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Fish may aid fetal brain development
• Brain • Oct 11 05
New research suggests that fish may indeed be brain food, at least those varieties that have low levels of mercury.
In a study of…
Amphetamines Reverse Parkinson’s Disease Symptoms in Mice
• Brain • Aug 11 05
Amphetamines, including the drug popularly known as Ecstasy, can reverse the symptoms of Parkinson’s disease in mice with an acute form…
Would you Adam and Eve it?
• Brain • Jul 11 05
Men and women act differently because their brains are built differently, says Chloe Rhodes
The physical differences between men and women have long been…
Celebrity photos prompt memory study breakthrough
• Brain • Jun 23 05
Scientists at two California universities have isolated single neurons responsible for holding the memory of an image, in what they called an unprecedented finding…
Bigger brains mean higher IQ
• Brain • Jun 22 05
People with bigger brains tend to score higher on standardized tests of intelligence, new research shows.
However, study author Dr. Michael A. McDaniel of…
Nicotine acts on brain in similar way as heroin
• Brain • Jun 20 05
New research hints at why it’s so hard to quit Smoking. In a mouse study, Pennsylvania researchers found that nicotine affects the brain through…
Alcohol harms women’s brains faster than men’s
• Brain • May 17 05
Although women are generally less likely than men to become dependent on alcohol, they appear to develop alcoholic brain damage more rapidly…
Drug protects brain from low blood flow
• Brain • May 10 05
Strokes typically occur when a region of the brain is deprived of an adequate supply of blood. Now, findings from an…
Firefighter suddenly emerges from 10-year fog
• Brain • May 04 05
Doctors on Tuesday sought to understand why a brain-damaged firefighter snapped to attention after nearly a decade of sitting silently in a wheelchair and…
High and low blood pressure bad for brain function
• Brain • Mar 09 05
New research indicates that high and abnormally low blood pressures can have a detrimental effect on one’s thinking ability or cognitive function.
However, the…
Britain sets up brain tissue bank to aid research
• Brain • Mar 01 05
A brain tissue bank that will allow researchers to study sudden deaths from a variety of causes will open in Edinburgh on Wednesday, scientists…
Baby Staying In Hospital Sustains Head Injuries
• Brain • Feb 21 05
An 8-month old girl remains in critical condition after suffering severe head injuries at Connecticut Children’s Medical Center.
Police said a nurse reported…
Steroids Risky Treatment for Brain Injury
• Brain • Feb 21 05
Steroid medications commonly used to reduce inflammation caused by traumatic head injuries may actually boost the risk of death, a new report suggests.
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Teen binge drinking can do long-term brain damage
• Brain • Feb 14 05
Mounting evidence shows that the still-maturing teenage brain is particularly susceptible to damage from heavy drinking, according to a report published Monday.
A number…
Blood pressure therapy boosts cerebral blood flow
• Brain • Feb 09 05
In elderly patients with elevated systolic blood pressure - the upper number in a blood pressure reading - effective blood pressure therapy increases blood…
Brain-Damaged People Show Signs of Awareness: Study
• Brain • Feb 08 05
People with severe brain damage who appear to be completely unaware may in fact know what’s going on around them but are unable to…
Brain tumor treatment inconsistent in US and Canada
• Brain • Feb 02 05
Patients who develop the most common kind of primary malignant brain tumor are sometimes given drugs they may not need and deprived of others…
IQ-related brain areas may differ in men, women
• Brain • Jan 31 05
While neither men nor women may be the more intelligent sex, their brains may take different paths to reach the same intellectual level, according…
Lead accumulation tied to mental decline with age
• Brain • Jan 07 05
A lifetime of low-level exposure to lead in the environment may contribute to mental decline as people age, a study of older men suggests.
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Brain processes whistled language just as spoken
• Brain • Jan 05 05
Like Snow White’s seven dwarfs, shepherds on one of Spain’s Canary Islands whistle while they work and use the sound to communicate over long…
Brain area may control urge to hoard
• Brain • Dec 22 04
Researchers may have located the area in the brain that separates the stamp collectors from the pack rats.
Stories abound of people who filled…
Alzheimer’s On The Road
• Brain • Dec 10 04
It’s a degenerative disease that affects the brain of millions of elderly people. It’s estimated that there are twenty-five thousand people living with Alzheimer’s…
Autistic brain seen to recall letters differently
• Brain • Dec 10 04
A new brain-imaging study suggests that people with autism use different parts of the brain when remembering letters - regions normally associated with…
Smoking is bad for the brain - study
• Brain • Dec 08 04
Smoking not only damages health, it is bad for the brain too, according to a Scottish study spanning nearly 60 years.
Professor Lawrence Whalley…
Brain abnormality linked to hyperactivity disorder
• Brain • Nov 29 04
Brain scans of children with attention deficit hyperactivity disorder show abnormalities in the fiber pathways along which brain signals pass, scientists said on…