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How Kids' Brain Structures Grow as Memory Develops
Apr. 16, 2014 Our ability to store memories improves during childhood, associated with structural changes in the hippocampus and its connections with prefrontal and parietal cortices. New research is exploring how ... full story -
Eavesdropping on Brain Cell Chatter
Apr. 16, 2014 Everything we do -- all of our movements, thoughts and feelings -- are the result of neurons talking with one another, and recent studies have suggested that some of the conversations might not be ... full story -
Cancer Drugs Block Dementia-Linked Brain Inflammation, Study Finds
Apr. 16, 2014 A class of drugs developed to treat immune-related conditions and cancer -- including one currently in clinical trials for glioblastoma and other tumors -- eliminates neural inflammation associated ... full story -
Rare Disease of the Inner Ear: New Insights
Apr. 15, 2014 In the most comprehensive study of Mιniθre's Disease to date, researchers have been able to suggest what goes wrong in the body when people develop the disease, and provide an insight into ... full story -
Functional Brain Imaging Reliably Predicts Which Vegetative Patients Have Potential to Recover Consciousness
Apr. 15, 2014 A functional brain imaging technique known as positron emission tomography is a promising tool for determining which severely brain damaged individuals in vegetative states have the potential to ... full story -
Brain Anatomy Differences Between Deaf, Hearing Depend on First Language Learned
Apr. 15, 2014 In the first known study of its kind, researchers have shown that the language we learn as children affects brain structure, as does hearing status. 'What we've learned to date about ... full story -
Brain Changes Associated With Casual Marijuana Use in Young Adults: More 'Joints' Equal More Damage
Apr. 15, 2014 The size and shape of two brain regions involved in emotion and motivation may differ in young adults who smoke marijuana at least once a week, according to a new study. The findings suggest that ... full storyMore: -
SSRI Use During Pregnancy Linked to Autism and Developmental Delays in Boys
Apr. 15, 2014 In a study of nearly 1,000 mother-child pairs, researchers found that prenatal exposure to selective serotonin reuptake inhibitors (SSRIs), a frequently prescribed treatment for depression, anxiety ... full story -
Osteoporosis Risk Heightened Among Sleep Apnea Patients
Apr. 15, 2014 A diagnosis of obstructive sleep apnea may raise the risk of osteoporosis, particularly among women or older individuals, according to a new study. Sleep apnea is a condition that causes brief ... full story -
New Method of Screening Children for Autism Spectrum Disorders Works at 9 Months Old
Apr. 15, 2014 Researchers have identified head circumference and head tilting reflex as two reliable biomarkers in the identification of autism spectrum disorders (ASD) in children that are between 9 and 12 months ... full story -
MRI Pinpoints Region of Brain Injury in Some Concussion Patients
Apr. 15, 2014 Researchers using information provided by a magnetic resonance imaging technique have identified regional white matter damage in the brains of people who experience chronic dizziness and other ... full story -
New Therapy Helps to Improve Stereoscopic Vision in Stroke Patients
Apr. 15, 2014 Humans view the world through two eyes, but it is our brain that combines the images from each eye to form a single composite picture. If this function becomes damaged, impaired sight can be the ... full story -
Outcome of Stroke Worse for People With Infection
Apr. 15, 2014 Infection is bad news for all of us - but it can be really serious to people who have had a stroke. Evidence is mounting that infection makes things much worse after a stroke. The researchers show ... full story -
Gene Variant Puts Women at Higher Risk of Alzheimer's Than It Does Men, Study Finds
Apr. 14, 2014 Carrying a copy of a gene variant called ApoE4 confers a substantially greater risk for Alzheimer's disease on women than it does on men, according to a new study. The scientists arrived at ... full story -
Collaborative Care Model Manages Depression, Anxiety in Patients With Heart Disease
Apr. 14, 2014 A telephone-based collaborative care model helped manage depression and anxiety, and improved health-related quality of life in patients with heart disease. Depression following acute cardiac ... full story -
Severe Sleep Apnea Linked to Increased Risk of Stroke, Cancer, Death
Apr. 14, 2014 Moderate to severe obstructive sleep apnea is independently associated with an increased risk of stroke, cancer and death. Results of the 20-year follow-up study show that people with moderate to ... full story -
Lashing out at Your Spouse? Check Your Blood Sugar
Apr. 14, 2014 Lower levels of blood sugar may make married people angrier at their spouses and even more likely to lash out aggressively, new research reveals. Researchers found that levels of blood glucose in ... full story -
Dog Ownership Benefits Families of Children With Autism
Apr. 14, 2014 Dog ownership decisions in families of children with autism have been studied in a new project. Researchers have found, regardless of whether they owned dogs, the parents of these children reported ... full story -
Identifying Children With Emotional Behavior Difficulties
Apr. 14, 2014 Research on children orphaned by HIV/AIDS in South Africa may provide insight on how to identify and help children with emotional behavior issues in other areas of the world, which may have limited ... full story -
Young Dads at High Risk of Depression, Too
Apr. 14, 2014 This study is the first to identify when young fathers are at increased risk of developing depressive symptoms. The lead author of the paper said the results of this longitudinal study are ... full story
- How kids' brain structures grow as memory develops
- Eavesdropping on brain cell chatter
- Cancer drugs block dementia-linked brain inflammation, study finds
- Rare disease of the inner ear: New insights
- Functional brain imaging reliably predicts which vegetative patients have potential to recover consciousness
- Brain anatomy differences between deaf, hearing depend on first language learned
- Brain changes associated with casual marijuana use in young adults: More 'joints' equal more damage
- SSRI use during pregnancy linked to autism and developmental delays in boys
