From the database of
Essential
Science IndicatorsSM, this list of Emerging Research
Fronts has been generated by a comparison of the data sets for the current
period of September 31, 2002-August 31, 2008, and the previous period of
July 2002-June 30, 2008 (sliding 6-year period). Of the 6,394 Research
Fronts in the September 31, 2002-August 31, 2008, a total of 681 (10.6%)
were new.
The following Research Front was selected for mapping from the list of
Emerging Research Fronts from this period:
SMALL MOLECULES ENHANCE AUTOPHAGY; NOVEL
MTOR-INDEPENDENT AUTOPHAGY ENHANCER; SMALL MOLECULE
REGULATORS; POTENTIAL THERAPEUTIC APPLICATIONS
Many late-onset neurodegenerative diseases such as
Parkinson's and Huntington's are associated with the
formation of intracellular aggregates by toxic proteins.
TREATMENT-RESISTANT DEPRESSION DEEP BRAIN
STIMULATION; MAJOR DEPRESSION DETERMINED USING PROTON
MAGNETIC RESONANCE SPECTROSCOPY; REWARD CIRCUITRY
ALLEVIATES ANHEDONIA
The use of continuous deep brain stimulation to modulate
subcallosal cingulate activity as a treatment for
depression.