News tagged with memory disorders
Cultural differences may impact neurologic and psychiatric rehabilitation of Spanish speakers
The number of people with neurological and psychiatric disorders in Spanish-speaking countries has increased over the past two decades. The February issue of NeuroRehabilitation assesses important factors that should be con ...
Psychology & Psychiatry
Mar 09, 2012 |
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Study pinpoints effects of different doses of an ADHD drug, finds higher doses may harm learning
New research with monkeys sheds light on how the drug methylphenidate may affect learning and memory in children with attention deficit hyperactivity disorder.
Attention deficit disorders
Mar 08, 2012 |
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Nose spray for panic attacks?
(Medical Xpress) -- Max Planck researchers have succeeded in showing in experiments on mice that the anxiolytic substance neuropeptide S (NPS) can be absorbed through the nasal mucosa and unfold its effect ...
Neuroscience
Mar 05, 2012 |
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New discoveries on depression
(Medical Xpress) -- During depression, the brain becomes less plastic and adaptable, and thus less able to perform certain tasks, like storing memories. Researchers at Karolinska Institutet have now traced the brain's lower ...
Psychology & Psychiatry
Feb 28, 2012 |
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Memory formation triggered by stem cell development
Researchers at the RIKEN-MIT Center for Neural Circuit Genetics have discovered an answer to the long-standing mystery of how brain cells can both remember new memories while also maintaining older ones.
Neuroscience
Feb 23, 2012 |
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Shedding light on memory deficits in schizophrenic patients and healthy aged subjects
Working memory, which consists in the short-term retention and processing of information, depends on specific regions of the brain working correctly. This faculty tends to deteriorate in patients with schizophrenia, ...
Psychology & Psychiatry
Feb 23, 2012 |
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My connectome, myself
The human brain has 100 billion neurons, each of which is connected to many others. Neuroscientists believe these connections hold the key to our memories, personality and even mental disorders such as schizophrenia. ...
Neuroscience
Feb 07, 2012 |
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Fear dementia? Your diet, weight more important than genes, experts say
Anyone who has a close relative with Alzheimer's shares the same worry: Am I next? However, a growing body of research indicates that our lifestyles - particularly what we eat and whether we're obese - play a greater role ...
Alzheimer's disease & dementia
Jan 26, 2012 |
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The implications of disease coexistence
In order to better counsel patients, it is key for clinicians of different disciplines to be aware of, and diagnose, the 'overlap syndrome' between two medical disorders - ALS and FTD - since it significantly affects patient ...
Neuroscience
Nov 29, 2011 |
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Study offers new insight for preventing fear relapse after trauma
(Medical Xpress) -- In a new study, University of Michigan researchers identified brain circuits in rats that are responsible for the return of fear after it has been suppressed behaviorally.
Neuroscience
Nov 29, 2011 |
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Alzheimer's vaccine triggers brain inflammation when brain amyloid burden is high
Patients with Alzheimer's disease who are in the early stages of their illness will likely benefit most from vaccine therapies now being tested in a number of human clinical trials, say researchers from Georgetown University ...
Alzheimer's disease & dementia
Nov 14, 2011 |
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Psychologists stress the importance of memory in preventing relapse after therapy
(Medical Xpress) -- Addictions, phobias, post-traumatic stress disorder—such painful and harmful problems are recalcitrant to treatment. In the clinic, a person may suppress the association between the stimulus and the ...
Psychology & Psychiatry
Nov 03, 2011 |
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Connecting neurons to fix the brain
Each of the brain's 100 billion neurons forms thousands of connections with other neurons. These connections, known as synapses, allow cells to rapidly share information, coordinate their activities, and achieve ...
Neuroscience
Oct 26, 2011 |
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Certain therapies appear beneficial in reducing PTSD symptoms in some trauma survivors
Prolonged exposure therapy, cognitive therapy, and delayed prolonged exposure therapy, appear to reduce posttraumatic stress disorder symptoms in patients who have experienced a recent traumatic event, according to a report ...
Psychology & Psychiatry
Oct 03, 2011 |
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The neuroscience of choosing: Can we understand how the brain makes decisions?
Although still a young field, research in "decision neuroscience" has exploded in the last decade, with scientists beginning to decipher what exactly is happening in our brains when we are making choices, whether big or small.
Neuroscience
Sep 15, 2011 |
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