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Study shows Where Alzheimer’s starts and how it spreads
• Brain • • Neurology • Dec 22 13

Study shows Where Alzheimer's starts and how it spreads

Using high-resolution functional MRI (fMRI) imaging in patients with Alzheimer’s disease and in mouse models of the disease, Columbia University Medical Center (CUMC) researchers… Study shows Where Alzheimer’s starts and how it spreads   

 
 

Contrast agent linked with brain abnormalities on MRI
• Brain • Dec 17 13

Contrast agent linked with brain abnormalities on MRI

For the first time, researchers have confirmed an association between a common magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) contrast agent and abnormalities on brain MRI, according… Contrast agent linked with brain abnormalities on MRI   

 
 

Self-worth boosts ability to overcome poverty
• Brain • • Neurology • • Public Health • Dec 17 13

Self-worth boosts ability to overcome poverty

For people in poverty, remembering better times - such as past success - improves brain functioning by several IQ points and increases their willingness… Self-worth boosts ability to overcome poverty   

 
 

Synaptic mechanisms of brain waves
• Brain • Dec 16 13

Synaptic mechanisms of brain waves

How information is processed and encoded in the brain is a central question in neuroscience, as it is essential for high cognitive function such… Synaptic mechanisms of brain waves   

 
 

Alzheimer’s risk gene may begin to affect brains as early as childhood, CAMH research shows
• Brain • • Psychiatry / Psychology • Dec 03 13

Alzheimer's risk gene may begin to affect brains as early as childhood

People who carry a high-risk gene for Alzheimer’s disease show changes in their brains beginning in childhood, decades before the illness appears, new… Alzheimer’s risk gene may begin to affect brains as early as childhood, CAMH research shows   

 
 

Do sports concussions really cause chronic traumatic encephalopathy?
• Brain • • Neurology • • Trauma & Injuries • Dec 03 13

Do sports concussions really cause chronic traumatic encephalopathy?

It’s been widely reported that football and other contact sports increase the risk of a debilitating neurological condition called chronic traumatic encephalopathy (CTE).

But… Do sports concussions really cause chronic traumatic encephalopathy?   

 
 

New compound for slowing the aging process can lead to novel treatments for brain diseases
• Brain • • Neurology • Dec 03 13

New compound for slowing the aging process can lead to novel treatments for brain diseases

A successful joint collaboration between researchers at the Hebrew university of Jerusalem and the startup company TyrNovo may lead to a potential treatment of… New compound for slowing the aging process can lead to novel treatments for brain diseases   

 
 

MRI technique reveals low brain iron in ADHD patients
• Brain • • Psychiatry / Psychology • Dec 01 13

MRI technique reveals low brain iron in ADHD patients

Magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) provides a noninvasive way to measure iron levels in the brains of people with attention deficit hyperactivity disorder (ADHD), according… MRI technique reveals low brain iron in ADHD patients   

 
 

Imaging shows long-term impact of blast-induced brain injuries in veterans
• Brain • • Trauma & Injuries • Dec 01 13

Imaging shows long-term impact of blast-induced brain injuries in veterans

Using a special type of magnetic resonance imaging (MRI), researchers have found that soldiers who suffered mild traumatic brain injury (MTBI) induced by blast… Imaging shows long-term impact of blast-induced brain injuries in veterans   

 
 

Music-based program may boost seniors’ brain function, mood
• Alternative Medicine • • Brain • Nov 29 13

Music-based program may boost seniors' brain function, mood

A music-based training program that challenges both the body and the mind may improve brain function and mood among seniors, suggests a new study… Music-based program may boost seniors’ brain function, mood   

 
 

Scientists identify key protein responsible for controlling communication between brain cells
• Brain • • Neurology • Nov 27 13

Scientists identify key protein responsible for controlling communication between brain cells

Scientists are a step closer to understanding how some of the brain’s 100 billion nerve cells co-ordinate their communication. The study is published today… Scientists identify key protein responsible for controlling communication between brain cells   

 
 

Post-Menopause Brain Drain Tied to Progesterone
• Brain • • Gender: Female • • Menopause • Nov 27 13

Post-Menopause Brain Drain Tied to Progesterone

Estrogen levels after menopause may have no impact on cognitive function, but progesterone levels might, researchers found.

