Sentences with phrase «cognitive deficits»

An expert in cognitive rehabilitation research, she has focused on finding new ways to treat cognitive deficits in the brain injury and multiple sclerosis populations.

First, we have provided some empirical support to theories that suggest that bullying might arise out of cognitive deficits as well as emotional ones.

Not surprisingly, sleeping pills are also associated with cognitive deficits the next day.

By identifying a source of early sensory nerve signals, the current study could lead to new ways to diagnose autism and other cognitive deficits that emerge early in development.

But both conditions, which prevent a person from sleeping deeply for any length of time, can trigger ailments ranging from cognitive deficits to hypertension.

Current medicines for schizophrenia are unable to address cognitive deficits.

This work has important implications for developing novel treatment strategies for psychiatric disorders associated with social cognitive deficits, including autism spectrum disorders and schizophrenia.

Light drinking in pregnancy, a risk for behavioural problems and cognitive deficits at 3 years of age?

People who begin using cocaine during adolescence display more significant cognitive deficits than people who begin using the drug in adulthood.

Therefore, our findings might indicate a key mechanism underlying cognitive deficits in old age.

These cases showed widespread cognitive deficits, low educational attainment and the most severe deficits in emotion and motivation.

Still another set of patients experiences cognitive deficits — problems with paying attention, remembering and planning.

Studies have shown similar effects in disorders such as depression, he says, but this is the first time it has been related directly to cognitive deficits found in schizophrenia.

It is linked with producing different cognitive deficits in both humans and animals and is required for a developing brain and proper cognitive functions in animals.

What's really interesting is that, once again, the research reminds us that the deficiencies in college readiness don't represent cognitive deficits.

We also investigated the role of cognitive deficits and conduct problems in these relations.

Yet others might see a speech therapist to deal with cognitive deficits.

Previous studies have shown that people with more severe depression have slower reaction times and other cognitive deficits.

Cognitive deficits in depression and functional specificity of regional brain activity.

As a result of his concussion, plaintiff was diagnosed with mild cognitive deficits by his neuropsychologist.

The resulting immune response, which occurs irrespective of weight gain, may cause cognitive deficits such as those associated with Alzheimer's.

Previous research has shown that AS model mice display brain dysfunctions that match neurological abnormalities observed in humans, including cognitive deficits such as long - term memory.

«There is a potential for cognitive deficits for astronauts within the dose range that NASA expects they would experience on a Mars mission.»

Progress in this research project has the potential to provide insights into large - scale circuit mechanisms of cognitive deficits associated with schizophrenia and other mental disorders.

Therefore, the reversal of cognitive deficits as well as some other aspects of AD pathology by J147 may result from an up - regulation of BDNF and NGF pathways.

The traumatic brain injury caused mild cognitive deficits, which were documented on neuropsychological examination.

Mucke and his team have already demonstrated that lowering overall tau levels by 50 to 75 percent reduces cognitive deficits in mice and is well tolerated.

Thus, anatomical brain changes may contribute to specific cognitive deficits associated with very preterm birth and could be used in the identification of those individuals who may be at increased risk for cognitive impairment.

The modest cognitive deficits seen in the overweight players could translate into everyday slips in memory, judgment, and impulse control — such as forgetting to buy an item at the store, unwittingly saying something inappropriate, or giving in to unhealthy appetites, Amen says.

4) allele showed greater cognitive deficits with the various indices of sleep - disordered breathing compared to those without the allele.

Now, by dampening the activity of a small group of neurons deep within the mouse brain, researchers have produced cognitive deficits similar to those found in those with schizophrenia, a discovery that they say could potentially lead to new treatments for the disorder, which affects roughly 24 million people worldwide.

Moreover, the observation that harmine inhibits DYRK1A in neural cells allows us to speculate about future studies to test its potential therapeutic role over cognitive deficits observed in Down syndrome and neurodegenerative diseases,» suggests Stevens Rehen, researcher from IDOR and ICB - UFRJ.

Antibodies directed against amyloid beta have been able to successfully clear plaques and reverse cognitive deficits in mouse models.

When DHA and EPA levels drop, age - related cognitive deficits worsen.

Data presented here demonstrate that J147 has the ability to rescue cognitive deficits when administered at a late stage in the disease.

Standard paper and pencil neuropsychological tests (see box) have proven useful for identifying cognitive deficits resulting from concussions, and have been available to sports medicine clinicians for a number of years.

Among elderly humans it is not unusual to have urinary incontinence especially those with certain cognitive deficits like Alzheimer's disease.

By contrast, the 5 - CSRTT and DMTP task appeared insensitive to PCP treatment, but may be useful as a screen for cognitive deficits induced by antipsychotic medications, especially since such deficits decrease patient compliance.

For example, he discovered that reducing levels of a protein called tau can prevent cognitive deficits in animal models of the disease.

«Therefore, it is of paramount importance to determine what patients do show cognitive deficits from the very beginning of the disorders and the impact of such deficits on the course of the disorder.»

This study provides one of the first animal models to demonstrate the long - term cognitive deficits resulting from a chemotherapeutic treatment used in treating humans for breast cancer.

All three assays demonstrated cognitive deficits with scopolamine treatment compared to saline controls (Figure 4A - D).

We demonstrate that J147 has the ability to rescue the severe cognitive deficits present in aged, transgenic AD mice.

The next step for him and his colleagues is to determine if environmental enrichment — either through 3 - D video games or real - world exploration experiences — can reverse the hippocampal - dependent cognitive deficits present in older populations.

Improving overall cardiovascular health (such as reducing blood pressure and cholesterol) will help to reduce the risk of stroke, but in many cases, people suffer a stroke and are looking for ways to improve recovery and prevent lasting cognitive deficits.

They found that structured physical activity training significantly improved cognitive deficits regardless of the length of the rehabilitation program (i.e., training longer than 3 months as well as from 1 to 3 months led to improvements in cognitive performance).

Research studies span all domains of post-stroke dysfunction, including cognitive deficits and mobility impairment.