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Friday, September 12, 2014
Training Your Brain to Prefer Healthy Foods
According to new research conducted by scientists at the Jean Mayer USDA Human Nutrition Center on Aging (USDA HNRCA), it may be possible to train the brain to prefer healthy, low-calories foods over unhealthy, higher-calorie foods. Published in the …
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Friday, September 12, 2014
Neurological Basis Found for Honesty and Lying Tradeoff
In a recent study published in the journal Nature Neuroscience, scientists from the Virginia Tech Carilion Research Institute confirmed the area of the brain responsible for making the choice between honesty and deception. During the study, researchers …
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Thursday, September 11, 2014
Study Reveals How the Brain Processes Color and Motion
In a recent study conducted by the University of Chicago, scientists have identified a brain region that appears central to perceiving the combination of color and motion. They discovered a unique population of neurons that shift in sensitivity toward …
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Thursday, September 11, 2014
Study Finds Patients with A-fib at Higher Dementia Risk
In a new study conducted by the Intermountain Medical Center Heart Institute in Salt Lake City, researchers found that atrial fibrillation patients who are on blood thinning medications are at higher risk of developing dementia if their doses are not …
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Wednesday, September 10, 2014
Astrocytes Prepare the Brain to Shift Focus
In a new study conducted by Johns Hopkins University, researchers found that the star-shaped brain cells surrounding a mouse’s neurons (astrocytes) can monitor and respond to nearby neural activity, but only after being activated by the fight-or-flight …
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Wednesday, September 10, 2014
Kidney Stones Linked to Increased Risk of Stroke
In a recent study published in the American Journal of Kidney Disease, researchers found kidney stones were associated with a modestly elevated risk for coronary heart disease (CHD) and stroke, especially among women. A history of kidney stones was associated …
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Tuesday, September 9, 2014
Researchers Demonstrate Direct Brain-to-Brain Communication in Humans
In the first-of-its-kind study, an international team of neuroscientists and robotics engineers have demonstrated the viability of direct brain-to-brain communication in humans. The study, recently published in PLOS ONE, describes the findings from the …
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Tuesday, September 9, 2014
Potassium Tied to Lower Stroke Risk
A data analysis from the Women’s Health Initiative (WHI) recently found an inverse relationship between self-reported dietary potassium intake and stroke in postmenopausal women. The results of the analysis showed that women who consumed the most potassium …
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Monday, September 8, 2014
Noise Induced Hearing Loss Alters Brain Responses to Speech
In a recent study published in Ear and Hearing, researchers from the University of Texas at Dallas demonstrated how noise-induced hearing loss affects the brain’s recognition of speech. Exposure to intensely loud sounds leads to permanent damage of …
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Monday, September 8, 2014
Gene Variants Increase Spontaneous Brain Bleed Risk
In a newly published study, researchers found the epsilon-2 and epsilon-4 variants in the gene apolipoprotein E (APOE) were strong risk factors for warfarin-induced intracerebral hemorrhage (ICH), independent of the drug effect (used as a blood thinner …
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