In an analysis of data from a… Post-Menopause Brain Drain Tied to Progesterone   

 
 

Hormone therapy could enhance the therapeutic effect of head and facial bone grafts
• Brain • • Dental Health • • Surgery • Nov 20 13

Hormone therapy could enhance the therapeutic effect of head and facial bone grafts

Bone grafts, which are used to treat head injuries and birth defects, still pose major medical challenges, but scientists are reporting progress toward a… Hormone therapy could enhance the therapeutic effect of head and facial bone grafts   

 
 

Study finds altered brain connections in epilepsy patients
• Brain • • Epilepsy • Nov 18 13

Study finds altered brain connections in epilePsy patients

Patients with the most common form of focal epilepsy have widespread, abnormal connections in their brains that could provide clues toward diagnosis and treatment,… Study finds altered brain connections in epilepsy patients   

 
 

Effect of reducing blood pressure with medications immediately following ischemic stroke
• Brain • • Heart • • Stroke • Nov 17 13

Effect of reducing blood pRessure with medications immediately following ischeMic stroke

Jiang He, M.D., Ph.D., of the Tulane University School of Public Health and Tropical Medicine, New Orleans, and colleagues examined whether moderate lowering… Effect of reducing blood pressure with medications immediately following ischemic stroke   

 
 

Nicotine withdrawal traced to very specific group of brain cells
• Brain • • Tobacco & Marijuana • Nov 14 13

Nicotine withdrawal traced to very specific group of brain cells

Nicotine withdrawal might take over your body, but it doesn’t take over your brain. The symptoms of nicotine withdrawal are driven by a very… Nicotine withdrawal traced to very specific group of brain cells   

 
 

High blood pressure in middle age versus old age may better predict memory loss
• Brain • • Neurology • • Psychiatry / Psychology • Nov 13 13

High blood pressure in middle age versus old age may better predict memory loss

People in middle age who have a high blood pressure measure called pulse pressure are more likely to have biomarkers of Alzheimer’s disease in… High blood pressure in middle age versus old age may better predict memory loss   

 
 

Study finds aerobic exercise improves memory, brain function and physical fitness
• Brain • • Physical activity -exercise • • Public Health • Nov 12 13

Study finds aerobic exercise improves memory, brain function and physical fitness

A new study conducted by researchers at the Center for BrainHealth at The University of Texas at Dallas published online in the open-access journal… Study finds aerobic exercise improves memory, brain function and physical fitness   

 
 

Study examines amyloid deposition in patients with traumatic brain injury
• Brain • • Trauma & Injuries • Nov 11 13

Study examines amyloid deposition in patients with traumatic brain injury

Patients with traumatic brain injury (TBI) had increased deposits of β-Amyloid (Aβ) plaques, a hallmark of Alzheimer Disease (AD), in some areas of their… Study examines amyloid deposition in patients with traumatic brain injury   

 
 

How sleep aids visual task learning
• Brain • • Neurology • • Sleep Aid • Nov 10 13

How sleep aids visual task learning

As any indignant teacher would scold, students must be awake to learn. But what science is showing with increasing sophistication is how the… How sleep aids visual task learning   

 
 

Brainstem abnormalities found in ‘SIDS’ infants, in both safe and unsafe sleep environments
• Children's Health • • Brain • Nov 10 13

Brainstem abnormalities found in 'SIDS' infants, in both safe and unsafe sleep environments

Investigators at Boston Children’s Hospital report that infants dying suddenly and unexpectedly, in both safe and unsafe sleep environments, have underlying brainstem abnormalities and… Brainstem abnormalities found in ‘SIDS’ infants, in both safe and unsafe sleep environments   

 
 

Concussed rugby players being put at risk, say experts
• Brain • • Neurology • • Trauma & Injuries • Nov 07 13

Concussed rugby players being put at risk, say experts

Rugby players with brain damage are regularly being sent back onto the field of play because the sport’s governing bodies are not taking concussion… Concussed rugby players being put at risk, say experts   

 
 

Pleasure and pain brain signals disrupted in fibromyalgia patients
• Brain • • Pain • Nov 05 13

Pleasure and pain brain signals disrupted in fibromYalgia patients

New research indicates that a disruption of brain signals for reward and punishment contributes to increased pain sensitivity, known as hyperalgesia, in fibromyalgia patients.… Pleasure and pain brain signals disrupted in fibromyalgia patients   

 
 

Study finds a patchwork of genetic variation in the brain
• Brain • • Genetics • Nov 01 13

Study finds a patchwork of genetic variation in the brain

It was once thought that each cell in a person’s body possesses the same DNA code and that the particular way the genome is… Study finds a patchwork of genetic variation in the brain   

 
 

Poverty, parenting linked to child brain development
• Children's Health • • Brain • Oct 28 13

Poverty, parenting linked to child brain development

Children who grow up in poor families may have smaller brains than their more well-off peers, says a new study. But good parenting may… Poverty, parenting linked to child brain development   

 
 
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