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Schizophrenia Tied to Teen Brain Changes
2012-02-06 12:41:00 Teenagers who have been diagnosed with schizophrenia or similar psychotic disorders sometimes show a greater decrease in gray matter volume compared to healthy teens, according to new research. The new study also found that adolescents with schizophrenia showed an increase in cerebrospinal fluid in the frontal lobe of their brain. ?Progressive loss of brain gray matter has been reported in childhood-onset schizophrenia,? the authors note in the new study. ?However, it is uncertain whether these changes are shared by pediatric patients with different psychoses.? The study was conducted by Celso Arango, M.D., Ph.D., of the Hospital General Universitario Gregorio Marańón, Madrid, Spain, and colleagues, and was designed to examine the progression of brain changes in first-episode early-onset psychosis in teens. The research also wanted to look at the relationship to diagnosis and prognosis after two years.
Brain Imaging Aids in Understanding Delusions
2012-02-05 12:40:00 Delusions are strong false beliefs that persist despite evidence to the contrary. While delusions are associated with neurological or mental illness, they are not tied to any particular disease although they often aid in the diagnosis of schizophrenia, manic episodes of bipolar disorder, and psychotic depression. New research finds that brain activity increases during delusional thinking, a finding that may allow new interventions and retraining for people with the disorder. The study, found in the journal Biological Psychiatry, compared brain activity as statements were read to a group of individuals with schizophrenia and to a group without schizophrenia.
Early Nurturing Aids in Brain Development
2012-02-01 12:32:00 A mother?s affection during the early stages of a child?s life appears to help the development of an area of the brain involved in learning, memory and stress response. Researchers from Washington University School of Medicine in St. Louis determined school-age children whose mothers nurtured them early in life have brains with a larger hippocampus. The hippocampus is a key structure important to learning, memory and response to stress. The research is published online in the Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences Early Edition.
Teen brain may be primed for addiction
2012-01-20 17:26:00 The teenage brain may be particularly wired to develop disorders like addiction and depression, a new study shows. Researchers compared the brain activity of adolescent and adult rats involved in a task in which they anticipated a reward. The researchers found increased brain cell activity in the adolescent rats? brains in an unusual area: the dorsal striatum (DS) - a site commonly associated with habit formation, decision-making, and motivated learning. The adult rats? DS areas, on the other hand, did not become activated by an anticipated reward.
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Deep Brain Stimulation Tested On Bipolar Subjects Unresponsive To Other Tre
2012-01-03 13:00:00 Deep brain stimulation, or DBS, is in its early experimental stages; this study, for example, had only 17 subjects. But when you cut into a person's skull and implant electrodes on either side of the brain while people are awake, it's probably not that easy to attract willing subjects. Nevertheless...
Research shows trans fats cause brain damage?
2012-01-02 06:24:00 Journal abstract follows the popular article below. It is a fairly sophisticated study of a small group of very elderly ladies but to some extent its sophistication is its undoing. It relies on a factor analysis of blood chemicals and finds that a weak third factor correlates with “less favorable cognitive function”. As ...
Wish you happy New Year, I am Upgrading and rebooting my brain
2011-12-30 10:49:00 As a blogger, entrepreneur, web researcher, consultant, I really need to manage my time. The new (2012) year will be a turning point in my life. Hence I must have to upgrade and reboot my mind in order to get great success. Following are the task list that I am foreseeing for this year.- I have to wear multiple hats - Developer, architect, tester, marketing, etc.- Handle multiple tasks at a time- Have to more pro-active, smarter, faster.- Love everything I do- Learn lot more about web- Be more rationale- Write more - especially blog posts- Generate more positive thoughts- Finally and more importantly ?Sleep well?
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OHSU researchers detect brain injury in preterm infants using high-field 12
2011-12-18 17:19:00 Will 1.5 T become the new Low field MRI? These new Ultra High field systems continue to amaze me. I saw this 12T system a few years ago being installed and really was amazed at how far we have come. The 7T scanner is actually more impressive because it is closer to being a production model. I can see it on the shelves in the next couple years. There will be a demand. I wouldn’t too be surprised to see it combined with a PET scanner. WOW!! that is where we are headed folks………Bi-ograph 7T High-field MRI reveals previously undetectable injuries in developing brain Brain scans using the high-field (12-Tesla) MRI on the right are more effective at finding brain injuries, but they are not widely available for clinical use. High-field MRI at 12 Tesla (12T) is markedly more sensitive in detecting early white-matter injury — broad dark black area (arrow) — than is lower field MRI at 3 Tesla (3T) (credit: ...
