Your veterinarian may also recommend adjustments to your dog's diet as well as nutritional supplements like Omega - 3, vitamin E and C, selenium, beta carotene, and L - carnitine, all known to have a positive
effect on cognitive function in dogs.
Research shows that trauma has a direct
effect on cognitive function, emotional health, behavior, and interpersonal capacity.
«The present findings support recent clinical trials suggesting that regular intake of cocoa flavanols may have a beneficial
effect on cognitive function, and possibly protect against normal age - related cognitive decline.»
The scientists have a history of discoveries into how an individual's musical background has
an effect on cognitive function and listening abilities as they get older.
In fact, studies have shown that being belittled actually does have a negative
effect on cognitive function, says Porath.
«It's not a sledgehammer — it's not knocking their memory out completely — but there are demonstrable, if subtle,
effects on their cognitive function.»
Dr Joanne Ryan, Postdoctoral Research Fellow, Neuropsychiatry: Epidemiological and Clinical Research, Hospital La Colombiere, Montpellier, said: «Both premature surgical menopause and premature ovarian failure, were associated with long - term negative
effects on cognitive function, which are not entirely offset by menopausal hormone treatment.
«The idea is that during evolution these variants that have positive
effects on cognitive function were selected, but at a cost — in this case an increased risk of autism spectrum disorders.»
Transcranial magnetic stimulation / transcranial direct current stimulation (tDCS) can induce acute and short - duration beneficial
effects on cognitive function, but the therapeutic clinical significance in AD is unclear.
«But at least among people with substance use disorders, it appears to have detrimental
effects on cognitive function.»
«Some of the benefits of coffee seem to be linked to the caffeine content, like the positive
effects on cognitive function and the decreased risk for neurodegenerative diseases like Parkinson's,» he says.
Use of creatine in the elderly and evidence for
effects on cognitive function in young and old.
To reign in your sweet tooth, Chaudhary recommends the herbs ashwagandha as well as brahmi, a popular herb in India that is sold in capsule form in the U.S. Chaudhary refers to brahmi as a «brain tonic» because of its beneficial
effects on cognitive function and specifically how it regulates overloaded and exhausted pleasure circuits.
Therefore, mild dehydration was produced by intermittent moderate exercise without hyperthermia and
its effects on cognitive function of women were investigated.
Not exact matches
Just look at this list of benefits from a recent study done at the Yale - Griffin Prevention Research Center by David L. Katz, MD, and his colleagues: «Cocoa can protect nerves from injury and inflammation, protect the skin from oxidative damage from UV radiation... and have beneficial
effects on satiety,
cognitive function, and mood.»
In a second study, published today (June 2) in the Annals of Neurology, Bak set out to determine if the positive
effects of bilingualism
on cognition could actually be the other way around: that people who have better
cognitive functions are more likely to learn foreign languages.
The concept of the supernatural is culturally derived from an innate
cognitive schema...» The scientific evidence for his position comes from an analysis of studies done
on children that show that their innate way of viewing the world is in terms of «design,
function and purpose» - making them, in
effect, «intuitive theists.»
In fact it was the subject of two sessions dedicated to exploring the evidence for the
effects of foods and food components
on mental performance and how this type of evidence can be gathered and evaluated to substantiate an EFSA approved claim
on cognitive function.
The well - publicized lawsuits by former players against the N.F.L., the suicide of Junior Seau, a «Chicken Little - sky is falling» mentality by some prominent concussion experts and former athletes, some of whom suggest that the sport is simply too dangerous to be played at all at the youth level, and continuing research
on the short - and long - term
effects of concussion
on cognitive function and brain health, have created a pretty toxic environment for the sport.
Here you will find articles about information
on the latest research about the long - term
effects of concussion
on an athlete's
cognitive function, articles
on whether the new state concussion safety laws are increasing concussion safety, advice
on the academic accomodations concussed student - athletes often need when they return to the classroom, and about the latest in concussion research.
Through the Institute, Dr. Janda has conducted groundbreaking research
on such subjects as the use of breakaway bases in reducing sliding injuries in baseball, the role of soft - core baseballs in reducing chest impact injuries in youth baseball, reducing injuries from collisions with soccer goal, and the
effect of heading
on cognitive function in youth soccer players.
In so many cases that I've seen, medication, when properly assessed, properly administered, has such a profoundly important
effect on a child's
cognitive function, his ability to access the curriculum.
Finding a way to reconcile two competing demands - minimizing contact in practice in order to reduce the number of concussions sustained and the number of hits players sustain over the course of a week and a season that emerging science, now more than ever, suggests may have a deleterious cumulative
effect [26]
on a player's
cognitive function over the long term, while at the same time maximizing the amount of time in practice learning how to tackle and block without head - to - head contact - time that is needed to maximize the protective
effect of proper tackling
on the number of head - to - head hits players sustain in game action, which can not only result in concussion, but catastrophic neck and spine injuries - is challenging, but clearly not impossible.
Current studies
on humans show no harmful
effects of supplementing infant formula with DHA and ARA and some studies even show some benefits to a child's visual
function and / or
cognitive and behavioral development.
However, inequalities were not widened in
cognitive functioning at early school age, despite the beneficial
effect of the intervention
on cognition.
Studies of the Nurse Family Partnership model followed children to 6 years and found significant program
effects on language and
cognitive functioning as well as fewer behaviour problems in a randomized controlled trial study.24 In addition, more recent evaluations of Healthy Families America have shown small, but favourable
effects on young children's development.25, 26
The study is one of few basic science studies conducted to measure the direct
effect of a high - fat maternal diet
on the
cognitive functioning on offspring.
