Sentences with phrase «brain structural abnormalities»

A study recently published by Tufts University found that dogs with CCDs show brain structural abnormalities analogous to people who have OCDs (Obsessive Compulsive Disorders).

More than half the infants had microcephaly, brain calcifications, loss of brain tissue volume, and other brain structural abnormalities, the researchers found.

Not exact matches

Researchers using MRI have discovered a common pattern of structural abnormalities in the brains of people with depression and social anxiety, according to a study presented being next week at the annual meeting of the Radiological Society of North America (RSNA).

A postmortem revealed structural damage, increased cell death, and other abnormalities in the mice's brains.

Additionally, 2013 MRI research from Cummings School of Veterinary Medicine at Tufts University and McLean Imaging Center at McLean Hospital showed that the structural brain abnormalities of Doberman pinschers afflicted with canine compulsive disorder (CCD) were similar to those of humans with OCD.

Mice lacking the HSF1 gene showed structural brain abnormalities and were prone to seizures after birth following exposures to very low levels of toxins.»

Schizophrenia may be associated with structural abnormalities in the brain, but so far that's not thought to be the case in mood disorders like depression or bipolar disorder.

Metabolic syndrome, a cluster of cardiometabolic conditions, may be a biological mechanism linking posttraumatic stress disorder (PTSD) to structural brain abnormalities, according to a new study in Biological Psychiatry.

Dogs exhibit the same behavioral characteristics, respond to the same medication, have a genetic basis to the disorder, and we now know have the same structural brain abnormalities as people with OCD,» said Nicholas Dodman, BVMS, DACVB, professor of clinical sciences at the Cummings School of Veterinary Medicine at Tufts University.

In a study of structural brain connectivity led by the University of Illinois at Chicago and UCLA, those participants with anorexia nervosa who scored lowest on a test measuring their ability to form insight had more connective abnormalities than other patients in brain regions linked to error detection and conflict monitoring as well as self - reflection.

One of the lab's goals is to improve the understanding of functional, structural, and neurochemical brain abnormalities in depression.

BETHESDA, MD — Balanced chromosomal abnormalities (BCAs), a category of structural changes to the human genome, may account for a large portion of birth defects related to brain development and function, according to research presented at the American Society of Human Genetics (ASHG) 2015 Annual Meeting in Baltimore.

These abnormalities coexist with mitochondrial structural alteration and mitochondrial DNA overproliferation and / or deletion in all brain cellular compartments.

Causes of seizures from within the brain (structural abnormalities of the brain) include brain tumors, strokes, encephalitis or meningitis, congenital abnormalities (such as hydrocephalus), head trauma, degenerative or storage diseases, infection and other causes.

Seizures resulting from identifiable brain abnormalities are called Structural Seizures.

True neurochemical deficiencies, inadequate levels of neurotransmitters, or even structural abnormalities in the brain all can result in fear, anxiety, and aggression.

The unique structural brain abnormalities that may be related to behavioral problems and sustained selective attention difficulties, and that have also been found in moderately preterm children, are also important (Kinney 2006).