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Numerous studies have proven its safety and effectiveness in the treatment of brain disorders while providing a wide range of benefits such as increased motivation and better physical and mental health.

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«While dopamine has limited reach in the brain, any dysfunction in glutamate would be expected to have the sort of widespread effects we see in the perceptual disorders associated with schizophrenia,» says Albright.

While mouse models have traditionally been used in studying the genetic disorder, Deng said the animal model is inadequate because the human brain is more complicated, and much of that complexity arises from astroglia cells, the star - shaped cells that play an important role in the physical structure of the brain as well as in the transmission of nerve impulses.

While previous research has indicated that sleep disruption and psychiatric disorders often occur together, this latest study is the first to causally demonstrate that sleep loss triggers excessive anticipatory brain activity associated with anxiety, researchers said.

The projects vary slightly in their aims — the US BRAIN initiative will start by cataloguing the types of cells in the brain and how they wire together, while the China Brain Science Project is focused on developmental, psychiatric and neurodegenerative disorBRAIN initiative will start by cataloguing the types of cells in the brain and how they wire together, while the China Brain Science Project is focused on developmental, psychiatric and neurodegenerative disorBRAIN initiative will start by cataloguing the types of cells in the brain and how they wire together, while the China Brain Science Project is focused on developmental, psychiatric and neurodegenerative disorbrain and how they wire together, while the China Brain Science Project is focused on developmental, psychiatric and neurodegenerative disorbrain and how they wire together, while the China Brain Science Project is focused on developmental, psychiatric and neurodegenerative disorBrain Science Project is focused on developmental, psychiatric and neurodegenerative disorBrain Science Project is focused on developmental, psychiatric and neurodegenerative disorders.

While the findings suggest that drugs targeting ASICs may one day lead to novel therapies for anxiety disorders, Braga noted that «more research is needed to understand the roles that ASIC1a channels play in the brain.»

While it has been generally accepted that exposure to harmful environmental factors increase the susceptibility of the brain to neurological and psychiatric disorders, new types of environmental agents are continuingly added to the mix, requiring evolving studies, Hasimoto - Torii says.

While researchers found that playing strategy games better engaged memory and cognitive control brain regions, making them better suited for improving memory tasks, they hypothesize that action games that stimulate the limbic area and elicit more emotional arousal might be beneficial for other clinical populations like patients with mood disorders.

While such basic research can suggest new treatment targets, the speakers noted that there are many obstacles before clinical treatment of brain disorders with optogenetics becomes a reality.

While those studies uncovered widespread functional and anatomical brain abnormalities in ASD, the results were not highly consistent, possibly reflecting the complex brain pathology in autism spectrum disorders.

While bipolar disorder is one of the most - studied neurological disorders — the Greeks noticed symptoms of the disease as early as the first century — it's possible that scientists have overlooked an important part of the brain for its source.

While previous studies have identified disruption to communication channels in these two areas of the brain contribute to symptoms in psychiatric disorders, the mechanisms that lead to these disturbances have been largely unknown, until now.

«This study illustrates the potential of gaining fundamental insights into brain function while helping patients with debilitating diseases, and provides us with a powerful way of selecting targets based on their connectivity to other regions that can be widely applied to help guide brain stimulation therapy across multiple neurological and psychiatric disorders.»

The next step, Crockett says, is to do the experiments while scanning people's brains to «investigate how these [moral] computations go awry in disorders like psychopathy.»

Moreover, while surgeons are able to operate to remove certain kinds of tumors, some disorders are located in the brain stem, amongst nerves, making surgery impossible,» added collaborator and senior author Anne - Sophie Carret.

The researchers hope that their new imaging technique will allow doctors to directly measure whether the treatments given to premature infants encourage normal brain development, while also shedding light on the biological roots of a host of neurological and psychiatric disorders.

While studies have clearly shown a relationship between religious experiences and various brain disorders, there are several reasons why this association can not be the only answer.

While investigators in other labs have suggested that raised rather than lower levels of cholesterol may be linked to brain disorders, «we think our model may be more clinically relevant,» she says.

Turns out while you sleep, a plumbing system called the glymphatic system opens up between the brain cells and literally flushes out toxic molecules involved in neurodegenerative disorders.

While non-celiac gluten sensitivity is most often associated with digestive system symptoms, it turns out that this disorder may have equally detrimental effects on the brain.

When you are low on brain neurotransmitters like serotonin, dopamine, or endorphins, you may experience depression, anxiety, and mood disorders, while your body experiences cravings to eat foods that increase the neurotransmitters and feel better.

While anxiety and depression are characterized as mental health disorders rather than physiological illnesses, this really is a distinction without a difference as the functioning of the brain is a direct consequence of biochemical reactions that are no less dependent on physical aspects of our bodies, than our hearts and lungs are.

And while we still have a lot to learn about the connection between psychopathy and the brain, this gives us valuable insight into mental health and how we can better treat people with personality disorders by getting more specific when it comes to the brain.

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.

While this condition — due to a developmental anomaly involving the brain early in life — is always present in an afflicted individual it could go undetected, especially when there is other mental disorder present in the individual.

While in graduate school she used electroencephalography (EEG) and electromyography (EMG) to study the brain basis of social impairments in children with autism spectrum disorders.