You can improve
brain function at any age.
The goal of using testosterone replacement therapy for anxiety is to restore hormonal balance so that your body and
brain function at their best.
''... we hypothesize that repeated stress - related allostatic overload may affect
brain function at three basic levels: (a) at the cellular level, it may compromise proteostasis (e.g. tau protein), organelles homeostasis, and induce epigenetic changes in neuronal DNA; (b) at the tissue level it may affect intracellular communication (synaptic contacts), number of cells (reduction of neuronal density), composition of the extracellular matrix (accumulation of amyloid plaques), and neuroinflammation; (c) at the systemic levels it may alter the brain's regulation of behavior (cognitive decline).
Making sure that I'm eating regular meals, cutting out the sugar, cutting out the things you know, no white bread or flour or anything like that, and I do this because I know that's going to help
my brain function at the optimal level and when I do pay attention, it does make a difference.
Argonne Neuroscientist Bobby Kasthuri is using Argonne's supercomputer to map the intricacies of
brain function at the deepest levels.
But together, they are using Argonne's vast arsenal of innovative technologies to map the intricacies of
brain function at the deepest levels, and describing them in greater detail than ever before through advanced data analysis techniques.
In the 1960s, groundbreaking experiments by David Hubel and Torsten Wiesel and other «mapmakers of the mind» inspired a generation of scientists to explore
brain function at the cellular level.
Using our detailed insights into how the brain circuitry is organized, both globally and locally, makes it possible to describe
brain function at a computational level.
This program, McKnight Technological Innovations in Neuroscience Awards, focuses on «how technology may be used or adapted to monitor, manipulate, analyze, or model
brain function at any level, from the molecular to the entire organism.»
Finally, the study provides an example of a highly integrative approach to understanding
brain function at multiple scales, «linking genes and gene networks to the properties of single neurons and populations of neuron subtypes, all the way up to the level of animal behaviors,» said Okaty.
To understand how DIXDC1 mutations put normal
brain function at risk, Cheyette's team turned to mutant mice that lacked a functioning copy of the gene.
Studies have also largely assumed that measuring someone's
brain function at a point in time is generally representative of that person's daily function at that point in life.
Apparently dinner didn't help
my brain function at all.
Want more research - backed ideas on how to keep
your brain functioning at its peak despite the passage of the years?
This will help you regulate your sleep cycle and keep
your brain functioning at it's max performance.
The essential fatty acids in these foods will help repair your muscle tissues, improve your mood, and keep
your brain functioning at optimal levels while you sleep.
Take a look at the following 10 foods for brain health to improve your memory and keep
your brain functioning at its best.
When brainstorming — thinking creatively —
our brains function at maximum capacity.
The summer doldrums are here; with heat above 100 degrees
my brain functions at half speed at best.
Antioxidants and Omega - 3 fatty acids (cod liver oil is best for this condition) are valuable in keeping your dog's
brain functioning at its best.
Not exact matches
We need to take a closer look
at the science of how our
brain functions throughout the day and try to match the right tasks to the right mindset to help maximize productivity.
According to an in - depth trend piece about the «slow reading» movement in the Wall Street Journal recently, reading can actually boost your
brain function —
at least if you do it regularly and right.
According to David Randall, the author of Dreamland, even a short nap «primes our
brains to
function at a higher level, letting us come up with better ideas, find solutions to puzzles more quickly, identify patterns faster and recall information more accurately.»
Researchers
at the Universities of Rome and L'Aquila in Italy recently conducted a study about how eating chocolate effects
brain functions like memory, attention, and processing speed.
Special thanks to John Gunstad, professor with the Department of Psychological Sciences
at Kent State University, for speaking with us about his cutting - edge research on how losing weight affects
brain function.
They say that drinking coke really ignites the creative
functions in their
brain by getting their neurons firing
at 100 %.
Among other
functions, it is part of the
brain's reflexive system and it is good
at quickly generating emotions like fear and anger when we're presented with new, out of place, or scary stimuli.
