Waking embryos before they are born
Under some conditions, the brains of embryonic chicks appear to be awake well before those chicks are ready to hatch out of their eggs. That's according to an imaging study published online on May 3 in Current Bi ...
Neuroscience
May 03, 2012 |
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Alzheimer's drug fails to reduce significant agitation
A drug prescribed for Alzheimer's disease does not ease clinically significant agitation in patients, according to a new study conducted by researchers from the U.K., U.S. and Norway. This is the first randomized controlled ...
Alzheimer's disease & dementia
May 02, 2012 |
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Regenstrief extending successful aging brain care model globally
The resources developed for an innovative collaborative model of dementia care, which reduces emergency room and hospital visits and improves the quality of care for those with dementia, are now available to institutions, ...
Health
May 02, 2012 |
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Maintain your brain: The secrets to aging success
Aging may seem unavoidable, but that's not necessarily so when it comes to the brain. So say researchers in the April 27th issue of the Cell Press journal Trends in Cognitive Sciences explaining that it is what you do in ...
Neuroscience
Apr 27, 2012 |
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Chronic cocaine use may speed up aging of brain
New research by scientists at the University of Cambridge suggests that chronic cocaine abuse accelerates the process of brain ageing. The study, published today 25 April in Molecular Psychiatry, found that age-related loss o ...
Addiction
Apr 24, 2012 |
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First study of screening for cognitive impairment in hospitals
Neither screening for cognitive impairment nor screening followed by computerized alerts to the health care team improved patient outcome according to the first randomized, controlled study of care provided to hospitalized ...
Alzheimer's disease & dementia
Apr 20, 2012 |
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Keep aging brains sharp: Brain games, exercise and diet help prevent cognitive slide
Exercising, eating a healthy diet and playing brain games may help you keep your wits about you well into your 80s and even 90s, advises a new book by researchers at George Mason University.
Psychology & Psychiatry
Apr 04, 2012 |
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Scientists shed light on age-related memory loss and possible treatments
Scientists from the Florida campus of The Scripps Research Institute have shown in animal models that the loss of memory that comes with aging is not necessarily a permanent thing.
Neuroscience
Apr 02, 2012 |
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Aging accelerates brain abnormalities in childhood onset epilepsy patients
New research confirms that childhood onset temporal lobe epilepsy has a significant impact on brain aging. Study findings published in Epilepsia, a peer-reviewed journal of the International League Against Epilepsy (ILAE) ...
Neuroscience
Apr 02, 2012 |
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Aging brain gets stuck in time, researchers show
The aging brain loses its ability to recognize when it is time to move on to a new task, explaining why the elderly have difficulty multi-tasking, Yale University researchers report.
Neuroscience
Mar 14, 2012 |
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Strong scientific evidence that eating berries benefits the brain
Strong scientific evidence exists that eating blueberries, blackberries, strawberries and other berry fruits has beneficial effects on the brain and may help prevent age-related memory loss and other changes, scientists report. ...
Health
Mar 07, 2012 |
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Link found between MicroRNA and neurological aging in fruit flies
(Medical Xpress) -- Researchers from several institutions in the Philadelphia area have banded together to form a team to look into the possible impact a certain type of MicroRNA (miRNA) may have on the neurological ...
Medical research
Feb 16, 2012 |
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How fast you walk and your grip in middle age may predict dementia, stroke risk
Simple tests such as walking speed and hand grip strength may help doctors determine how likely it is a middle-aged person will develop dementia or stroke. That's according to new research that was released today and will ...
Neuroscience
Feb 15, 2012 |
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Brain-imaging technique predicts who will suffer cognitive decline over time
Cognitive loss and brain degeneration currently affect millions of adults, and the number will increase, given the population of aging baby boomers. Today, nearly 20 percent of people age 65 or older suffer ...
Neuroscience
Feb 13, 2012 |
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Study shows Alzheimer's disease may spread by 'jumping' from one brain region to another
For decades, researchers have debated whether Alzheimer's disease starts independently in vulnerable brain regions at different times, or if it begins in one region and then spreads to neuroanatomically connected areas. A ...
Neuroscience
Feb 01, 2012 |
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