Posts Tagged ‘brain and cognitive health’
Increased depression and suicidal behavior risk for young cannabis users
Adolescent cannabis use has been linked to an increased risk of depression and suicidal behavior in young adulthood, according to the first meta-analysis by a team of scientists …
Read Full ArticleHow exercise may protect against Alzheimer’s
Athletes know a vigorous workout can release a flood of endorphins: “feel-good” hormones that boost mood. Now there’s evidence that exercise produces another hormone that may improve memory …
Read Full ArticleA new culprit of cognitive decline in Alzheimer’s disease
It has long been known that patients with Alzheimer’s disease have abnormalities in the vast network of blood vessels in the brain. Some of these alterations may also contribute to age-related cognitive decline …
Read Full ArticleIdentity crisis of satiety neurons leads to obesity
Obesity – as research in the past decade has shown – is first and foremost a brain disease. Researchers at Helmholtz Zentrum München, partners in the German Center for Diabetes Research, have now discovered …
Read Full ArticleScientists shed light on processes behind age-related decline in brain structures
Aging can cause damage to support cells in the white matter, which in turn may lead to damage in the grey matter of the hippocampus, …
Read Full ArticleMental health disorders common following mild head injury
A new study reveals that approximately 1 in 5 individuals may experience mental health symptoms up to six months after mild traumatic brain injury (mTBI), …
Read Full ArticleBacterial pathogen identified in brains of Alzheimer’s patients
New science uncovers how an unlikely culprit, Porphyromonas gingivalis (Pg) – the bacterium commonly associated with chronic gum disease – appears to drive Alzheimer’s disease (AD) pathology. …
Read Full ArticleHow gut bacteria affect the treatment of Parkinson’s disease
Patients with Parkinson’s disease are treated with levodopa, which is converted into dopamine, a neurotransmitter in the brain. University of Groningen show that gut bacteria can metabolize levodopa into dopamine. …
Read Full ArticleEssential nutrient may help fight Alzheimer’s across generations
In a new study, researchers at the Biodesign Institute explore a safe and simple treatment for one of the most devastating and perplexing afflictions: Alzheimer’s disease (AD). …
Read Full ArticleHow marijuana may damage teenage brains in study using genetically vulnerable mice
In a study of adolescent mice with a version of a gene linked to serious human mental illnesses, Johns Hopkins Medicine researchers say they have uncovered a possible explanation for how marijuana …
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