Sentences with phrase «as brain dysfunction»

Because of the broad spectrum of symptoms and disabilities that can come from this injury, such as brain dysfunction, bruising of the brain, torn tissue, and long - term complications that affect other areas of the body, pursuing compensation may help you and your family handle the difficult times that may lie ahead.

Not exact matches

It does not measure other critical brain functions that can be adversely affected by head trauma, such as balance and vision, which is why expert groups [1] recommend a «multifaceted approach to concussion management that emphasizes the use of objective assessment tools aimed at capturing the spectrum of clinical signs and symptoms, cognitive dysfunction, and physical deficits... that are more sensitive to the injury than using any one component alone.»

A 2010 study finds no support that purposeful «heading» of a soccer ball leads to either short - term (acute) or cumulative brain damage, such as cognitive dysfunction.

«As a dysfunction in the ability of the brain to regulate the communication of information between brain regions,» Khambhati said, «seizures can be thought of as a traffic flow probleAs a dysfunction in the ability of the brain to regulate the communication of information between brain regions,» Khambhati said, «seizures can be thought of as a traffic flow probleas a traffic flow problem.

The findings, published in the Nov. 19 Journal of Neuroscience, could shift researchers» attention from the spinal cord to the brain's motor cortex as the disease's initial point of dysfunction.

«The imaging technique could shed light on the immune dysfunction that underpins a broad range of neuroinflammatory diseases, such as Alzheimer's disease, depression, post-traumatic stress disorder and addiction,» said Christine Sandiego, PhD, lead author of the study and a researcher from the department of psychiatry at the Yale School of Medicine in New Haven, Conn. «This is the first human study that accurately measures this immune response in the brain.

Dysfunction in dopamine signaling profoundly changes the activity level of about 2,000 genes in the brain's prefrontal cortex and may be an underlying cause of certain complex neuropsychiatric disorders, such as schizophrenia, according to UC Irvine scientists.

«A dysfunction in the brain messenger dopamine is common to both Parkinson's and RLS, and has been hypothesized as a possible cause of migraine for many years.

Although researchers do not fully understand what causes SIDS, the leading hypothesis describes it as a combination of environmental stressors occurring at a critical development period of an infant who has some underlying vulnerability, such as genetic condition or brain dysfunction.

Delirium can be hyperactive (agitation, pulling out lines, hallucinating, etc.) or the opposite, hypoactive (sluggishness, drowsiness, inattention, etc.) When associated with sepsis, delirium is known as sepsis - associated encephalopathy (SAE), acute brain dysfunction or sepsis - associated delirium.

Does a person with a cognitive dysfunction have the same moral culpability as a person whose brain is not impaired?

In humans, the cerebellum's extensive connectivity with the rest of the brain suggests it does far more than learn motor skills: it has been shown to have a part in both perception and cognition, with recent work linking cerebellar dysfunction to such complex diseases as schizophrenia and autism.

In contrast to targeting genetic sources of dysfunction, Levin believes electrical manipulation could serve as a larger - level and more efficient control dial for brain development.

This leads to abnormal brain development and a small head circumference as well as dysfunction of peripheral nerves.

The ultimate goal is to better understand how the billions of neurons in the brain communicate with one another during normal brain function, or dysfunction, as result of injury or disease.

They found that GLUT1 deficiency led to diminished glucose uptake into the brain as early as two weeks of age and, by six months of age, neuronal dysfunction, behavioral deficits, elevated levels of amyloid - beta peptide, behavioral changes and neurodegenerative changes.

(10) The company's scientists also report that when they then injected preformed AS fibrils into the brains of mice, BIIB054 slowed the self - templating spread of AS pathology across the brain (consistent with their cell - culture study), and held much of the ensuing motor dysfunction at bay (9,10)(reducing it «by more than 50 percent» according to a science journalist who was present when they presented results at AD / PD 2017 (11)-RRB-.

«These initial results should be treated as a resource not only for decoding how this network guides the vast array of very distinct brain functions, but also how dysfunctions in different parts of this network can lead to different neurological conditions,» said Dr. Callaway.

Yakel's research is directed toward understanding the role of the nicotinic acetylcholine receptor and brain function, as well as how dysfunction in this receptor leads to various neurodegenerative diseases and addiction.

Moreover, PHENONIM - ICS is involved in European projects presenting a strong impact on human health: Interreg CARDIOGENE (Genetic mechanisms of cardiovascular diseases), GENCODYS (Genetic and epigenetic networks involved in cognitive dysfunctions), AgedBrainSYSBIO (Basic studies of brain aging), as well as projects in partnership with industry: MAGenTA (an Industrial Strategic Innovation project supported by Bpifrance about the treatment of major urogenital diseases) and CanPathPro (H2020 program), to develop a predictive modeling platform of signaling pathways involved in cancers.

This study does not support the idea of exercise as a strategy to raise brain progranulin levels in symptomatic patients with FTD due to GRN mutations, as we observed no effects on progranulin levels in Grn + / − mice at 4 — 8 months of age, the age range in which these mice begin to develop abnormal behavior and neuronal dysfunction (Filiano et al., 2013).