Dr Alan Dangour, Reader in Food and Nutrition for Global Health at the London School of Hygiene & Tropical Medicine, said: «This is the first trial of the
effect of vitamin B12 supplementation
on neurological and
cognitive function in older people with moderate vitamin B12 deficiency.
Schmid says enhancing habituation and sensory filtering in autism spectrum disorder and schizophrenia might have beneficial
effects not only
on hyper - and hyposensitivity, but also
on cognitive function.
In addition to its
effect on chronic tics,
cognitive behavioural therapy (CBT) can change the brain
function of people with Tourette syndrome.
Researchers hypothesize that too much cortisol can have toxic
effects on parts of the brain that are important for
cognitive functioning, and too little might hinder the body's ability to recruit the biological resources necessary for optimal
cognitive functioning.»
This result led Matthews to investigate whether the bacteria's
effect on the brain extended to a more general difference in
cognitive function — and she found that it did.
She also emphasized that
cognitive training is a second option when compared to physical fitness programs, which have been linked to positive
effects on cognition, brain
function, and brain structure.
«With the ageing population it is important to have a better understanding of the long term
effects of a premature menopause
on later - life
cognitive function and the potential benefit from using menopausal hormone treatment.
The proportion of adults 65 years or older with a high school diploma increased from 55 % in 1990 to 80 % in 2010, while the proportion with a college degree increased from 12 % to 23 %.12 More years of formal education is associated with a reduced risk of dementia, likely through multiple causal pathways, including a direct
effect on brain development and
function (ie, the building of «
cognitive reserve»), health behaviors, as well as the general health advantages of having more wealth and opportunities.13 - 15
The research team included Deborah Levine, M.D., MPH, an assistant professor at the University of Michigan Medical School who studies
effects of aging, lifestyle and disease
on different aspects of thinking ability, also called
cognitive function.
Emory neuropsychologist Dan Drane, who probes the
effects of epilepsy surgery
on memory and language abilities, had identified Olds as a good example of how the more precise stereotactic laser ablation procedure pioneered by Gross can preserve those
cognitive functions, in contrast to an open resection.
This is the first study to demonstrate that behavioral interventions can have a positive
effect on brain
function in people with
cognitive disability caused by MS, an important step in validating the clinical utility of
cognitive rehabilitation.
The underlying mechanism appears to be a systemic
effect of elevated CO2
on cognitive function and decision making in marine fish.
BIIB054: Racing Under the Radar Biotech pioneer Biogen has been rather quiet about their work
on their AS - targeting antibody BIIB054 — unlike their widely - heralded Aducanumab, another amyloSENS - style immunotherapy, which has generated enormous excitement for what seems to be the clearest - cut
effect on both beta - amyloid and problems with
cognitive function in people with Alzheimer's disease.
Freitas et al (2011) performed a systematic search of all studies using non-invasive stimulation in Alzheimer's disease (AD) and reviewed all 29 identified articles; 24 focused
on measures of motor cortical reactivity and (local) plasticity and functional connectivity, with 8 of these studies assessing also
effects of pharmacological agents, and 5 studies focused
on the enhancement of
cognitive function in AD.
Further research published in the journal Neuropsychology studied the
effects of being bilingual
on the executive
functioning of two groups of participants: 75 people with a diagnosis of Alzheimer's disease and 74 with a diagnosis of mild
cognitive impairment, a condition that sometimes progresses into Alzheimer's disease.
We propose that the touchscreen assay may be a useful test for exploring potential therapeutic
effects on impaired
cognitive function in this line.
The Gut Metagenome Changes in Parallel to Waist Circumference, Brain Iron Deposition and
Cognitive Function JCEM June 7, 2017 Gerard Blasco, Jose Maria Moreno - Navarrete, Mireia Rivero, Vicente Perez - Brocal, Josep Garre - Olmo, Josep Puig, Pepus Daunis - i - Estadella, Carles Biarnes, Jordi Gich, Fernando Fernandez - Aranda, Angel Alberich - Bayarri, Andres Moya, Salvador Pedraza, Wifredo Ricart, Miguel Lopez, Manuel Portero - Otin, and Jose - Manuel Fernandez - Real Microbiota perturbations seem to exert modulatory
effects on emotional behavior, stress - and pain - modulation systems in adult animals; however, limited information is available in humans...
In the Foundation's Neuropsychology and Neuroscience Laboratory (NNL), she investigates the
effects of multiple sclerosis (MS) and traumatic brain injury
on cognitive function.
Other research has suggested that supplementing might slow deterioration in cognition for people with Alzheimer's disease, but more research is needed
on the
effects of this antioxidant
on cognitive function and brain health.
«For example, calcium, phosphorus and magnesium all are typically looked at for their
effects on multiple organs, and
cognitive [mental]
functioning will be affected most likely by a combination of these nutrients.
«In particular, chemotherapy had no clear adverse
effects on postnatal growth or
on cognitive or cardiac
function.»
Some of the observed
effects could be due to the relaxation response in both groups (e.g., improved depression), while the
effects on cognitive and mental
functioning and telomerase activity were specific to the Kirtan Kriya.»
Other guidelines to maximize the exercise
effects on your brain include performing activity first thing in the morning to increase
cognitive function and decrease stress for the day ahead.