It's from Faux News and so has zero credibility,
at least for people with
at least partially
functioning brains.
scot I think you should drop your allegiance to the Christian god and take up with the Wizard of Oz,
at least the Wiz maybe able to grant you a
functioning brain!!!
Whether or not the
brain «stops
functioning»
at any given point is not necessarily the same question as whether there exists any other reality besides the one «the
brain» can observe.
Robert Veatch, professor emeritus of ethics
at Georgetown University, wants to expand the criteria of
brain death so that they include the loss of overt cognitive
function.
How does a genetic mutation cause an organism to not only develop the sensors it needs to perceive the light, but also the wiring, and the
function in the
brain to process the light data
at the same time?
No doubt it is true, scientifically speaking, that no distinct center of superhuman consciousness has yet appeared on earth (
at least in the living world) for which it may be claimed or predicted that one day it will exercise a centralizing
function, in relation to associated human thought, similar to the role of the individual «I» in relation to the cells of the
brain.
If these
functions are most intimately related with diverse portions of the
brain, then it seems necessary to suppose that the dominant occasion is present
at the same time
at all these diverse places.
There're things witnessed that can not be explained away,
at least not in a way that neatly tucks everything in, folds it up and demonstrates that there's nothing behind it other than false conclusions derived from
brain functions.
you need your
brain to be
at least
functioning on a minimal level....
In contrast, the right half of the
brain functions all -
at - once and by leaps of imagination.
I must show you that the fatal consequence is not coercive, as is commonly imagined; and that, even though our soul's life (as here below it is revealed to us) may be in literal strictness the
function of a
brain that perishes, yet it is not
at all impossible, but on the contrary quite possible, that the life may still continue when the
brain itself is dead.
At the summit of material animal evolution is a proto - human, but the next stage of complexity in
brain function would be out of kilter with the natural environment since it is now too powerful to be subject to the ULCD from the material environment alone.
What all these have in common is that, without any central control, individual units (genes, cells neurons or workers) respond to simple, local information, in ways that allow the whole system (cells,
brains, organisms or colonies) to
function: the appropriate number of units performs each activity
at the appropriate time.
We always look for the health benefits of food for our physical well being and quite often neglect the food stuffs that our
brains need to
function at their optimum.
«Organic whole milk yogurt is an incredibly satisfying, traditional food - something I think many Americans are starting to embrace,» says Drew Ramsey, MD, assistant clinical professor of psychiatry
at Columbia University and one of psychiatry's leading proponents of using dietary changes to help balance moods, sharpen
brain function and improve mental health.
It improves
Brain Function and Important for strengthening the
brains ability to problem solve, memorize, and to set and finish goals Better Grades, Better
at Sports, Better
at Music!
My grandson is learning when I visit, my
brain doesn't
function till I get
at least 1 cup of coffee!
The well - publicized lawsuits by former players against the N.F.L., the suicide of Junior Seau, a «Chicken Little - sky is falling» mentality by some prominent concussion experts and former athletes, some of whom suggest that the sport is simply too dangerous to be played
at all
at the youth level, and continuing research on the short - and long - term effects of concussion on cognitive
function and
brain health, have created a pretty toxic environment for the sport.
From a safety perspective, it makes sense to ban -
at least temporarily - a practice that is being investigated with good reason as detrimental to short and long - term healthy
brain function.
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.»
Breastfed babies show signs of early
brain development, particularly in regions associated with language, emotional
function and cognition, according to a new study
at Brown University.
The K - D test, originally developed in the 1980's by optometrists Al King and Steve Devick
at the Illinois College of Optometry, provides objective measures of many aspects of
brain function, including subcortical (subconscious) pathways that extend beyond eye movements.
Although scientists have long suspected that RHI caused
brain damage, especially in boxers, a 2010 study of high school football players by researchers
at Purdue University [1,13] was the first to identify a completely unexpected and previously unknown category of players who, though they displayed no clinically - observable signs of concussion, were found to have measurable impairment of neurocognitive
function (primarily visual working memory) on computerized neurocognitive tests, as well as altered activation in neurophysiologic
function on sophisticated
brain imaging tests (fMRI).