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Blocking DNA repair mechanisms could improve radiation therapy for brain cancer
• Brain • • Cancer • Apr 08 14
UT Southwestern Medical Center researchers have demonstrated in both cancer cell lines and in mice that blocking critical DNA repair mechanisms could improve the…
Green tea boosts your brain
• Brain • • Food & Nutrition • Apr 07 14
Green tea is said to have many putative positive effects on health. Now, researchers at the University of Basel are reporting first evidence that…
Blood-brain barrier repair after stroke may prevent chronic brain deficits
• Brain • • Stroke • Mar 25 14
Following ischemic stroke, the integrity of the blood-brain barrier (BBB), which prevents harmful substances such as inflammatory molecules from entering the brain, can…
Blood test offers swifter, safer diagnosis of sport brain injury
• Brain • • Trauma & Injuries • Mar 13 14
Swedish researchers say they have devised a blood test that could better diagnose sports-related brain injuries and prevent American football, rugby and ice hockey…
Quitting smoking linked to improved mood
• Brain • • Neurology • • Tobacco & Marijuana • Mar 12 14
Smokers who kick the habit appear to benefit from an improved mood, according to a new review of past studies.
On average, quitting smoking…
UF researchers find drug therapy that could eventually reverse memory decline in seniors
• Brain • • Neurology • Mar 05 14
It may seem normal: As we age, we misplace car keys, or can’t remember a name we just learned or a meal we just…
Can you boost your brain power through video?
• Brain • Feb 19 14
Watching video of simple tasks before carrying them out may boost the brain’s structure, or plasticity, and increase motor skills, according to a study…
Most of us have made best memories by age 25
• Brain • • Neurology • Feb 19 14
By the time most people are 25, they have made the most important memories of their lives, according to new research from the…
Finding ways to detect and treat Alzheimer’s disease
• Brain • • Neurology • Feb 17 14
Alzheimer’s disease has long been marked by progress - but not the kind of progress the medical community seeks. It is the most…
Why does the brain remember dreams?
• Brain • • Neurology • Feb 17 14
Some people recall a dream every morning, whereas others rarely recall one. A team led by Perrine Ruby, an Inserm Research Fellow at the…
Rebuilding the brain after stroke
• Brain • • Stroke • Feb 13 14
Enhancing the brain’s inherent ability to rebuild itself after a stroke with molecular components of stem cells holds enormous promise for treating the leading…
Excess weight linked to brain changes that may relate to memory, emotions, and appetite
• Brain • • Obesity • Feb 11 14
Being overweight appears related to reduced levels of a molecule that reflects brain cell health in the hippocampus, a part of the brain involved…
How our brain networks: Research reveals white matter ‘scaffold’ of human brain
• Brain • Feb 11 14
For the first time, neuroscientists have systematically identified the white matter “scaffold” of the human brain, the critical communications network that supports brain function.
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Nutritional supplement improves cognitive performance in older adults, USF researchers find
• Brain • • Food & Nutrition • • Aging and Gerontology • Feb 06 14
Declines in the underlying brain skills needed to think, remember and learn are normal in aging. In fact, this cognitive decline is a…
Monkeys that eat omega-3 rich diet show more developed brain networks
• Brain • • Dieting • Feb 05 14
Monkeys that ate a diet rich in omega-3 fatty acids had brains with highly connected and well organized neural networks - in some ways…
Potential biomarkers for the diagnosis of Alzheimer’s disease
• Brain • • Neurology • Feb 01 14
In a study published this week in Nature Neuroscience, Bess Frost, PhD, and co-authors, identify abnormal expression of genes, resulting from DNA relaxation, that…
Study Shows Autistic Brains Create More Information at Rest
• Brain • • Neurology • Feb 01 14
New research from Case Western Reserve University and University of Toronto neuroscientists finds that the brains of autistic children generate more information at rest…
How does the brain create sequences?
• Brain • • Neurology • Jan 26 14
When you learn how to play the piano, first you have to learn notes, scales and chords and only then will you be able…
Older brains slow due to greater experience, rather than cognitive decline
• Brain • • Aging and Gerontology • • Psychiatry / Psychology • Jan 21 14
What happens to our cognitive abilities as we age? Traditionally it is thought that age leads to a steady deterioration of brain function, but…
Cleveland Clinic identifies mechanism in Alzheimer’s-related memory loss
• Brain • • Neurology • Jan 19 14
Cleveland Clinic researchers have identified a protein in the brain that plays a critical role in the memory loss seen in Alzheimer’s patients, according…
Brain regions ‘tune’ activity to enable attention
• Brain • • Neurology • Jan 15 14
The brain appears to synchronize the activity of different brain regions to make it possible for a person to pay attention or concentrate on…
Benefits of cognitive training can last 10 years in older adults
• Brain • • Aging and Gerontology • • Neurology • Jan 13 14
Exercises meant to boost mental sharpness can benefit older adults as many as 10 years after they received the cognitive training, researchers said…
Mutation discovery may improve treatment for rare brain tumor type
• Brain • • Cancer • • Genetics • Jan 13 14
Scientists have identified a mutated gene that causes a type of tenacious, benign brain tumor that can have devastating lifelong effects. Currently, the tumor…
Are concussions related to Alzheimer’s disease?
• Brain • • Neurology • Dec 26 13
A new study suggests that a history of concussion involving at least a momentary loss of consciousness may be related to the buildup of…
Longer breastfeeding tied to better development
• Children's Health • • Brain • Dec 25 13
Children who were breastfed for more than six months scored the highest on cognitive, language and motor development tests as toddlers, in a new…