Male teens who experiment with cannabis before age 16, and have a high genetic risk for schizophrenia, show
a different brain development trajectory than low risk peers who use cannabis.
Not exact matches
Cognitive health new product
development (NPD) targets all of life's
different stages and in 2015, the share of launches with a
brain health claim rose to 17 % in Europe and 23 % globally.
Everything from
different discipline strategies, alternatives to corporal punishment, to
brain development strategies, just emphasizing the importance of reading, and talking, and singing, and playing with your children.
From what we know about
brain development, it is quite possible that continued exposure to this type of stimuli, especially if it occurs in
different types of circumstances will gradually generalize to a more permanent reaction style to new and novel things they encounter.
Baby
brain development takes place in
different stages.
Fats are needed for ideal
brain development because they provide the right substances for producing myelin, the fatty shield that protects nerve fibers so they can safely carry information to
different parts of the
brain.
† The effects of DHA on infant
brain and eye
development have been studied using range of methods and
different sources of DHA including fish oils and DHA derived from algae (which is the source used in Expecta).
By subdividing the
brain more strategically, the map can help pinpoint particular sections» functions and help determine how
different cortical regions contribute to
development, aging and disease.
Researchers now think that in female animals, the presence of estrogen promotes female
development at specific life stages, and having a second X chromosome makes female
brains different from those of males.
Using a mouse model, the team also demonstrated that two processes during neurodevelopment are regulated by the gene: proliferation — the replication of neuronal stem cells that have the potential to become multiple
different kinds of cells, including neurons — and migration — the movement of neurons to specific locations in the
brain during
development.
In a study being published in the journal Neuron, researchers show that the signal molecule TGF - beta acts as a time signal that regulates the nerve stem cells» potential at
different stages of the
brain's
development — knowledge that may be significant for future pharmaceutical
development.
And those kinds of random changes during
development explain, for example, why the pattern of gyruses in the
brain are very
different even between identical twins.
One type of stem cell can produce multiple types of nerve cells at
different stages of the
brain's
development.
Males and females also have
different levels of sex hormones, which affect
brain development and function.
«We're interested in learning more about what other proteins LRP6 interacts with, as well as how it acts in
different types of
brain cells at
different developmental stages of circuit
development and refinement.»
«Both factors independently affect
brain function in
different ways, which can lead to the
development of other psychological disturbances, such as anxiety and depression.»
This could, for example, be a normal
brain and a diseased
brain, or the same
brain at two
different stages of
development.
Another provocative observation from the new study was that transient gene expression events during
brain development set up broad distinctions in neural fate between cells in
different areas in the cerebral cortex.
For example, the researchers were able to identify previously unknown gene expression differences between the neural stem cells that give rise to the
brain's deep structures versus its neocortical surface, and to show that molecular signatures of
different neural cell types arise much earlier in
brain development than previously realized.
By activating the mutations in
different parts of the
brain and at
different stages of
development, the researchers found that the two mutations affected
brain circuits in
different ways.
The CMU team used PisCES to follow neural gene expressions from conception through adulthood in rhesus monkey
brains to find out what genes work together during
different points of
development.
This mechanism allows them to position themselves correctly in the
different layers of the cortex, a key step in the
development of
brain circuits.
Mature miR - 7 is individually transcribed and processed from 3
different gene locus in human genome, and it is highly expressed in parts of the
brain, eye, and pancreas, suggesting its role in the
development of these organs (20 — 22).
As director of the Roanoke
Brain Study, Montague monitors brain activity while volunteers play games, view images, or interact with others, to understand how people make decisions at different times in their lives, and how this is related to the development of the brain, how well it works, and what happens when it doe
Brain Study, Montague monitors
brain activity while volunteers play games, view images, or interact with others, to understand how people make decisions at different times in their lives, and how this is related to the development of the brain, how well it works, and what happens when it doe
brain activity while volunteers play games, view images, or interact with others, to understand how people make decisions at
different times in their lives, and how this is related to the
development of the
brain, how well it works, and what happens when it doe
brain, how well it works, and what happens when it doesn't.
«We wanted to learn more about how the
brain is
different in Down Syndrome compared to typical
development, so we measured surface area and thickness, which both contribute to cortical volume but are determined by
different genetic factors.»
«We showed that these genes have unique expression patterns in
different brain regions at varying times during
brain development.
White matter fibers connect the
different areas of the
brain and abnormalities in white matter may be tied to the
development of dementia and other cognitive disorders.
