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Thursday, January 9, 2014
Parkinson’s Patients’ Utilization of Deep Brain Stimulation Treatment Reduced in Demographic Groups
According to a new report by a Perelman School of Medicine at the University of Pennsylvania researcher, among Parkinson's disease (PD) patients, female, black, and Asian patients are substantially less likely to receive proven deep brain stimulation …
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Thursday, January 9, 2014
High Good, Low Bad Cholesterol Levels Healthy for the Brain
In a pattern that mirrors the relationship between good and bad cholesterol in cardiovascular disease, University of California (UC) Davis researchers have found that high levels of “good” cholesterol and low levels of “bad” cholesterol correlate …
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Wednesday, January 8, 2014
How Stories May Change the Brain
Researchers at Emory University have detected actual changes in the brain that linger, at least for a few days, after reading a novel. The study, conducted over 19 consecutive days, focused on the lingering neural effects of reading a narrative. Using …
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Wednesday, January 8, 2014
Sleep to Protect Your Brain
Lose sleep and you may lose gray matter -- that's the takeaway from a new study out of Uppsala University, Sweden. In a study conducted on healthy young men, researchers found that one night of sleep deprivation increases morning blood concentrations …
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Tuesday, January 7, 2014
Study: Concussion Tests’ Marketing Outpaces Scientific Evidence
While computerized neurocognitive testing for concussions is widely used in amateur and professional sports, according to a recent study in Neuropsychology Review, little research over the past decade proves its effectiveness. The convenient computerized …
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Tuesday, January 7, 2014
Shingles Increases Risk of Stroke in Young Adults
According to a new study recently published in an online issue of Neurology, having shingles at a young age may increase the risk of having a stroke years later. People age 18 to 40 who had shingles were more likely to have a stroke, heart attack or …
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Monday, January 6, 2014
Human Stem Cells Predict Efficacy of Alzheimer Drugs
Why do certain Alzheimer medications work in animal models but not in clinical trials in humans? In the brains of Alzheimer patients, deposits form that consist essentially of beta-amyloids and are harmful to nerve cells. Scientists are searching for …
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Sunday, January 5, 2014
Laughing Gas Studied as Depression Treatment
Researchers have published a study in the journal Biological Psychiatry, reporting a successful attempt at treating depression using nitrous oxide. Researchers administered both standard doses of nitrous oxide and a placebo gas to 20 participants with …
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Friday, January 3, 2014
Study Provides Insight Into How the Brain Processes Shape and Color
A new study comparing brain responses to faces and objects with responses to colors reveals new information about how the brain’s inferior temporal cortex processes information. The study used non-invasive fMRI to measure responses across the brains …
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Friday, January 3, 2014
Brain Connections May Explain Why Girls Mature Faster
As the brain reorganizes connections throughout its life, the process begins earlier in girls, scientists at Newcastle University have found, which may explain why girls mature faster. Studying people up to the age of 40, the researchers discovered that …
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