Sentences with phrase «decline in learning and memory»

«There was a decline in learning and memory, coordination, muscle mass, endurance and skin thickness,» says Cai.

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Instead of impairing learning and memory, as it does in young people, the drug appears to reverse age - related declines in the cognitive performance of elderly mice.

To find out more about what underlies the cognitive decline that occurs with ageing, André Fischer of the European Neuroscience Institute in Göttingen, Germany, and colleagues analysed DNA from the brains of both young and old mice that had been set tasks involving learning and memory.

As sleep declined, rapid - eye movement, or REM — sleep linked to learning and memory (SN: 6/11/16, p. 15)-- came to play an outsize role in human slumber, the researchers propose.

People with mild cognitive impairment were defined as those who have a slight decline in cognition, mainly in memory in terms of remembering sequences or organization, and who score lower on tests such as the California Verbal Learning Test, which requires participants to recall a list of related words, such as a shopping list.

The hippocampus — a region crucially involved in forming «episodic» memories (event recall) and spatial memory (for physical navigation)-- is especially affected by aging, with accompanying declines in the ability to learn and remember; it also deteriorates early on when afflicted by Alzheimer's.

A drug used to slow cognitive decline in Alzheimer's disease could offer clues on how drugs might one day be able to reverse brain changes that affect learning and memory in teens and young adults who binge drink.

This cognitive function deficit impacts areas of a survivor's life ranging from societal integration to their return to work, as well as a decline in memory, learning, attention and concentration.

Under the leadership of John DeLuca, PhD, senior VP for Research & Training, and Nancy Chiaravalloti, PhD, director of Neuropsychology & Neuroscience Research, scientists have made important contributions to the knowledge of cognitive decline in MS. Clinical studies span new learning, memory, executive function, attention and processing speed, emotional processing, employment and cognitive fatigue.

Under the leadership of John DeLuca, PhD, senior VP of Research & Training, and Nancy Chiaravalloti, PhD, director of Neuropsychology & Neuroscience and TBI Research, scientists have made important contributions to the knowledge of cognitive decline in MS. Clinical studies span new learning, memory, executive function, attention and processing speed, emotional processing and cognitive fatigue.

Aging is associated with declining cognitive functions, including impairments in learning and memory formation (19).

I learned this was thanks to L - theanine, an energy - boosting amino acid found in green tea that's been shown to boost memory, slow cognitive decline, and boost the brain conditions for calm.

Specifically, this reduced fuel usage is localized in regions of the brain involved in memory processing and learning.10, 11,21,24 PET scans of people at high risk for developing AD show that this decline occurs long before symptoms of AD are present, and seems to be the first step in a long chain of events whose eventual end is overt AD.

Brain tissue is highly sensitive to alterations in NAD + levels.67 A mouse study showed that supplementation with nicotinamide mononucleotide increased NAD + levels in the brain, slowed cognitive decline in mice with Alzheimer's, and enhanced the plasticity in neurons that underlies learning and memory.67

With age comes the decline in cognitive functioning, affecting the senior cat's memory, ability to learn, awareness, as well as sight and hearing perception.

Old - age - onset separation anxiety of unknown cause may be a variant of a decline in thinking, learning, and memory in elderly pets.

For example, episodic memory, which relates to the ability to learn complex tasks declines relatively in life, while working memory, which refers to sort term recall and use of information remains relatively intact until later in age.

A recent study showed a decline in psychomotor speed and attention, learning, and working memory and a significant overall cognitive decline in women with PTSD.