Not exact matches
Recent studies suggest that the total loss
in brain volume due to atrophy — a wasting away of tissue caused by cell degeneration —
between our teen years and old age is 15 percent or more, which means that by the time we're
in our seventies, our
brains have shrunk to the size they were when we were
between 2 and 3 years old.
These fossils, dating from 1.77 million years ago, had
brains between 600 and 775 cubic centimeters
in volume, whereas H. erectus is generally thought to have had an average
brain size of around 900 cubic centimeters.
This new research approach can be used to investigate the interplay
between satiety feelings,
volume of the stomach and activity
in the
brain.
Halloway's analysis found the association
between participants» actual physical activity and gray matter
volumes remained after further controlling for age, gender, education levels, body mass index and symptoms of depression, all of which are associated with lower levels of gray matter
in the
brain.
They compared and analyzed magnetic resonance imaging (MRI)
brain images of 1,680 healthy individuals and 884 patients with schizophrenia from 11 research institutes participating
in Cognitive Genetics Collaborative Research Organization (COCORO), and examined the differences
between schizophrenia and healthy controls
in the subcortical regional
volumes and their asymmetries.
A new study led by Patrick F. Sullivan, MD, FRANZCP, a researcher and professor at both the University of North Carolina School of Medicine and the Karolinska Institutet
in Stockholm, Sweden, evaluated the relationship
between common genetic variants implicated
in schizophrenia and those associated with subcortical
brain volumes.
Association
between brain volumes and HAND
in cART - naïve HIV + individuals from Thailand.
The study also demonstrates an association
between NCAN variations with
volumes of certain
brain regions
in young adults and infants, suggesting that the gene is able to affect
brain structure and function.
The team discovered a direct correlation
between history of impulsive aggressive behavior and gray matter
volume in the frontolimbic region of the
brain — an area known to play a central role
in the regulation of emotions.
Researchers from the Wake Forest School of Medicine found that aerobic exercise appears to boost thinking skills and
brain volume in adults diagnosed with mild cognitive impairment, a condition that sits
in between normal age - related memory decline and more serious dementia.
One of the links
between macronutrient consumption and another on the role of erythropoietin (EPO)
in neurodevelopment, and its link to premature births.1 Nutrition's influence on premature infant
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Although a few studies
in the past have examined the link
between brain health and trans fats, this study by Oregon Health and Science University
in Portland was the first to measure blood levels of trans fats
in relation to
brain volume using MRI
brain scans.
Analysis of the results showed a link
between increased exercise and larger
volume in parts of the
brain related to memory.
Studies looking at DHA and EPA levels
in red blood cells have shown a correlation
between higher omega - 3 status and having a to 2 cm larger
brain volume.
An important contributory factor is thought to be the mismatch
in size
between the
brain and skull
volume.
While the relationship
between age and
brain atrophy
in humans is well documented and could potentially bias a comparison
between different age groups, there is no evidence that this is the case
in dogs (a recent study has shown that Labradors
in the age groups 1 — 5, 5 — 10 and 10 + have similar cerebellar
volumes)[22] or even chimpanzees [25].
It has been proposed that the
volume mismatch
between the CCF and
brain parenchyma
in CKCS can be explained by impaired occipital bone development and the consequent reduction
in CCF
volume [5], [16], [21].
vs. Cerebellar
Brain Percentage (r = 0.2801, p = 0.1158)
in SM - negative CKCS revealed no statistically significant relationships
between relative cerebellar
volume and age.
Like learning a new language, learning how to play an instrument has a proven impact on
brain development, showing that «learning to play a musical instrument not only increases grey matter
volume in various
brain regions, but can also strengthen the long - range connections
between them» and that» musical training also enhances verbal memory, spatial reasoning, and literacy skills».
Conceptual Model Testing Multiple Mediators of the Hypothesized Association
Between Income - to - Needs Ratio and Variation
in Brain Volume
To investigate the effects of poverty on childhood
brain development and to begin to inform the mediating mechanisms of these negative effects, we investigated associations
between poverty and total white and total cortical gray matter
volume, as well as hippocampus and amygdala
volumes,
in a sample of children ages 6 to 12 years followed up longitudinally since the preschool period.
In summary, when considering associations
between experience and
brain morphometry, cortical thickness and surface area should be assessed separately, rather than reporting on the composite metric of cortical
volume (Winkler et al., 2010; Raznahan et al., 2011).
Increased
volume in this
brain region is associated with more optimal development of a number of psychosocial factors (e.g., stress reactivity).15 Links
between early responsive parenting and increased
volume in the hippocampal region also suggest that the early developmental period is an important time to facilitate responsive parenting practices, especially
in high risk families,
in order to enhance the parent - child relationship.