Alzheimer's disease & dementia
Creating therapies for Alzheimer's disease by targeting neural circuits
Age-related dementia will affect 10 percent of people in the U.S. within their lifetime.
Nov 10, 2016
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Neuroscience
Too much activity in certain areas of the brain is bad for memory and attention
Neurons in the brain interact by sending each other chemical messages, so-called neurotransmitters. Gamma-aminobutyric acid (GABA) is the most common inhibitory neurotransmitter, which is important to restrain neural activity, ...
Aug 23, 2016
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Neuroscience
This is your brain on sentences
Researchers at the University of Rochester have, for the first time, decoded and predicted the brain activity patterns of word meanings within sentences, and successfully predicted what the brain patterns would be for new ...
Aug 15, 2016
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Alzheimer's disease & dementia
Study finds that yoga and meditation can help minimize cognitive impairment
Inner peace and a flexible body may not be the most valuable benefits that yoga and meditation have to offer, suggests new research by a UCLA-led team of neuroscientists.
May 10, 2016
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Alzheimer's disease & dementia
Burning more calories linked with greater gray matter volume, reduced Alzheimer's risk
Whether they jog, swim, garden or dance, physically active older persons have larger gray matter volume in key brain areas responsible for memory and cognition, according to a new study by researchers at the University of ...
Mar 11, 2016
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Neuroscience
Effect of physical activity, nutrient supplementation interventions on cognition
Two studies in the August 25 issue of JAMA examine the effect of physical activity and nutrient supplementation on cognitive function.
Aug 25, 2015
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Neuroscience
Workings of working memory revealed
Our understanding of how a key part of the human brain works may be wrong. That's the conclusion of a team at Oxford University's Centre for Human Brain Activity (OHBA), published in journal Trends in Cognitive Sciences.
Jun 8, 2015
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Neuroscience
Even when we're resting, our brains are preparing us to be social
Even when we're resting, our brains are preparing us to be social, UCLA psychologists report
May 28, 2015
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Health
Study indicates exercise sharpens the young adult brain
Regular physical activity improves brain function even in young adults considered in their prime and at the height of cognitive ability, according to a new University of Otago study.
Jan 20, 2015
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Neuroscience
Aging brains aren't necessarily declining brains
For years, conventional wisdom held that growing older tends to be bad news for brains. Past behavioral data largely pointed to loss in cognitive – that is, thinking – abilities with age, including poorer memory and greater ...
Nov 3, 2014
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