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Boost your baby?s brain power: Scientists say wait two years before having
2011-11-28 09:26:00 This is carefully-done work but lacks psychometric sophistication. The authors are economists. The full paper is here. The measure of IQ (the Peabody Individual Achievement Test ) that they used is reasonable but note the following detail: “Nearly 80 percent of the children in our sample took the PIAT for the first time ...
1 Point You Must Retain In Brain Is Retain It Natural
2011-11-28 04:14:00 These will be the lines we frequently pay attention to from cancer patients. In point, a recent study carried out by the United Nations University reported that 62% of all cancer drugs applied... [[ This is a content summary only. Visit my website for full links, other content, and more! ]]
Long-term Effects of Marijuana Consumption on Human brain Trivial
2011-11-20 23:13:00 It is easy to imagine a daily marijuana consumer as forgetful and easily distracted, but is this fact a sign of the long term outcomes of marijuana within the human brain? A 2001 investigation... [[ This is a content summary only. Visit my website for full links, other content, and more! ]]
How Schizophrenia Gene Linked To Psychiatric Disorders Impairs Brain Develo
2011-11-18 16:42:00 Researchers have discovered how the gene variant DISC1, which is linked to schizophrenia and other psychiatric disorders, impairs a particular signalling pathway in neurons that is crucial for normal brain development. Li-Huei Tsai, director of MIT?s Picower Institute for Learning and Memory, and colleagues, write about their findings in the 17 November issue of the journal Neuron. DISC1, short for Disrupted in Schizophrenia-1, was first identified in a large Scottish family with high rates of schizophrenia, bipolar disorder and depression, and more recent studies have shown that the mutation can lead to changes in brain structure and impaired cognitive function. But exactly how it did this remained somewhat unclear. For their study, Tsai and colleagues screened the genes of 750 participants. Some of the participants were healthy and some had psychiatric diseases. They found several common variants of DISC1, but it was clear that although these impaired brain development, they w...
Brain ?rejects negative thoughts?: could this be why we never learn from ou
2011-10-11 14:55:00 Via Scoop.it – “Environmental, Global warming, Oil, Trash, recycling, Green, Energy”One reason optimists retain a positive outlook on life despite all evidence to the contrary has been discovered, say researchers.Show original Tags: oil trash, green energy, positive outlook, evidence to the contrary, global warming <BR/>
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Brain ?rejects negative thoughts?: could this be why we never learn from ou
2011-10-11 14:55:00 Via Scoop.it – “Environmental, Global warming, Oil, Trash, recycling, Green, Energy”One reason optimists retain a positive outlook on life despite all evidence to the contrary has been discovered, say researchers.Show original Tags: green energy, positive outlook, global warming, negative thoughts <BR/>
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Brain ?rejects negative thoughts?: could this be why we never learn from ou
2011-10-11 14:55:00 Via Scoop.it – “Environmental, Global warming, Oil, Trash, recycling, Green, Energy”One reason optimists retain a positive outlook on life despite all evidence to the contrary has been discovered, say researchers.Show original Tags: negative thoughts, evidence to the contrary, positive outlook <BR/>
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RECONSTRUCTING BRAIN IMAGES
2011-10-05 07:40:00 Neuroscientists from the University of California, Berkley have successfully discovered a way to reconstruct brain activity into visual format. Researchers at the Gallant Lab had subjects watch movie trailers while placed inside of a Functional Magnetic Resonance Image Machine that scanned their brain function. The collected data was then decoded by computer and matched with visuals from a database of random video clips. What resulted is the following--reconstructed visual approximations of brain activity that clearly match what the subjects were watching. Mind-blowing. Literally!
Robo-Rat: Robotic Brain Successfully Implanted In Mobility Impaired Rat
2011-10-05 02:00:00 How far away are we from being able to restore damaged areas of the brain that cause paralysis or other motor disorders? Closer, now that researchers at Tel Aviv University (TAU) have implanted a robot in the brain of a rat that successfully restored the his mobility.
