Sentences with phrase «blood flow to the brain with»

«Rapid blood pressure drops in middle age linked to dementia in old age: Temporary episodes of dizziness or light - headedness when standing could reduce blood flow to the brain with lasting impacts.»

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fMRI (Functional Magnetic Resonance Imaging) «is a functional neuroimaging procedure using MRI technology that measures brain activity by detecting changes associated with blood flow,» according to Wikipedia.

When you eat too much, you decrease the blood flow to your brain as it's preoccupied with your digestive system.

Leafy greens are one of the most important foods to eat for optimal mental health because they're packed with important micronutrients (trace minerals) that improve blood flow to the brain.

First of all concussions / knockouts are caused by the brain rattling in the skull, blood flow has nothing to do with anything besides choke holds.

The medical literature is very aware of Second Impact Syndrome (SIS) where a second blow on top of a previous head injury with continuing symptoms leads to a loss of regulation of cerebral blood flow resulting in brain swelling and herniation commonly resulting in death.

Their natural nitrates actually increase blood flow to the brain, helping with mental performance.

In previous studies, the UCLA researchers had seen differences in heart rate and blood brain flow during blood pressure changes in men and women with obstructive sleep apnea and wanted to see if cardiovascular responses in brain areas were different in healthy men and women.

Lamm and his group recently sought the answer to answer this question by combining measures of electrical activity in the brain (via electroencephalogram) with functional magnetic resonance imaging to show blood flow patterns in 25 participants getting rounds of shocks on their hands.

Calcium pills are associated with large increases in the risk of developing dementia in women who have conditions that affect the flow of blood to the brain

«We use arterial blood water as a contrast tracer to measure blood flow change, which is highly associated with brain function.»

The researchers also measured the activity of participants» brains with a tool called near - infrared spectroscopy, which measures changes in blood flow to particular areas of the brain.

They found that those with more flexibility — that is, shifting blood flow — in the brain's ventromedial prefrontal cortex seem to have more emotional and behavioral control.

Brain imaging studies seem so simple and elegant: Hook someone up to a functional MRI (fMRI) machine, which measures blood flow; see which parts of the brain light up; and identify regions associated with love, rejection, Brain imaging studies seem so simple and elegant: Hook someone up to a functional MRI (fMRI) machine, which measures blood flow; see which parts of the brain light up; and identify regions associated with love, rejection, brain light up; and identify regions associated with love, rejection, etc..

«The loss of fMRI signal means there is less blood flow to the region, but we believe the underlying basis for this loss has to do with the fact that the structural integrity of that part of the brain is changing,» Yassa said.

During a stroke, blood flow to part of the brain is cut off — along with its supply of oxygen and nutrients such as sugar.

Scientists already employ fMRI, which uses changes in blood flow as a proxy for brain activity, to scan the brains of restrained monkeys, but Berns wanted to train dogs to willingly enter the machine and learn simple things, such as associating a hand signal with a reward of a hot dog, all the while staying still enough to collect interpretable brain scans.

The findings show just how important it is for people with acute ischaemic stroke (in which blood flow to an area of the brain is blocked or reduced) to be identified quickly and treated by specialist staff in order to reduce the subsequent degree of disability.

«We found that the risk of ischemic stroke, which is associated with a blockage of blood flow to the brain and is the most common stroke subtype, is increased in overweight and obese women.

It has been observed that blood flow in the brains of people with the disorder is impaired when compared to healthy brains.

«Stuttering linked to reduced blood flow in area of brain associated with language.»

At roughly 100 minutes after each treatment, the team began testing brain activity in participants at rest with their eyes closed, first using a form of functional magnetic resonance imaging (fMRI) called arterial spin labeling to follow blood flow changes in the brain.

Next, the resting participants underwent two scans with another fMRI method known as blood oxygen level — dependent, or BOLD, to track connections and apparent information flow between brain regions.

Blood flow to the legs and brain was also lower with moderate hyperthermia.

