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Deep Sleep Doesn't Increase Memory

...t after falling asleep. "There are many kinds of brain activity that can affect the memory, but there is no conclusive evidence to show that REM sleep helps memory consolidation,'' said the study's author, Jerome M. Siegel, researcher at the Center for Sleep Research, Department of Veterans Affairs in su...

Over-The-Counter Drugs May Prevent Alzheimer's

...of Alzheimer's disease. The plaque collects in the brain and interferes with the ability of nerves to communicate with each other. The study showed that ibuprofen, indomethacin and sulindac sulphide lowered the production of the amyloid-beta 42 (AB42) protein, which helps to form the plaque believed to c...

Drink alcohol for intelligence

Moderate drinking may actually improve brain power, according to Japanese research. It is thoug...y binge drinking, which is know to actually reduce brain power....

Photographs as a parameter

... GPs to mass-screen patients.Strokes are caused by brain cell death due to bleeding from damaged blood vess... has shown that people with a narrowing of certain brain blood vessels are at a higher risk of stroke. A team led by Tien Hu Ssang at the University of Wisco...

Creating brain cells from bone marrow

Researchers have recently found a way of creating brain cells out of bone marrow cells which opens up the ...to neurons. The cells were also producing specific brain chemicals like serotonin, a compound that's lacking in depression. The hope is to create neurons tha...

Antioxidants used for longevity

...ng in mice paves the way towards new treatment for brain degenerative diseases. It is known that oxidative damage plays an important role in brain degeneration of the kind seen in Alzheimer's, Parkinson's and other neurological diseases. Researche...

First Artificial Heart patient has Major setback

...ontained artificial heart suffered bleeding in his brain in the same area damaged by a stroke 10 days ago. The latest setback caused swelling and made the patient, Robert Tools, 59, of Franklin, Kentucky, less responsive, implant surgeon Laman Gray said. // Robert Tools received the AbioCor mechanical he...

Comparison between warfarin and aspirin

... both are known to help prevent blood clots in the brain that lead to strokes. Till date, it has been thought that warfarin is more effective at preventing stroke, but causes more side effects and is more expensive.// Many research has shown that warfarin works better than aspirin in patients who have atri...

For a Better Memory

...hat hand you favour. The key lies in a part of the brain called the corpus callosum, which seems to be larg...of nerve fibers that connects the two sides of our brain and is one of the last major brain structures to mature. A larger corpus callosum allows for more an...

Research of Ritalin

...alin, changed the expression of a gene involved in brain function in laboratory rats. The same gene is know...a gene called c-fos in the striatum, a part of the brain involved in movement and motivation. "These data do suggest that there are effects of Ritalin on cel...

Hormones Linked To Migraines

...ones produced by the hypothalamus, the area of the brain that regulates such basic functions as hunger and ...eadaches. This hormone is partially regulated by a brain chemical called dopamine. Chronic migraines may occur with other conditions such as depression, an...

Left handed have better episodic memory

...are a unique trait: There is evidence that the two brain hemispheres of even righthanders with left-handed relatives share functions more equally, interact more and are connected by a larger corpus callosum (the bundle of mediating fibres) than the hemispheres of people with right-handed relatives.// The...

Women more susceptible to brain damage from ecstasy

Women are more likely than men to suffer brain cell damage from long-term use of the party drug e...can damage nerve endings that release serotonin, a brain chemical that regulates mood, memory, sleep and sex. The drug also appears to damage brain cells tha...

Constipation can be a cause

... more likely to get diagnosed with the progressive brain disease Parkinson's. Scientists have little idea why this should be the case, although some have suggested that the disease may have some effect on the function of the gut long before it manifests itself elsewhere. Dr Robert Abbott, who led the res...

Music aids in curing dementia

...ia is a progressive, degenerative and irreversible brain disorder that causes intellectual impairment, diso...d this is just an idea, is that by stimulating the brain in this way you're actually stimulating the connections you're trying to keep them working and if th...

Music in link with epilepsy

... time working with computers. The left side of the brain tends to process rhythm and pitch and the right looks after timbre and melody. Andrew Potter, chair of the PRS, said: "There has always been anecdotal evidence of other benefits deriving from music and here is a study which brings that evidence tog...

Nasal Spray Could Take Drugs Directly to Brain

... spray might overcome a major obstacle to treating brain ailments such as strokes according to researchers....breach the blood-brain barrier, which protects the brain from foreign substances, including drugs. Senior investigator Dr. William H. Frey II said that his ...

Low-radiation treatment for brain tumours

A new method of treating childhood brain tumours, aimed at reducing the risk of damage to n...ulloblastoma – the most common malignant childhood brain tumour – who will be treated with lower radiation and increased chemotherapy doses than those curren...

Magnetic resonance angiography in clinical medicine

...f MRA examination. Patients with heart pacemakers, brain aneurysm clips, inner ear implants or any other metal implants cannot have in MRA examination. In summary, it is an excellent method of choice to evaluate the thoracic aorta, pulmonary arteires, abdominal aorta and its branches (renal and mesenteri...

Antidepressants-important role

... treatment of depression.// They raise levels of a brain chemical called serotonin that plays an important role in mood. But there is no evidence on how individual SSRIs compare with one another. However, a new study by researchers at Cleavland University reveals that there is little difference between thr...

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