MRI study finds that depression uncouples brain?s hate circuit
2011-10-04 14:13:00 A new study using MRI scans, led by Professor Jianfeng Feng, from the University of Warwick?s Department of Computer Science, has found that depression frequently seems to uncouple the brain?s ?Hate Circuit?. The study entitled ?Depression Uncouples Brain Hate Circuit? is published today (Tuesday 4th October 2011) in the journal Molecular Psychiatry. The researchers used MRI scanners to scan the brain activity in 39 depressed people (23 female 16 male) and 37 control subjects who were not depressed (14 female 23 male). The researchers found the fMRI scans revealed significant differences in the brain circuitry of the two groups. The greatest difference observed in the depressed patients was the uncoupling of the so-called ?hate circuit? involving the superior frontal gyrus, insula and putamen. Other major changes occurred in circuits related to risk and action responses, reward and emotion, attention and memory processing. The hate circuit was first clearly identified in 2008 by...
What Television Themes Stay In Your Brain After All These Years?
2011-05-05 11:40:00 Television.The vast wasteland.The opium for the masses.Since this is also a music blog (a subject which I haven't covered lately), I decided to list a few television themes of years past that still stick to my brain. Some are from shows I never watched that much or really cared for while others were from personal favorites.1. Mystery Science Theater 3000 This is a personal favorite of mine to watch. I know it's not wise to talk during a movie, but the movies this show used to have made me re-consider. This is also a personal favorite of mine that I just recently got to watching. It's perhaps one of the only ones to have a killer baseline at the beginning. I...
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The Ugliest Holiday (from The Layne Brain)
2011-04-23 18:24:00 Like the blooming of jonquils, the reappearance of robins, and looming NFL player disputes, the emergence of pastel fashions, kaleidoscopic eggs, and a giant white rabbit who delivers candy to already sugar dependent kids can only mean one thing - Easter is on its way. I confess - Easter is my least favorite holiday. In fact, Easter is to the holidays what the 70's were to fashion and good taste. Thanks to the widespread use of illegal narcotics during the late 1960's and early 1970's, the young adults of the time known as "Hippies" who we now refer to as "stockbrokers," were the main proponents of loud, garish colors, psychedelic patterns, obnoxious home decor, and exaggerated pant cuffs and shirt...
IMPROV CLASS FOR THE SOUL: JAW TO BRAIN CHAKRA INFO by Rachel Hamill
2011-04-03 05:30:00 CHAKRA INFO: JAW TO BRAINLOCATED: Back of jaw COLORS: Light to medium dark blues DENOTES: Logistics, communication, eating, thought actionCORRESPONDING CENTER: Sexuality for focus of attention The jaw is amazing in that it is one of the most identifiable characteristics we know from every individual we have ever known. Why, because communication is one of the most prevalent social bridges in the universe. Whether I know your language or not, I can still find a means to communicate I'm hungry or I need a bathroom. Now I don't always want to communicate everything, and here the decision is made to share information, store it, or set up other structures to facilitate it....
IMPROV CLASS FOR THE SOUL: BRAIN & MIND CHAKRA INFO by Rachel Hamill
2011-03-27 08:08:00 CHAKRA INFO: BRAIN AND MINDLOCATED: Back of jaw to mid-foreheadCOLORS: Light blue to dark blue, grey blue to dark navy DENOTES: Brain, mind, thinking, hearing, sight, smell, insightCORRESPONDING CENTER: Creation for a corresponding breadth of knowing We think all the time. We assess every nuance of our experience always. Sometimes all the little nuances, that lead to all the details, that lead to a major decision are important. Sometimes they are not. We also have to assess the proportion of importance. But if we only have the information we have, and others have different information, we need to assess all the information for an answer. Then we are overwhelmed, and we have to get away because no one can...
AI brain in Development
2011-03-24 18:52:00 I’m working on an AI. Nothing noteworthy at the moment, just an attempt to define this subject better. I’m not interested in how much the AI knows. I’m more interested in how it thinks. How smart you are is about how your brain thinks as well as how fast and deep it thinks. The first ...
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Prashant Aswani: Bullet in the Brain
2011-03-11 02:40:00 Prashant Aswani: My new unreleased songs up @ D3 Audio designs - Bullet in the Brain" http://soundcloud.com/tama64/bu-llet-in-the-brain Bullet in the Brain by Musette Japan Rush Hour by Musette Japan
9 Ways to Strengthen Brain Power
2011-03-05 12:55:00 Extra sleep on weekends, as has recently become known, contributes to strengthen the power of the brain. Here are a few other ways to accomplish the same thing. Researchers discovered that a few extra hours spent in a horizontal position in the weekend (when people "have a sleep" for all lacks of sleep of the working week), beneficially affect the brain, reinforcing its strength and efficiency.
