Sentences with phrase «brain disorders seemed»

Although researchers worldwide were publishing tens of thousands of neuroscience studies every year, neither our understanding of basic brain functions nor our ability to treat brain disorders seemed to be progressing much.

He had become curious about why rates of two brain disorders seem to be on the rise.

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People with the disorder seem to have more active immune cells inside their brains, and now this activity has been spotted even before the disorder develops.

By getting down to synaptic levels in the brain — even if only in mice — the researchers seem to have taken a step toward explaining why omega - 3 trials in humans have shown some success in treating mood disorders.

A brain - scanning study has found that the part of the brain that sends out safety signals seems to be less active in people with obsessive compulsive disorder (OCD).

«We're trying to get at the heart of the mechanism behind neurodegenerative diseases and with this research believe we've found one that seems to be commonly disrupted in many of them, suggesting that similar drugs may work for some or all of these disorders,» says Jeffrey Rothstein, M.D., Ph.D., a professor of neurology and neuroscience, and director of the Brain Science Institute and the Robert Packard Center for ALS Research at the Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine.

The current findings seem to suggest that, in borderline personality disorder, the brain steps on the gas yet does not as effectively brake emotion.»

According to the National Alliance on Mental Illness: «It is too early to classify schizophrenia as either a neurodevelopmental (impairment of the growth and development of the brain) or a neurodegenerative (progressive loss of structure or function of neurons) disorder, as both seem to occur over the course of the illness.

For instance, says Korenberg, the data could help scientists to link genes that seem important in certain mental disorders, such as schizophrenia or autism, to specific brain - wiring abnormalities.

LOWRY: There are certain psychiatric disorders like post-traumatic stress disorder, or PTSD, and depression that seem to be associated with increased inflammation, a ramped - up immune response in the body and in the brain.

All my life I have struggled with brain fog, attention deficit disorder, and learning disabilities; it seemed as though my brain was broken and not working as it should.

After battling tears through a series of straightforward health and lifestyle - related questions and a brief physical examination, the doctor gave me information on a nearby lab and instructed me to make appointments for a Polysomnogram and Multiple Sleep Latency Test or MSLT, the most effective methods for diagnosing narcolepsy while simultaneously ruling out other more common disorders like insomnia and sleep apnea.While I slept, what seemed like tons of tiny electrodes monitored my brain waves, eye movement, heart rate and muscle activity.

Canine compulsive disorder seems to bear at least some resemblance to obsessive - compulsive disorder in humans; in fact, a recent university study has found that both conditions are associated with similar brain structure anomalies.

Epilepsy, a brain disorder that causes seizures, seems to be more common in beagles than in other dog breeds.