Lupin Receives US FDA Tentative Approval for Memantine HCl Tablets
BALTIMORE, Jan. 21 (HSMN NewsFeed) -- Lupin Pharmaceuticals, Inc. (LPI) announced today that it has received tentative approval from the US Food and Drug Administration (US FDA) for its Memantine Hydrochloride tablets, 5mg and 10mg. Lupin's Memantin... Biopharmaceuticals, Generics, Neurology, FDALupin Pharmaceuticals, Memantine, Namenda, Forest Laboratories, Alzheimer's (Source: HSMN NewsFeed)

Brain Cells Found In Monkeys That May Be Linked To Self-Awareness And Empathy In Humans
The anterior insular cortex is a small brain region that plays a crucial role in human self-awareness and in related neuropsychiatric disorders. A unique cell type - the von Economo neuron (VEN) - is located there. For a long time, the VEN was assumed to be unique to humans, great apes, whales and elephants. Henry Evrard, neuroanatomist at the Max Planck Institute for Biological Cybernetics in Tübingen, Germany, now discovered that the VEN occurs also in the insula of macaque monkeys... (Source: Health News from Medical News Today)