drug generated dopamine-producing neurons in the substantia nigra, the area of the brain where cells are lost in people with Parkinson's.

http://www.newscientist.com/article/...ed-brains.html

This isn't what I was looking for but interesting all the same

[NeuroMedic]

Here is a link to the journal publication via Vanderbilt's Eskind Biomedical Library and PubMed as hosted on Elsevier:

http://www.sciencedirect.com/science...55c0a8596514bc


Seems like eugenics for the modern day enthusiast.

[gwenith]

Thanks mate! I browse New Scientist as a hobby and this gives me a good overall into some of the newer innovations coming out - don't always have time though to follow through to the original research.