Study supports link between stress, epileptic seizures. Scientists have long thought that stress plays a role in epileptic seizures, and new evidence suggests that epilepsy […]
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Women with sleep apnea have higher degree of brain damage than men. Women suffering from sleep apnea have, on the whole, a higher degree of […]
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Stress causes brain to shrink. A new study has found that living a stressful life may lead to shrinking in important parts of the brain. […]
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Study bolsters link between routine hits and brain disease. The growing evidence of a link between head trauma and long-term, degenerative brain injuries was amplified […]
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A single session of nerve stimulation has improved the movement of people with spinal cord injuries. Mimicking the passage of nerve signals by stimulating a […]
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Childhood brain injury could lead to crime later in life. People who suffer a traumatic brain injury as a child are more likely to commit […]
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How depression, stress trigger loss of brain volume. People who suffer from chronic stress or major depression tend to lose brain volume, and such loss […]
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Clues to autism emerge from brain imaging. Young adults with autism spectrum disorder (ASD) had significant variation in cortical volume, thickness, and surface area compared […]
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Evidence of ‘chemo brain’ verified by researchers. For many cancer patients undergoing chemotherapy, memory problems and a general mental haziness often plague them during and […]
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Metabolic protein launches sugar feast that nurtures brain tumors. Researchers at The University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center have tracked down a cancer-promoting protein’s […]
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Fetal alcohol exposure affects brain structure in children. Children exposed to alcohol during fetal development exhibit changes in brain structure, brain function and metabolism that […]
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How pedal power could ease Parkinson’s: Cycling can improve connections in brain regions linked to the disease. The exercise boosted patients’ co-ordination and balance, research […]
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Smoking “rots” the brain by damaging memory (memory loss), learning and reasoning, according to researchers at King’s College London. A study of 8,800 people over […]
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Women with Alzheimer’s deteriorate faster than men. Women with Alzheimer’s show worse mental deterioration than men with the disease, even when at the same stage […]
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Using music to reset the sleepless brain. Sleep problems and insomnia are common among Americans with half of the population suffering from insomnia. New pilot […]
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Even fetuses yawn, a new study shows. During the second and third trimester, fetuses yawn frequently, and those yawns can be distinguished in four-dimensional ultrasounds […]
Continue reading »The hunt for brain injury treatments has suffered a big disappointment in a major study that found zero benefits from a supplement that the U.S. […]
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Mind-reading scan locates site of meaning in the brain. Meanings of words can be hard to locate when they are on the tip of your […]
Continue reading »PTSD is difficult to treat because it is stored throughout the brain. And just as you can suffer from a little to a lot of […]
Continue reading »Neurons made from stem cells drive brain activity after transplantation in laboratory model. Sanford-Burnham researchers convince transplanted stem cell-derived neurons to direct cognitive function—getting us […]
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Light at night may lead to depression, brain functioning problems. Reading on your iPad, surfing the web on your laptop and watching TV late into […]
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