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Wednesday, December 3, 2014
Picture Emerges of How Kids Get Head Injuries
Researchers from the Washington University of Medicine in St. Louis and the University of California, Davis, School of Medicine have compiled a large-scale study of juvenile head injuries which provides extensive data regarding typical causes of injury …
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Wednesday, December 3, 2014
Early Brain Development Impacted by Mother’s Presence
According to a study conducted by NYU Langone Medical Center, a mother’s presence can not only help soothe pain in infants, but it may also impact early brain development by altering gene activity in a part of the brain involved in emotions. By carefully …
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Tuesday, December 2, 2014
New Test Links Analytical Thinking to Depression
Researchers from McMaster University and the Centre for Addiction and Mental Health recently developed a 20-question test to measure analytical thinking and rumination, a type of distraction-resistant thinking that is characteristic of clinical and sub …
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Tuesday, December 2, 2014
Enriched Environments Hold Promise for Brain Injury Patients
A study conducted by Tel Aviv University, published in the journal Behavioral Brain Research, has proposed that stimulating environments during recovery from traumatic brain injury (TBI) could increase healing rates. The study analyzed two groups of …
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Monday, December 1, 2014
Study Shows Marijuana’s Long-term Effects on the Brain
Researchers from the Center for BrainHealth at the University of Texas at Dallas published a paper in the journal Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences revealing the long-term effects of marijuana use through comprehensive MRI techniques. …
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Monday, December 1, 2014
Researchers Discover New Neurons that Play Key Role in Nicotine Addiction
In a recent study published in the journal Nature Neuroscience, scientists from The Scripps Research Institute found that in the core of the brain’s reward system are specific neurons that are active both with use of and withdrawal from nicotine. Until …
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Wednesday, November 26, 2014
Vitamin B May Not Reduce Risk of Memory Loss
A study published in the latest online issue of Neurology reports that folic acid and vitamin B12 supplements did not relieve cognition and memory problems in the elderly. Conducted by researchers at Wageningen University, this was the largest long-term …
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Wednesday, November 26, 2014
High-fat Diet May Postpone Brain Aging
In a recent research project led by the Center for Healthy Aging, the University of Copenhagen and the National Institute of Health, mice with DNA defects were studied in order to determine if a high-fat diet can postpone the aging process. Humans with …
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Tuesday, November 25, 2014
Depression, Overwhelming Guilt in Preschool Years Linked to Brain Changes
A research team from the Washington University School of Medicine published a study in the online journal JAMA Psychiatry which identified a physical similarity between the brains of children diagnosed with pathological guilt and those who were at high …
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Tuesday, November 25, 2014
Dietary Flavanols Reverse Age Related Memory Decline
According to a recent study conducted by researchers at Columbia University Medical Center, naturally occurring bioactives found in cocoa reversed age-related memory decline in healthy older adults. The study, published in the journal Nature Neuroscience …
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