Psychology & Psychiatry
How a risk gene for schizophrenia affects the brain
Scientists have for the first time shown how the disruption of a key gene involved in mental illness impacts on the brain.
May 25, 2015
3
322
Page 5 - News tagged with mental function
Neuroscience
Animal study points to a treatment for Huntington's disease
By adjusting the levels of a key signaling protein, researchers improved motor function and brain abnormalities in experimental animals with a form of Huntington's disease, a severe neurodegenerative disorder. The new findings ...
Jan 5, 2015
0
56
Neuroscience
Train your heart to protect your mind
Exercising to improve our cardiovascular strength may protect us from cognitive impairment as we age, according to a new study by researchers at the University of Montreal. "Our body's arteries stiffen with age, and the vessel ...
Aug 25, 2014
0
0
Alzheimer's disease & dementia
Alzheimer's progression tracked prior to dementia
For years, scientists have attempted to understand how Alzheimer's disease harms the brain before memory loss and dementia are clinically detectable. Most researchers think this preclinical stage, which can last a decade ...
Sep 23, 2013
0
0
Neuroscience
Researchers debunk myth of 'right-brain' and 'left-brain' personality traits
(Medical Xpress)—Newly released research findings from University of Utah neuroscientists assert that there is no evidence within brain imaging that indicates some people are right-brained or left-brained.
Aug 15, 2013
4
1
Neuroscience
Daydreaming simulated by computer model
(Medical Xpress)—Scientists have created a virtual model of the brain that daydreams like humans do.
Jul 12, 2013
0
0
Neuroscience
Defects in brain cell migration linked to mental retardation
(Medical Xpress)—A rare, inherited form of mental retardation has led scientists at Washington University School of Medicine in St. Louis to three important "travel agents" at work in the developing brain.
Jun 21, 2013
2
0
Neuroscience
Mental picture of others can be seen using fMRI, new study finds
It is possible to tell who a person is thinking about by analyzing images of his or her brain. Our mental models of people produce unique patterns of brain activation, which can be detected using advanced imaging techniques ...
Mar 5, 2013
1
1
Neuroscience
Can going hungry as a child slow down cognitive decline in later years?
People who sometimes went hungry as children had slower cognitive decline once they were elderly than people who always had enough food to eat, according to a new study published in the December 11, 2012, print issue of Neurology, ...
Dec 10, 2012
1
0
Alzheimer's disease & dementia
Prospective Alzheimer's drug builds new brain cell connections
Washington State University researchers have developed a new drug candidate that dramatically improves the cognitive function of rats with Alzheimer's-like mental impairment.
Oct 11, 2012
7
0