The researchers were able to zero in on the Broca's area as well as related brain circuitry specifically linked to speech, using regional cerebral blood flow as a measure of brain activity, since blood flow is typically coupled with neural activity.

Hsia's aunt needed treatment fast with a clot - busting medicine and a procedure known as an endovascular thrombectomy, which removes the clot and restores blood flow to oxygen - starved patches of the brain.

Cerebral ischemia is a disorder caused by insufficient blood flow to the brain and its early detection with MRI contrast agents is vital for survival of patients.

The downward trend has emerged despite something else the study shows: a rising tide of three factors that are thought to raise dementia risk by interfering with brain blood flow, namely diabetes, high blood pressure and obesity.

We know that sedentary aging is associated with a progressive decline in blood flow to the brain.

In one, the carotid arteries were blocked with a suture for one hour, much as a blood clot blocks the flow of blood to the brain in a stroke.

Neuroscientists zeroed in on it by placing subjects in a positron - emission tomography (PET) scanner to measure blood flow in the brain, then having them look at cards with color rectangles.

Vascular dementia involves poor blood flow in the brain, and the team found that people with autoimmune diseases are 29 per cent more likely to develop this form of dementia, compared with only a 6 per cent increase in Alzheimer's risk.

Small vessel disease occurs due to microangiopathy of arterioles in the brain, making these arteries less flexible, which can interfere with blood flow.

Using an optical fiber implanted in that region, the researchers were able to stimulate the primary motor cortex near where the stroke had occurred, and then monitor biochemical changes and blood flow there as well as in other brain areas with which this region was in communication.

«We believe exertion or increasing blood flow to the brain when it's not quite ready to handle that, even in the absence of more impacts to the brain, could also interfere with recovery in this window,» said Asken, also a clinical and research coordinator for the Sports Concussion Center at the UF Student Health Care Center.

Another seminal study led to the discovery that blood flow and glucose utilisation change more than oxygen consumption in the active brain (Science, 1988) causing tissue oxygen to vary with brain activity.

Stuffing yourself with too much food diverts blood flow to your gut, which is the real brain drainer and energy zapper.

Inverting the body with the head below the heart increases blood flow to the brain.

It's the period when the arousal mechanism in the limbic brain connects with our bodies, causing blood flow to our erogenous zones and making us want sex.

Blood flow throughout the body can be compromised during a heat illness, so sitting or lying down with feet elevated about 12 inches can help prevent swelling in the legs and improve blood flow to the bBlood flow throughout the body can be compromised during a heat illness, so sitting or lying down with feet elevated about 12 inches can help prevent swelling in the legs and improve blood flow to the bblood flow to the brain.

People with blocked coronary arteries have reduced blood flow to the heart, but they can also have blockage in the arteries in their brain making them vulnerable to strokes.

It increases the blood flow and feeds the brain with more oxygen, it aids the release of hormones and stimulates a process known as neurogenesis, i.e. the brain's ability to grow new brain cells and adapt existing ones.

The researchers measured an increase in blood flow in the brain's prefrontal cortex during all 3 activities, in comparison with rest times where blood flow decreased to normal rates.

As the authors expected, a higher waist - to - height ratio was associated with less blood flow in certain areas of the brain involved in attention, memory, reasoning, and judgment.

Those individuals had an 8.3 % blood flow improvement to the brain's working areas by the conclusion of the study, while for individuals who began with regular blood flow, there was no improvement.

These areas of brain damage were also more likely to be found in individuals with impaired blood flow.

Increased blood flow to your brain provides it with more oxygen, which in turn allows it to work much more efficiently.

This combination of a lack of fuel, lack of nutrients, lack of thyroid hormone, a damaged metabolism, along with decreased blood flow to your brain...

Hold this pose for up to 30 seconds, taking deep breaths, allowing the spine to decompress and your blood to flow to your brain, and then slowly come up starting from the tailbone, up your spine, with your head being the last thing to come up.

This hormone constricts the blood vessels and increases blood pressure in order to ensure that our brain has adequate blood flow and oxygen to help us deal with impending danger.