Stroke: Know the signs and risk factors
May is National Stroke Awareness Month, which makes this a good time to learn more about the signs and risk factors for stroke.
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May is National Stroke Awareness Month, which makes this a good time to learn more about the signs and risk factors for stroke.
May 5, 2023
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You're walking down a busy street on your way to work. You pass a busker playing a song you haven't heard in years. Now suddenly, instead of noticing all the goings on in the city around you, you're mentally reliving the ...
Mar 10, 2023
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Wanting to better understand how the brain forms and stores long-term memory, an international team of scientists undertook a study of the brain's circuits. Their work sheds new light on the way the circuits in the brain ...
Mar 7, 2023
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During periods of rapid eye movement (REM) sleep, brain activity often resembles that of awake behavior. At times, the brain can actually be more active during REM sleep than when you're awake. It's why REM sleep is sometimes ...
Feb 8, 2023
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Most people remember emotional events—like their wedding day—very clearly, but researchers are not sure how the human brain prioritizes emotional events in memory. In a study published on January 16, 2023 in Nature Human ...
Jan 18, 2023
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Although they were only two-and-a-half years ago, the first months of the COVID pandemic and ensuing lockdowns seem like a distant past.
Dec 1, 2022
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We've all done it—you're walking around going about your business and suddenly you're thinking about that time in high school you said something really stupid you would never say now.
Nov 10, 2022
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The cerebellum is known primarily for regulation of movement. Researchers at the University of Basel have now discovered that the cerebellum also plays an important role in remembering emotional experiences. The study appears ...
Oct 6, 2022
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You may not realize it, but each time you recall a memory—like your first time riding a bike or walking into your high school prom—your brain changes the memory ever so slightly. It's almost like adding an Instagram filter, ...
Oct 3, 2022
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People with dementia often lose their ability to communicate verbally with loved ones in later stages of the disease. But a Northwestern Medicine study, in collaboration with Institute for Therapy through the Arts (ITA), ...
Aug 29, 2022
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