Musical training increases blood flow in the brain
Musical training increases blood flow in the brain // PUBLIC RELEASE DATE: 7-May-2014 Research by the University of Liverpool has found that brief musical training can increase the blood flow…
How cannabis causes ‘cognitive chaos’ in the brain
HRR: Controversial Public release date: 25-Oct-2011 Cannabis use is associated with disturbances in concentration and memory. New research by neuroscientists at the University of Bristol, published in the Journal of…
Environmental toxin Bisphenol A can affect newborn brain
Public release date: 25-Oct-2011 Newborn mice that are exposed to Bisphenol A develop changes in their spontaneous behavior and evince poorer adaptation to new environments, as well hyperactivity as young…
Exercise may help prevent brain damage caused by Alzheimer’s disease
Public release date: 15-Aug-2011 New York, NY, August 15, 2011 – Regular exercise could help prevent brain damage associated with neurodegenerative diseases like Alzheimer’s, according to research published this month…
Patients who use anti-depressants are much more likely to suffer relapses of major depression than those who use no medication at all
Public release date: 19-Jul-2011 Patients who use anti-depressants are more likely to suffer relapse, researcher finds Patients who use anti-depressants are much more likely to suffer relapses of major…
Prozac, causes anxiety and behavioral switching patterns, which may be due to excessive dematuration of granule cells in the hippocampus.”
Public release date: 15-Mar-2011 [caption id="" align="aligncenter" width="350"] English: 2D structure of SSRI-drug litoxetine (SL-810,385) (Photo credit: Wikipedia)[/caption] Prozac reorganizes brain plasticity Selective serotonin reuptake inhibitors (SSRI) such as Prozac…
Look at your body to reduce pain
[caption id="" align="aligncenter" width="320"] Mirror ! Mirror on the wall ! (Photo credit: ihave3kids)[/caption] Public release date: 10-Feb-2011 Simply looking at your body reduces pain, according to new research by…
A deficiency of dietary omega-3 may explain depressive behaviors
[caption id="" align="aligncenter" width="350"] DHA Molecule (Photo credit: Wikipedia)[/caption] Public release date: 30-Jan-2011 Neuroscience of nutrition How maternal essential fatty acid deficiency impact on its progeny is poorly understood. Dietary…
Prion disease can spread through air
13 January 2011 by Debora MacKenzie - entered the brain directly through nasal nerves [caption id="" align="aligncenter" width="350"] A diagram of Prion Propagation (Photo credit: Wikipedia)[/caption] You catch flu by…
Research examines vicious cycle of overeating and obesity
Public release date: 29-Sep-2010 - Evidence shows obese individuals have fewer dopamine (D2) receptors in the brain relative to lean individuals and suggests obese individuals overeat to compensate for this…
Children’s brain development is linked to physical fitness
Public release date: 15-Sep-2010 - “Higher fit children had higher performance on the relational memory task, higher fit children had larger hippocampal volumes, and in general, children with larger hippocampal…
Inflammation is Associated with Lower Intelligence and Premature Death
Public release date: 6-Sep-2010 - low-grade inflammation in young adulthood is associated with intelligence and mortality - we knew that inflammation associated with infection or cardiovascular disease could impair brain…
B vitamins and the aging brain examined
Public release date: 17-Aug-2010 - female volunteers whose plasma folate levels were in the lowest third were more than twice as likely to have symptoms of depression as volunteers in…
Eating berries may activate the brain’s natural housekeeper for healthy aging
Public release date: 23-Aug-2010 - “But in aging, microglia fail to do their work, and debris builds up,” Poulose explained. “In addition, the microglia become over-activated and actually begin to…
Simulated Blindness can help revive Hearing
[youtube http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=r6ql1_i3zhw] Highlights: "By temporarily preventing vision, we may be able to engage the adult brain to now change the circuit to better process sound, - The researchers found a…
Fear of getting fat seen in healthy women’s brain scans
Public release date: 12-Apr-2010 [caption id="" align="aligncenter" width="350"] Sagittal human brain with cortical regions delineated. (Photo credit: Wikipedia)[/caption] A group of women in a new study seemed unlikely to…
BRAIN INFECTION FROM TAPEWORM “SERIOUS HEALTH CONCERN”
Public release date: 13-Apr-2010 In Mexico, up to 10 percent of the population may have the infection, neurocysticercosis Increasing in Mexico and Bordering Southwestern States MAYWOOD,…
Study Shows Autistic Brains Create More Information at Rest
- autistic children generate more information at rest – a 42% increase on average Possible Explanation for “Withdrawal Into Self,” A Characteristic of the Disorder News Release: January 31, 2014…
Quality of white matter in the brain is crucial for adding and multiplying
- This correlation does not appear to apply to subtraction and division A new study led by Professor Bert De Smedt (Faculty of Psychology and Educational Sciences, KU Leuven)…
Older brains slow due to greater experience, rather than cognitive decline
- Traditionally it is thought that age leads to a steady deterioration of brain function, but new research in Topics in Cognitive Science argues that older brains may take longer…
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