Tom Richardson: left brain thinking
2011-03-05 02:03:00 What made you decide to pick a lefty guitar rather than learning righty? My first guitar was a right handed 3/4 size nylon string and I naturally picked up the guitar the lefty way. As my dad is a guitar player (right handed) he was able to change the strings over for me and never suggested I learnt to play it right handed, even though the guitar was setup this way. Learning to play right handed never really crossed my mind as even at the very beginning, it felt like I had more control with my right hand on the fretboard as opposed to the other way around. A lot of our readers are fiercely proud of being left handed, are you the same? Yeah, I don?t really think it?s a bad thing. Especially when there is and have been many great musicians who are left handed such as Hendrix and Beethoven. It is thought that left handed people are more creative too when it comes to the arts so it?s definitely not something you should feel ashamed of in this day and age and I can definitely say I don?...
Let's have some sanity when it comes to Probert's brain
2011-03-04 20:40:00 Fighting shouldn't be banned in the NHL because Bob Probert suffered from CTE.
Study: Cellphone Radiation Affects Your Brain
2011-02-25 01:11:00 A new study says cellphone use affects your brain. Like they needed a study to discover this? Anyone who's ever driven behind someone using a cellphone in their car, or watched this viral YouTube video, of the girl who texted her way into a fountain, already knows this important fact....
Delaying the Onset of Brain Decay in Pets
2011-02-21 01:09:00 Pet expert and dog and cat behavior consultant Steve Dale talks on his national radio show, Steve Dale's Pet World with veterinary behaviorist Dr. Gary Landsberg about brain decay in dogs and cats, a kind of pets' Alzheimer's referred to as canine or feline cognitive dysfunction.
Suicidal Dave Duerson to Have Brain Examined
2011-02-20 22:48:00 Former Bears safety Dave Duerson, who committed suicide last Thursday, had reportedly sent text messages to friends and family before killing himself, asking that his brain be sent to be examined for possible chronic traumatic encephalopathy. This according to The New York Times....
News: Nevermore bassist to undergo brain surgery
2011-02-16 21:23:00 Fingers crossed here at Truth In shredding Jim Sheppard of Seattle metallers NEVERMORE will undergo surgery today (Wednesday, February 16) to remove a benign brain tumor. The band's vocalist, Warrel Dane, says, "Please, all metalhead brothers and sisters, send your positive energy for our brother."
Jon Bloomer: demo's Nocturne Brain Seltzer pre amp pedal
2011-02-05 01:19:00 This is a demo of the Nocturne Brain Seltzer pre amp pedal kindly loaned to me by Pappy of the http://fifthfret.org.It's a pre-amp, not a boost or an overdrive and it is really meant to bring out the tonal qualities of a hollow-body not a solid-body but it was cool to play around with. Check out http://thenocturnebrainseltzer.-blogsp... for more info on the pedal Nocturne Brain Seltzer pre-amp pedal demo
News: The improvisational brain
2011-02-03 01:33:00 There is something fascinating about the act of musical improvisation?that moment when a musician departs from the score, embarking on a thematically relevant, yet wholly spontaneous composition. We normally think of it as the province of jazz musicians, conjuring the iconic image of a sax player wailing through riffs in a smoky, dim-lit club. John Coltrane and Bill Evans were masters. Miles Davis was never much for rehearsal. He used to gather his band in the studio, rattle off a few suggestions for the broad shape each track should take, and hit record. But many of the early classical composers?Mozart, Beethoven, Bach, Liszt?were also known for improvising entire portions of their concerts. Liszt had a penchant for soliciting musical themes from his audience. Before a show, anyone could jot down a few bars of melody on a piece of paper. Some were original. Others were bits of recognizable tunes from the time, a popular symphony or aria. Liszt would then pull one of these melodies...
All-Seeing Blimp Could Be Afghanistan's Biggest Brain
2011-01-19 14:51:00 From Gizmodo: This fall, there'll be a new and extremely powerful supercomputer in Afghanistan. It'll be floating 20,000 feet above the warzone, aboard a giant spy blimp that watches and listens to everything for miles around. Read the whole article
Beyond Improving Parkinson?s Symptoms, Does Deep Brain Stimulation Stall Th
2011-01-18 17:25:00 Parkinson?s disease symptoms begin subtly and worsen as damage to certain brain cells continues. But an electrical stimulation device implanted deep in the brain and programmed remotely, along with medications, may provide some control of ?motor symptoms? common to the disease, such as shaking, stiffness, and loss of muscle control. What happens, however, if the drugs are stopped and the device is switched off after five years? Are the symptoms far worse than they were to start, as might be expected with a ?progressive? degenerative disorder? Surprisingly, no, says neurologist Michele Tagliati, M.D., director of the Movement Disorders Program at Cedars-Sinai Medical Center and one of the nation?s leading experts in deep brain stimulation therapy.
