Neuroscience
Dopamine could explain why exercise helps boost your brain
A study exploring the mechanisms behind why cognitive performance improves in response to exercise, has found that dopamine plays a key role.
Jan 12, 2024
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News tagged with cerebral blood flow
Health
Warm water immersion boosts brain's blood
Water immersion has the potential to provide more benefits than previously thought, according to researchers who have found it increases blood flow in the brain.
Mar 25, 2014
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Neuroscience
Using light to measure blood flow in the brain in real time
The brain is arguably the most crucial aspect of our existence. Our brain health governs how well we function. In turn, our brain health is determined by the blood supply to our brain via "cerebral blood flow" (CBF), which ...
Oct 20, 2021
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Psychology & Psychiatry
Study shows elevated brain blood flow linked to anxiety and mood symptoms in females
Adolescence is a critical period for emotional maturation and is a time when significant symptoms of anxiety and depression can increase, particularly in females. Prior work by a team of Penn Medicine researchers found that ...
Jul 20, 2016
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Sports medicine & Kinesiology
Ten tips for looking after your back while you're sitting down
Working from home is challenging. Apart from reduced social interaction and the domestic juggling involved, homes are not usually designed to replicate a workplace environment when it comes to employees' health.
Jul 9, 2020
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Neuroscience
Arterial stiffening linked to Alzheimer's disease
A research team from Vanderbilt University Medical Center reports in Neurology that greater stiffening of the aorta, the main artery in the human body, is associated in older adults with increased Alzheimer's disease (AD) ...
Jul 16, 2021
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Psychology & Psychiatry
Mediation with art therapy can change your brain and lower anxiety
Cancer and stress go hand-in-hand, and high stress levels can lead to poorer health outcomes in cancer patients. The Jefferson-Myrna Brind Center of Integrative Medicine combined creative art therapy with a Mindfulness-based ...
Nov 29, 2012
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Alzheimer's disease & dementia
Connecting dots between higher blood pressure early in life and dementia
Whether elevated blood pressure early in life translates to increased risk of dementia is a question scientists are working to answer.
Jan 28, 2020
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Neuroscience
Stiff arteries linked with memory problems, mouse study suggests
As we age, our arteries gradually become less flexible, making it harder for the heart to pump blood throughout the body. This hardening of the arteries occurs faster in people with high blood pressure and increases the risk ...
Aug 26, 2016
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Medical research
Cortex-wide variation of neuronal cellular energy levels depending on the sleep-wake states
It is assumed that the brain has homeostatic mechanisms to prevent the depletion of cellular energy, required for all cellular activities. For example, the blood flow increases, and oxygen and glucose are actively delivered ...
Oct 7, 2020
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