- Osteoporosis risk heightened among sleep apnea patients
- New method of screening children for autism spectrum disorders works at 9 months old
- MRI pinpoints region of brain injury in some concussion patients
- New therapy helps to improve stereoscopic vision in stroke patients
- Outcome of stroke worse for people with infection
- Gene variant puts women at higher risk of Alzheimer's than it does men, study finds
- Collaborative care model manages depression, anxiety in patients with heart disease
- Severe sleep apnea linked to increased risk of stroke, cancer, death
- Lashing out at your spouse? Check your blood sugar
- Dog ownership benefits families of children with autism
- Identifying children with emotional behavior difficulties
- Young dads at high risk of depression, too
- Neuroscientists: Brain activity may mark beginning of memories
- Domestic abuse linked to mental health problems in new mothers
- Detrimental effects of television viewing on sleep in young children
- New clinical definition for epilepsy improves diagnosis accuracy
- Young people with epilepsy at significantly more risk of injury
- New mouse model could revolutionize research in Alzheimer's disease
- Hereditary trauma: Inheritance of traumas and how they may be mediated
- Green space keeps you from feeling blue
- Brain cell discovery could open doors to targeted cancer therapies
- Protein researchers closing in on the mystery of schizophrenia
- Confirmation of neurobiological origin of attention-deficit disorder
- Splice variants reveal connections among autism genes
- Researchers search for earliest roots of psychiatric disorders
- Too much protein may kill brain cells as Parkinson's progresses
- Getting to the root of Parkinson's disease
- Head injuries can make children loners
- Obsessive-Compulsive Disorder May Reflect a Propensity for Bad Habits
- Neurofinance study confirms that financial decisions are made on an emotional basis
- Older people with faster decline in memory and thinking skills may have lower risk of cancer death
- Bone marrow stem cells show promise in stroke treatment
- Toward a faster, more accurate way to diagnose stroke
- Reality of adoption breakdowns revealed by new research
- Human protein may trigger Parkinson's disease
- Proprioceptive feedback helps rehab patients learning to operate robotic prosthetic
- Mental health toll exacted on civilians working with military in war zones
- Regular aerobic exercise boosts memory area of brain in older women
- Perception that eating disorders women's problem delays men getting help
- Processing new information during sleep compromises memory
- Google Glass puts the focus on Parkinson's
- Chronic smoking can diminish postural stability
- Online registry to drive brain disease research
- Brain changes can result from participation in one year of contact sports, evidence shows
- Lipid levels during prenatal brain development impact autism, study shows
- Intranasal ketamine confers rapid antidepressant effect in depression
- What songbirds tell us about how we learn
- DNA modifications measured in blood signal related changes in the brain
- Innovative, coordinated brain care could save billions of health care dollars
- Back to basics: Redesigning systems of care for older adults with Alzheimer's disease
- Grandmas stay sharp when they care for grandkids once a week
- Higher blood pressure linked to lower tendency to worry
- Community-living seniors with dementia more likely to be hospitalized than those without dementia
- Deep brain stimulation may improve cognition in dementia, other neurodegenerative diseases
- Connection between integrity of brain's white matter, cognitive health
- Policy changes urgently needed as millions of Americans to start receiving early label of Alzheimer's disease
- Cognitive impairment common among community-dwelling, nursing-home resident elderly nearing end-of-life
- Genes increase the stress of social disadvantage for some children
- Part of brain linked to gambling addiction identified by researchers
- Transplantation cell therapy offers hope to stroke patients
- Genetic predisposition to liking amphetamine reduces risk of schizophrenia, ADHD
- Social circuits that track how we like people, ideas
- Green tea extract boosts your brain power, especially the working memory, new research shows
- Movies synchronize brains: Brain activity patterns show remarkable similarities across different people
- Caffeine against Alzheimer's disease? Positive effect on tau deposits demonstrated
- Switching off anxiety with light: Cone opsins coupled with serotonin receptors
- Parental obesity and autism risk in the child: Is paternal obesity a greater risk factor than maternal obesity?
- No evidence of Alzheimer's disease-associated changes in adolescents carrying genetic risk factors
- One in three intensive care survivors develop depression that typically manifests as physical symptoms
- Potential drug targets in deadly pediatric brain tumors
- Light-activated neurons from stem cells restore function to paralyzed muscles
- Depression increases heart failure risk by 40 percent
- Mountain climbing without the headaches
- Insomnia may significantly increase stroke risk
- What bank voles can teach us about prion disease transmission and neurodegeneration
- Dopamine, hippocampus and psychiatric diseases: Clarifying their relationships
- Patient stem cells help identify common problem in ALS
- New 'tweetment': Twitter users describe real-time migraine agony
- Unraveling tangled origin of amyotrophic lateral sclerosis (ALS)
- ER doctors commonly miss more strokes among women, minorities and younger patients
- When managers attack: Coaches who care about pundits’ opinions worse at controlling anger
- Diffeomorphometry, geodesic positioning systems for human anatomy
- Stroke risk higher after shingles, but antiviral drugs may provide protection
- First UK study of ketamine for people with severe depression
- Bioengineer studying how the brain controls movement
- Running, cardio activities in young adulthood may preserve thinking skills in middle age
- Most comprehensive wiring diagram of the mammalian brain to date
- A critical window into the developing human brain profiled in Nature
- Noisy brain signals: How schizophrenic brain misinterprets the world
- Integrating meditation with science
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