Neuroscience
Keeping the aging brain connected with words and music
In an era of seemingly endless panaceas for age-based mental decline, navigating through the clutter can be a considerable challenge.
Dec 29, 2021
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News tagged with white matter
Psychology & Psychiatry
White matter microstructure reveals developmental risk for psychosis
Brain imaging studies have shown structural and functional abnormalities in people with psychosis in the connections between the cortex and the thalamus, the major waystation for incoming sensory information and a critical ...
Dec 22, 2021
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Neuroscience
Does air pollution reduce the benefits of physical activity on the brain?
A new study shows that people who do vigorous physical activities, like jogging or playing competitive sports, in areas with higher air pollution may show less benefit from that exercise when it comes to certain markers of ...
Dec 8, 2021
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Neuroscience
Study finds brain lesions on MRI linked to years of playing football
Certain markers of injury to the brain's white matter, called white matter hyperintensities, can be seen on brain scans. A new study finds that brain scans taken during the lifetimes of athletes in contact sports, compared ...
Nov 24, 2021
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Neuroscience
Autism changes brain's white matter over time
Researchers at Yale University analyzing specialized MRI exams found significant changes in the microstructure of the brain's white matter in adolescents and young adults with autism spectrum disorder (ASD) compared to a ...
Nov 23, 2021
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Alzheimer's disease & dementia
White matter integrity disrupted in people with Alzheimer's gene mutation
The structural integrity of the brain's white matter as measured with an advanced MRI technique is lower in cognitively normal people who carry a genetic mutation associated with Alzheimer's disease than it is in non-carriers, ...
Oct 12, 2021
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Neuroscience
Brain microstructural damage related to cognitive dysfunction and steroid medication in lupus patients
Systemic lupus erythematosus (SLE) is an autoimmune disease in which the immune system attacks the body's own tissues, causing widespread inflammation and damage in the affected organs. It can affect the joints, skin, brain, ...
Sep 17, 2021
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Neuroscience
White matter and schizophrenia
Schizophrenia, a disturbance of functional connections within brain networks, has been extensively studied by MRI. However, functional alterations involving white matter (WM) have not previously been investigated, especially ...
Sep 6, 2021
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Alzheimer's disease & dementia
Environmental pollution may contribute to racial/ethnic disparities In Alzheimer's disease risk, says new study
Fine particle pollution may be one reason why Black women have double the risk of developing Alzheimer's than white women, suggests new research from the Keck School of Medicine of USC.
Aug 26, 2021
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Neuroscience
New imaging measure to track brain aging
Researchers from UNSW Sydney's Centre for Healthy Brain Aging (CHeBA) have developed an improved neuroimaging measure to monitor age-related cognitive decline in older adults.
Jul 30, 2021
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