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NIH Study on Autism Finds Entire Brain Affected A recent study by the National Institutes of Health has indicated that neurological signs in autistic patients are not limited to the brain areas involved in social interaction, communication, and reasoning. Previously it has been held that problems in tho... Continue reading NIH Study on Autism Finds Entire Brain Affected
Marijuana-like Compound Found to Slow Alzheimer's Marijuana may slow the brain inflamation believed to contribute to age-related degenerative diseases such as Alzheimer's disease, researchers said at the annual meeting of the Society of Neuroscience yesterday. Using rats with brain inflammation similar t... Continue reading Marijuana-like Compound Found to Slow Alzheimer's
Torture Victims Suffer Long-Term Brain Trauma Studies by a psychotraumatology research group show that torture may affect the way the brain works for years after the trauma. Studying a group of people who had experienced varying degrees of torture, researchers found not only evidence of dissociation, o... Continue reading Torture Victims Suffer Long-Term Brain Trauma
Gene Linked to Depression Found to Enlarge Brain Region A variation of a gene linked to mental illness has been found to shape the pulvinar, a part of the brain associated with negative emotions. University of Texas researchers studied the brains of 49 deceased people, finding that those who had carried two sho... Continue reading Gene Linked to Depression Found to Enlarge Brain Region
Myelin 'Internet' Makes Human Brain Unique But Vulnerable, Researcher Says Myelin, the layer of fat and protein insulating neurons and conducting the neuronal impulses in human brains, was called a "recent invention of evolution" which causes man's "unique vulnerability to highly prevalent neuropsychiatric disorders" in a paper pu... Continue reading Myelin 'Internet' Makes Human Brain Unique But Vulnerable, Researcher Says
Boys and Girls Process Language in Different Parts of Brain When children make language mistakes, girls use the part of the brain used for declarative memory or tasks like memorizing words and associations while boys use procedural memory and the part associated with governing the rules of language, Georgetown Unive... Continue reading Boys and Girls Process Language in Different Parts of Brain
Chronic Stress Alters Neuron Growth New research shows that long-term daily stress actually changes the shape of neurons in the brain, helping to explain the association of prolonged stress with mental illness. Using rats exposed to stressful conditions, scientists found that stressed rats p... Continue reading Chronic Stress Alters Neuron Growth
Instinctive Decisions Most Reliable Under some circumstances following your gut is your best bet, shows research from University College London psychologists. Participants in their study, published in today's issue of Current Biology, were given between zero and 1.5 seconds identify on which ... Continue reading Instinctive Decisions Most Reliable
Diabetes Linked to Cognitive Impairment Diabetes is linked to a higher risk of mild cognitive impairment (MCI), a transitional stage between normal aging and Alzheimer's which may impair memory, language and reasoning. Researchers at Columbia University Medical Center interviewed and assessed 91... Continue reading Diabetes Linked to Cognitive Impairment
Changes in Brain Structure Can Predict Alzheimer's Years in Advance Losses in the brain's gray matter are evident years before the first symptoms of Alzheimer's disease appear, shows research published in the most recent issue of Neurology. Researchers performed brain scans and cognitive tests on 136 cognitively healthy in... Continue reading Changes in Brain Structure Can Predict Alzheimer's Years in Advance
Alcohol Can Shrink Your Brain Heavy alcohol use over a lifetime leads to decreases in brain volume, shows research to be presented at the American Academy of Neurology's 59th Annual Meeting. Comparing MRIs from 1,839 people age 34 to 88, researchers discovered that people who had, on av... Continue reading Alcohol Can Shrink Your Brain
New Evidence For Progressive Theory Of Schizophrenia Since the naming of schizophrenia, experts have argued about its course: Is it a structurally progressively disease or are its symptoms the result of existing lesional damage to the brain, perhaps present from birth? While the dominant theories support the ... Continue reading New Evidence For Progressive Theory Of Schizophrenia
MRIs Reveal Highly Distinct Branches Of Anxiety Anxiety is a word used to describe feelings associated with both worry and fear. However, a new study by University of Illinois psychologists provides evidence for that these are actually two types of anxiety so different they take place in opposite hemisph... Continue reading MRIs Reveal Highly Distinct Branches Of Anxiety
Republican vs. Democrat: A Matter of Brain Chemistry? Research by New York University and UCLA researchers appearing in Nature Neuroscience shows that liberal or conservative leanings may come down to cognition rather than conviction. In the experiment college students across the political spectrum were instr... Continue reading Republican vs. Democrat: A Matter of Brain Chemistry?
PsychBriefs: October 14-20, 2007 Our weekly wrap-up of news, interesting research, and noteworthy happenings in the worlds of psychiatry, psychology, and social work. Continue reading PsychBriefs: October 14-20, 2007
PsychBriefs: October 21-27, 2007 Our weekly wrap-up of news, interesting research, and noteworthy happenings in the worlds of psychiatry, psychology, and social work. Continue reading PsychBriefs: October 21-27, 2007
ADHD Brains Mature Three Years Later Attention deficit hyperactivity disorder delays development of certain regions of the brain by an average of three years shows a study of 446 youth with and without the disorder. Continue reading ADHD Brains Mature Three Years Later
Anorexic Brain Set on Planning, Not Pleasure Women who recover from anorexia show notably marked differences in brain patterns one year after recovery, states a report in this month's American Journal of Psychiatry. Continue reading Anorexic Brain Set on Planning, Not Pleasure
PsychBriefs: December 2-December 8, 2007 Our weekly wrap-up of news, interesting research, and noteworthy happenings in the worlds of psychiatry, psychology, and social work. Continue reading PsychBriefs: December 2-December 8, 2007
Autism Linked to Brain Overgrowth in First Year of Life Brain overgrowth between the ages of six and twelve months may may contribute to the development of autism, suggests research presented at last week's American College of Neuropsychopharmacology. Continue reading Autism Linked to Brain Overgrowth in First Year of Life
Estrogen Linked to Anorexia High levels of estrogen in the womb may increase risk of anorexia, shows new research published in the Archives of General Psychiatry. Continue reading Estrogen Linked to Anorexia
MRIs Show Culture Influences Brain Functions Where you were raised can affect the parts of your brain used to perform different tasks. Researchers at MIT studied 10 American and 10 East Asian patients using functional magnetic resonance imaging (fMRI) to find out whether their respective cultures aff... Continue reading MRIs Show Culture Influences Brain Functions
Chronic Pain Alters Brain Function Chronic pain is often only the start of the problem for sufferers, who also suffer high rates of depression, anxiety and sleep disorders. Continue reading Chronic Pain Alters Brain Function
Brain Scans Show Relationship Between Guilt, Depression As if feeling guilty wasn't bad enough, a new study by the National Institutes of Neurological Disorders and Stroke has confirmed a deep, cognitive association between guilt and depression. Continue reading Brain Scans Show Relationship Between Guilt, Depression
Brain Region Thinner In Smokers MRIs show smokers have a thinner medial orbito-frontal cortex than non-smokers. Continue reading Brain Region Thinner In Smokers |
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