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Attention deficit disorders

Q&A: How hormones and the menstrual cycle can affect women with ADHD

Have you noticed that your levels of attention may slightly change during your menstrual cycle?

Aug 17, 2023

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Neuroscience

Baby neurons in adult brains are needed to maintain memory: Study

A quarter-century ago, researchers discovered that adults, not just developing infants, can generate new brain cells, a process called neurogenesis. But it's still not clear what role these new neurons play in health or disease.

Aug 23, 2023

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Diseases, Conditions, Syndromes

Age and severity of heart failure associated with impairment in verbal memory

(Medical Xpress) -- Older patients with lower rates of left ventricular ejection fraction (a measure of how well the left ventricle of the heart pumps with each contraction) appear more likely than younger patients to have ...

Aug 9, 2011

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Genetics

New mouse model helps explain gene discovery in congenital heart disease

Scientists now have clues to how a gene mutation discovered in families affected with congenital heart disease leads to underdevelopment of the walls that separate the heart into four chambers. A Nationwide Children's Hospital ...

Jun 26, 2012

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Neuroscience

Enhancing neuronal activity promotes axon regeneration in adult central nervous system

Damage to axons in the central nervous system (CNS) typically results in permanent functional deficits. Boosting intrinsic growth programs can dramatically augment the axon regeneration of injured neurons. If injured neurons ...

Feb 10, 2016

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Psychology & Psychiatry

Individuals with high ADHD-traits are more vulnerable to insomnia

Individuals with high ADHD traits that do not meet the criteria for a diagnosis are less able to perform tasks involving attentional regulation or emotional control after a sleepless night than individuals with low ADHD traits, ...

Dec 17, 2020

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Neuroscience

Study sheds light on underlying causes of impaired brain function in muscular dystrophy

University of Florida researchers have identified a gene responsible for brain-related symptoms of the most common form of adult-onset muscular dystrophy.

Aug 8, 2012

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Medical research

'Brain fog' of menopause confirmed

The difficulties that many women describe as memory problems when menopause approaches are real, according to a study published today in the journal Menopause, the journal of the North American Menopause Society.

Mar 14, 2012

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Attention deficit disorders

Do kids grow out of ADHD as they get older?

Attention-deficit hyperactivity disorder (ADHD) is more often diagnosed in children. That might make you wonder if people grow out it as they reach adulthood.

Dec 21, 2023

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