A research team led by Kerstin Lindblad - Toh at Uppsala University / SciLifeLab has used genetic analyses of 25
different dog breeds to identify genes that could have a role in the
development of
brain tumors.
The lab focuses on clarifying the mechanisms of
brain plasticity, gene expression, and responses of cellular elements to
different psychotropic drugs, and have identified several novel
brain sites and pathways that constitute attractive targets for new drug
development.
Mouse
brain tissue from three
different stages of the mouse
brain development; embryonic day 15, postnatal day 2 and postnatal day 21, was studied.
During the next two to three months, the cells began to organize themselves into layers and clusters of
different cell types, paralleling what happens during the first eight to 10 weeks of human fetal
brain development.
New research on the related individuals, however, began with
different, yet no less important, questions: How was Neanderthal physiological
development different from that of modern humans, and how and why did Neanderthals evolve such big
brains?
Among these achievements are the
development of new techniques for classifying
different types of neurons; automated methods for creating wiring diagrams of the connections between cells in the mammalian
brain; new ways of recording and manipulating the electrical activity of hundreds, even thousands, of cells simultaneously; and, advanced microscopes that allow researchers to visualize the activity of all the cells in the
brains of small animals.
EFAs or essential fatty acids play a very important role in
different body functions like cell maintenance,
brain development, transportation of oxygen from the lungs to the bloodstream, regulation of metabolism and mood, regulation of insulin sensitivity, as well as hormone production.
Studies have linked
different formulations to a variety of health problems, but the most worrisome issue is the effects on infants»
brain development.
DHA is critically important for
brain / retina
development of the human baby's
brain, which is very
different from a baby cow's
brain.
In a study done by Environmental Working Group in 2012, it was found that newborn babies had over 200
different chemicals in them including: Mercury — harms
brain development and function Polyaromatic Hydrocarbons — linked to cancer Polybrominated dibenzodioxins and furans — toxic to endocrine system Perfluorinated chemicals — linked to cancer,... Read More»
The reason it takes children several years to learn how to write is because writing requires so many
different areas of the
brain to work simultaneously, enhancing
development.
«If we can see biological changes and predispositions in people based on social experience in
different cultures, then it begins to outline an interdependence between
brain development and our social world,» she says.
We all understand that in terms of screening for lead, because lead does bad things to a
brain, mercury does bad things to a
brain,... but toxic stress does bad things to a
brain, too — it's a
different chemical doing it, but it's still a big problem interfering with
brain development.»»
Topics include what children should know at
different grade levels, their
brain development, how to deal with adolescents, how to navigate the school system to advocate for your child, healthy cooking, and how to use a computer.
Results of
brain research, much of it sponsored by the National Institutes of Child Health and Human
Development (NICHD), suggest that
different parts of the
brain working together are responsible for complex cognitive processes and that the communication between these
brain centers is required for successful learning to occur.
WP Recommendations: - Dogs need a minimum of 20 positive play experiences by 20 weeks of age with 20
different pups - at least 2 times per week during their critical
brain development.
:) WP Recommendations: - Dogs need a minimum of 20 positive play experiences by 20 weeks of age with 20
different pups - at least 2 times per week during their critical
brain development.
Early socialization is a one - time opportunity because what happens inside your puppy's
brain during early puppyhood is very
different from later - stage
developments.
Right now students from Singapore and the US are working with our researchers and
development team on novel game concepts, and visiting researchers are wracking their
brains on
different gaming related topics across a variety of fields.
Activities like hide and seek, playing with building blocks and reading a simple book all stimulate
different areas of a child's
brain and aid in their overall
development.
To investigate whether birth weight exerted differential effects on
brain development at
different ages, age and birth weight variables were standardized to the whole sample, and regression analyses with these variables, along with their interaction term (birth weight × age), sex, household income, GAF, and scanner, were repeated.
The first 5 years of life are critical for the
development of language and cognitive skills.1 By kindergarten entry, steep social gradients in reading and math ability, with successively poorer outcomes for children in families of lower social class, are already apparent.2 — 4 Early cognitive ability is, in turn, predictive of later school performance, educational attainment, and health in adulthood5 — 7 and may serve as a marker for the quality of early
brain development and a mechanism for the transmission of future health inequalities.8 Early life represents a time period of most equality and yet, beginning with in utero conditions and extending through early childhood, a wide range of socially stratified risk and protective factors may begin to place children on
different trajectories of cognitive
development.9, 10