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Partner caregivers of veterans with brain injuries may be at risk for chronic disease
• Brain • • Trauma & Injuries • Feb 03 15
Blame and anger associated with the grief of caring for a loved one with a traumatic-brain injury (TBI) may be related to inflammation and…
Walking on ice takes more than brains
• Brain • • Neurology • Jan 29 15
Walking across an icy parking lot in winter - and remaining upright - takes intense concentration. But a new discovery suggests that much of…
In infants, pain from vaccinations shows up in brain activity
• Brain • • Immunology • • Pain • Jan 26 15
Infants show distinct, consistent patterns of brain activity in response to painful vaccinations, reports a study in the February issue of PAIN®, the official…
You are what you eat - How gut bacteria affect brain health
• Brain • • Infections • Jan 22 15
The hundred trillion bacteria living in an adult human - mostly in the intestines, making up the gut microbiome - have a significant impact…
Family voices and stories speed coma recovery
• Brain • • Neurology • Jan 22 15
“Can he hear me?” family members are desperate to know when a loved one with a traumatic brain injury is in a coma.
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Seeing is not remembering
• Brain • • Neurology • Jan 21 15
People may have to “turn on” their memories in order to remember even the simplest details of an experience, according to Penn State psychologists.…
Older minds need physical and mental activity
• Brain • • Aging and Gerontology • • Physical activity -exercise • Jan 21 15
Exercising the body and mind may be the best way to keep an older brain sharp, suggests a new study.
“The best medicine is…
Brain recalls old memories via new pathways
• Brain • • Psychiatry / Psychology • Jan 19 15
People with anxiety disorders, such as post traumatic stress disorder (PTSD), often experience prolonged and exaggerated fearfulness. Now, an animal study suggests that this…
Optogenetics captures neuronal transmission in live mammalian brain
• Brain • • Neurology • Dec 26 14
Neurons, the cells of the nervous system, communicate by transmitting chemical signals to each other through junctions called synapses. This “synaptic transmission” is critical…
Subtle but important memory function affected by preterm birth
• Brain • • Childbirth • Dec 18 14
A new study has found that children born prematurely show differences in a subtle but important aspect of memory: the ability to form and…
Do concussions have lingering cognitive, physical, and emotional effects?
• Brain • • Neurology • Dec 03 14
A study of active duty U.S. Marines who suffered a recent or previous concussion(s) examined whether persistent post-concussive symptoms (PPCS) and lingering effects on…
Brain Study Uncovers New Clues on How Cues May Affect Memory
• Brain • • Neurology • Dec 03 14
A new study from the UT Dallas Center for Vital Longevity shows that the brain activity prior to seeing an item is related to…
For brain hemorrhage, risk of death is lower at high-volume hospitals
• Brain • • Stroke • Oct 24 14
For patients with a severe type of stroke called subarachnoid hemorrhage (SAH), treatment at a hospital that treats a high volume of SAH…
A rich vocabulary can protect against cognitive impairment
• Brain • • Neurology • Oct 21 14
Some people suffer incipient dementia as they get older. To make up for this loss, the brain’s cognitive reserve is put to the test.…
Why your brain makes you reach for junk food
• Brain • • Dieting • • Food & Nutrition • Oct 20 14
Will that be a pizza for you or will you go for a salad? Choosing what you eat is not simply a matter of…
Brain Activity Provides Evidence for Internal “Calorie Counter”
• Brain • • Dieting • Oct 20 14
As you glance over a menu or peruse the shelves in a supermarket, you may be thinking about how each food will taste and…
Sugar linked to memory problems in adolescent rats
• Brain • • Dieting • Oct 07 14
Studying rats as model subjects, scientists found that adolescents were at an increased risk of suffering negative health effects from sugar-sweetened beverage consumption.
Adolescent…
Strong working memory puts brakes on problematic drug use
• Brain • • Neurology • Oct 03 14
Adolescents with strong working memory are better equipped to escape early drug experimentation without progressing into substance abuse issues, says a University of Oregon…
Scientists Identify the Signature of Aging in the Brain
• Brain • • Aging and Gerontology • Sep 29 14
How the brain ages is still largely an open question – in part because this organ is mostly insulated from direct contact with…
Scientists create new ‘designer proteins’ in fight against Alzheimer’s and cancer
• Brain • • Cancer • • Neurology • Sep 24 14
Chemists at the University of Leicester have reported a breakthrough in techniques to develop new drugs in the fight against diseases such as cancer…
Not enough vitamin B1 can cause brain damage
• Brain • • Neurology • Sep 11 14
A deficiency of a single vitamin, B1 (thiamine), can cause a potentially fatal brain disorder called Wernicke encephalopathy.
Symptoms can include confusion, hallucinations,…
How the brain finds what it’s looking for
• Brain • • Neurology • Sep 04 14
Despite the barrage of visual information the brain receives, it retains a remarkable ability to focus on important and relevant items. This fall, for…
Can sleep loss affect your brain size?
• Brain • • Sleep Aid • Sep 04 14
Sleep difficulties may be linked to faster rates of decline in brain volume, according to a study published in the September 3, 2014, online…
Researchers switch emotion linked to memory
• Brain • Aug 27 14
Recalling an emotional experience, even years later, can bring back the same intense feelings. Researchers from the RIKEN-MIT Center for Neural Circuit Genetics revealed…
Changes in the eye can predict changes in the brain
• Brain • • Eye / Vision Problems • Aug 25 14
Researchers at the Gladstone Institutes and University of California, San Francisco have shown that a loss of cells in the retina is one of…