Recent data have demonstrated the participation of astrocytes on brain physiology, as well as their involvemet in the pathogenesis of some nervous system dysfunctions.

So if you suffer from any mysterious disorder involving pain, inflammation, fatigue or brain dysfunction, you should consider Lyme as a possibility, wherever in North America you live.

This contributes to such conditions as chronic pain, inflammation, autoimmunity, and brain dysfunctions.

«In addition, the role of mitochondrial dysfunctions, defects of the endolysosomal and autophagic systems, neuroinflammation, oxidative stress, altered insulin signaling in the brain, and increased permeability of the blood - brain barrier in AD - related neuropathology has been investigated as well.»

Furthermore, while these stressors can have a direct impact on the brain, just as often they affect the brain through a more circuitous, systems - based mechanism that involves suboptimal metabolism of factors such as glutamate, norepinephrine, and cortisol plus cardiovascular dysfunction and, because it is so under - appreciated it may be the most notable, gastrointestinal dysfunction.

Brain mitochondrial dysfunction as a link between Alzheimer's disease and diabetes.

Nevertheless, just as a fever spiking too high can create problems of its own, increasing numbers and density of Aβ plaques in a hyperglycemic brain can initiate chain reactions of glycation and oxidation that serve to exacerbate mitochondrial dysfunction, decreased ATP production, and cognitive decline.

Many brain problems, including cognitive dysfunction such as Alzheimer's disease, can also be prevented with fats.

The list of possible reactions is a varied as the triggers and includes a flare up of your Hashimoto's hypothyroidism, asthma, migraines, depression, fibromyalgia, fatigue, Gulf War syndrome, brain fog, memory loss, incontinence, neurological dysfunction, rashes, and such emotional issues as depression, anxiety, and lethargy.

Whereas dysfunction in a part of the brain called the insula is understood to be correlated with the kind of dissociation present in body image disorders, activation in the insula — as observed in the brains of active meditators — is thought to be positively correlated with body awareness.

Now I find a lot of people, they have a lot of dysfunction like let's say you're having memory issues, brain fog issues, mood issues — I find a lot of issues today area emanating from the gut and feeding back into the brain via inflammation, via dysbiotic bacteria, via infections, via the infection - like by - product such as lipo — lipopolysaccharide, LPS, or endotoxin, via food allergens getting into your bloodstream, via pesticides and junk in the environment, getting into your gut and into your bloodstream and affecting your brain.

Cerebral accumulation of amyloid plaques and neurofibrillary tangles (NFT) leads to neurodegeneration in the Alzheimer brain, which causes progressive cognitive dysfunction such as memory loss and language problems.

There is also a protein in the pancreas that can clump together in a similar way as is seen in the brain in AD and cause pancreatic dysfunction, but the connection between these conditions is unknown.

Wilson's big and bulky play (reportedly trimmed considerably by Tony Kushner, who gets a co-producer credit) owes much to the family dysfunction classics of Eugene O'Neill and Arthur Miller, but it also has notes of heightened allegory that fall flat, such as the recurring character of Gabriel (Mykelti Williamson), Troy's brain - damaged brother who keeps barging into the action to utter deranged prophecies.

By helping to rid the brain of destructive free radicals, selegiline hydrochloride has proven useful in treating Parkinson's disease in humans as well as canine cognitive dysfunction (senility) in dogs.

That is because as brain tissue is slowly lost, mental capacity is lost as well (ie cognitive dysfunction).

As the chart depicts, the U.S. growth trend of chronic diseases (cancers, diabetes, heart disease, brain dysfunctions, stroke, and etc.) is at unsustainable levels, and it's just as bad all across the globAs the chart depicts, the U.S. growth trend of chronic diseases (cancers, diabetes, heart disease, brain dysfunctions, stroke, and etc.) is at unsustainable levels, and it's just as bad all across the globas bad all across the globe:

They include conditions which have been referred to as perceptual handicaps, brain injury, minimal brain dysfunction, dyslexia, developmental aphasia, etc... they do not include learning problems which are due primarily to visual, hearing, or motor handicaps, to mental retardation, emotional disturbance or to environmental deprivation.»

For example, certain biological events during early development, such as excessive androgen production, exposure to synthetic androgens, thyroid dysfunction, Cushing's disease, and congenital adrenal hyperplasia, can combine with environmental influences to predispose women to antisocial behavior.69 Additionally, EEG research has uncovered asymmetries in the frontal activation of antisocial females» brains.70 Normative males and females tend to exhibit asymmetric frontal brain activation, with boys having greater right frontal activation and girls having greater left frontal activation.

It is worth noting that cerebral palsy is an umbrella term which includes a number of non-progressive, but often reversible motor dysfunction syndromes as secondary damage result or brain abnormalities arising in the early development stages (Houlihan et al, 2004; Bax et al., 2014; McCubbin & McCubbin, 1987).

Brain imaging studies support that patients diagnosed with MDD suffer dysfunction in limbic structures such as frontal cortex, amygdala, hippocampus and cingulate cortex and basal ganglions that regulate these functions.

Minimal brain dysfunction was formally defined in 1966 by Samuel Clements as a combination of average or above average intelligence with certain mild to severe learning or behavioral disabilities characterizing deviant functioning of the central nervous system.