Scientists shed light on what causes brain cell death in Parkinson?s patien
2011-01-07 16:56:00 Just 5 percent of Parkinson?s disease cases can be explained by genetic mutation, while the rest have no known cause. But a new discovery by researchers at The University of Texas Health Science Center may begin to explain why the vast majority of Parkinson?s patients develop the progressive neurodegenerative disease. This week in The Journal of Neuroscience, the researchers demystified a process that leads to the death of brain cells - or neurons - in Parkinson?s patients. When researchers blocked the process, the neurons survived. The findings could lead to an effective treatment to slow the progression of Parkinson?s disease, rather than simply address symptoms that include tremors, slowed movement, muscle stiffness and impaired balance. Further studies could lead to a diagnostic test that could screen for Parkinson?s years before symptoms develop, said Syed Z. Imam, Ph.D., adjunct assistant professor at the UT Health Science Center.
This A "No-Brain'r": Lovie Gets The Extension, Jerry Packs..
2011-01-04 23:56:00 With the regular completed, and an appearance in the post-season (with a chance to make-it to the "big-dance") It's a far gone conclusion that Lovie will be staying in Chicago. On the other hand, I still "thoroughly" believe that Jerry Angelo has over-stayed his welcome and needs-to-go.During Monday Night's show, we discussed this very topic, and came to this conclusion; Lovie was Jerry's 3rd choice when he hired him back in 2004 (behind Nick Saban and Russ Grimm). Jerry had allegedly allowed- good players to get away from former coach Dick Jauron which led to his demise. It appeared that Jerry was up to his "old-tricks" by doing the same thing to Lovie. However I firmly believe that this time around, Ted...
TWITTER BRAIN
2011-01-04 17:46:00 A new study reveals that there may be correlation between certain people's brains and the amount of socializing or "social networking" they are capable of. Scientists say that the size of the Amygdala portion of the brain may have much to do with it. This, according to scans performed on individuals with more complex social connections. Fascinating!
The makeup of the human brain may guide people?s political views, according
2010-12-29 00:13:00 An amusing “spin” put on the findings below: The usual old Leftist attempt to smear conservatives. The brain and its component parts are very complex and associating one of those parts with “fear” is ludicrously simplistic: Rather reminiscent of the old-time phrenologists, in fact. Other research has been interpreted as showing ...
Resting Your Brain with The Black Eyed Peas
2010-12-08 02:43:00 If you enjoy the Black Eyed Peas and not taxing your brain too much, you may enjoy "The Beginning"
Does Walking Prevent Loss of Brain Volume?
2010-11-13 02:21:00 A brisk walk not only gets your blood pumping and tones your heart - it could save your brain too. According to new research published in the journal Neurology, taking a daily walk prevents brain atrophy and the loss of brain volume that goes along with aging. So, if you want to hold onto your gray... [[ This is a content summary only. Visit my website for full links, other content, and more! ]]
Deaf Have Super Vision: Cat Study Points to Brain Reorganization
2010-10-31 14:49:00 Pet expert Steve Dale reports on a study which demonstrated how the brain reorganizes in cats when one sense (such as hearing is lost) that other sense compensate.
Chunks of Brain
2010-10-29 22:29:00 Friday, 4pm. I am lonely at my job. That is not my job’s fault. I want more out of life, that is the problem. What I want out of life is not the big, life-dream, I-was-made-for-this-moment event. I want connection. And reality. Something meaningful to someone else, or several someone elses. This week I thought ...
Coming: Brain Control for Prosthetics
2010-10-28 14:53:00 With funding from DARPA (Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency), a team from Southern Methodist University aims to develop two-way fiberoptic communication between prosthetic limbs and peripheral nerves. Result: Faster connections between the brain and robotic limbs, as well as the ability to "f
Can meditation change your brain? Contemplative neuroscientists believe it
2010-10-28 03:15:00 Can people strengthen the brain circuits associated with happiness and positive behavior, just as we?re able to strengthen muscles with exercise? Richard Davidson, who for decades has practiced Buddhist-style meditation ? a form of mental exercise, he says ? insists that we can. And Davidson, who has been meditating since visiting India as a Harvard grad student in the 1970s, has credibility on the subject beyond his own experience. |
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