Posts Tagged ‘brain and cognitive health’
Stuck in a loop of wrongness: Brain study shows roots of OCD
They clean their hands, many times in a row. They click switches on and off, over and over. They check – and re-check, and check again – that they turned the stove off. …
Read Full ArticleResearchers have found the first risk genes for ADHD
A major international collaboration has for the first time identified genetic variants associated with increased risk of ADHD. The findings provide new insights into the biology of ADHD. …
Read Full ArticlePlaying high school football changes the teenage brain
A sin…gle season of high school football may be enough to cause microscopic changes in the structure of the brain, according to a new study by researchers at the University of California,
Read Full ArticleLink found between chronic inflammation and risk for Alzheimer’s disease
While it is widely shown that possessing the ApoE4 gene is the major genetic risk factor of Alzheimer’s disease (AD), not all ApoE4 carriers develop AD. For the first time, researchers at Boston University School of Medicine …
Read Full ArticleCesarean-born mice show altered patterns of brain development
Cesarean-born mice show altered patterns of cell death across the brain, exhibiting greater nerve cell death than vaginally delivered mice in at least one brain area, a finding by Georgia State University researchers …
Read Full ArticleHardwired for laziness? Tests show the human brain must work hard to avoid sloth
If getting to the gym seems like a struggle, a University of British Columbia researcher wants you to know this: the struggle is real, and it’s happening inside your brain. …
Read Full ArticleNew study finds unexpected link between immune cells and male/female differences
Researchers at the University of Maryland School of Medicine (UMSOM) have made a surprising discovery: during fetal development, a particular immune cell seems to play a key role in determining the male …
Read Full ArticleSex differences in brain immune cells may lead to a paradigm shift in brain treatments
Microglia, the immune cells of the central nervous system, differ in male and female mice. MDC researchers report on the sex-specific features in Cell Reports. Their findings could change how we treat neurological diseases. …
Read Full ArticleFocused drug delivery for brain cancers
A person’s brainstem controls some of the body’s most important functions, including heart beat, respiration, blood pressure and swallowing. Tumor growth in this part of the brain is therefore twice as devastating. …
Read Full ArticleDiscovery of long-lived macrophages in the intestine
Macrophages are specialised immune cells that destroy bacteria and other harmful organisms. KU Leuven scientists, Belgium, have come to the surprising conclusion that some macrophages in the intestines of mice can survive for quite some time. …
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