Not surprisingly, the participants in the dancing group performed better and had less deterioration in
their brains than the other groups.
Not exact matches
(So that when you read a news story, for instance, you might also get a composite assessment value that was assigned directly from
other readers without them ever having to express such assessment via speaking, writing, etc. if a
group of people are on the scene of some event covered by the news, then obviously there would be great value in knowing some directly transferred assessment values from their
brains, rather
than what today we get as a summary from a few reporters plus maybe a few witnesses that still have to express what they saw.)
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.»
Regarding
brain development, he rolled over on «schedule» (4 months) and at 6 months is able to sit up on his own, earlier
than most
other babies in mum's
group.
When a baby has highly developed cognition, it is actually their own
brains capability to utilize and retain information quicker
than other children in the same age
group.
After 40 days, the
brains of those that ate junk freely were less sensitive
than those in the
other groups.
But
other regions in the front of his
brain were much more active
than the matching regions in the
brains of the control
group.
The patient's
brain signals were decoded by an electrocorticographic (ECoG) implant that can cover a large area of the
brain, taking in and translating information from many
groups of neurons and providing more stable readings
than have been achieved through
other methods.
Levels of A-beta in the blood of mice that received APOE2 were higher
than in the
other groups, suggesting that the protective variant had increased clearance of A-beta from the
brain.
The
group also found that the virus could be detected in fetal tissues
other than mouse
brain tissue, such as the lymph nodes.
During the study of a number of aardvarks by researchers of the
Brain Function Research
Group at the University of the Witwatersrand, all but one of the study animals — as well as
other aardvarks in the area — died because of a severe drought, with air temperatures much higher
than normal and very dry soil in the area.
One third of all Columbia researchers study the
brain and nervous system and they generate more research funding
than any
other group of neuroscientists in the country.
People who had practiced mindfulness meditation seemed to be using different
brain regions
than the
other groups to reduce pain.
When the researchers looked at the
brain patterns of the sleep
groups, they found that the interrupted sleepers showed significantly less «slow - wave sleep»
than the
other two
groups of sleepers that had slept continuously.
Adolescent
brains are highly responsive to the dopamine - pleasure response that accompanies taking chances and pushing limits, and sadly, this age
group's death rate from preventable causes is higher
than at any
other time of life.