Sentences with phrase «in normal cognitive function»

Reporting in The Journal of Neuroscience, they showed that neurons of the mouse forebrain depend heavily on NAD in normal cognitive function.

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As mentioned above, prolonged sleep deprivation in normal subjects induces altered states of consciousness (often described as «microsleep»), numerous brief episodes of overwhelming sleep, and loss of cognitive and motor functions.

«We believe estradiol, a form of estrogen, is very important in normal brain function, specifically in the pre-frontal cortex, which regulates executive function — organization, recall, memory and other cognitive functions,» Epperson says.

The findings, published in the journal Nature Neuroscience, could help explain how some older adults with beta - amyloid deposits in their brain retain normal cognitive function while others develop dementia.

«We hope that in the future, by fully understanding how this gene affects signaling in the brain, we may be able to identify drugs to restore the normal signaling balance in neurons and improve cognitive and social function in patients,» says lead author Dr. M. Chiara Manzini.

BDNF, a target gene of CREB, is reduced with age and in the AD brain [112] and is required for normal cognitive function [113].

The Center for Integrative and Cognitive Neuroscience, directed by Jeffrey Schall, helps form and support alliances of investigators interested in studying how normal and abnormal behavior and cognition arise from the function of the brain.

In addition to the risk of second cancers decades later, radiation to growing bones and organs could impede normal development, and radiation to the brain, a common site of pediatric cancers, often resulted in impairments to learning and other cognitive brain functionIn addition to the risk of second cancers decades later, radiation to growing bones and organs could impede normal development, and radiation to the brain, a common site of pediatric cancers, often resulted in impairments to learning and other cognitive brain functionin impairments to learning and other cognitive brain functions.

With this goal in mind, Nakashima and his collaborators will next examine whether voluntary exercise improves cognitive functioning by restoring the normal balance of excitatory and inhibitory signals in the hippocampus.

The Institute is studying the functional architecture of the prefrontal cortex and the role this crucial circuitry plays in both normal and abnormal cognitive function.

The noted outcome was better functional connectivity in the visual system, normal cognitive functioning, and a better functional connectivity across a more distributed network in the brain.

That means I need to find ways to increase BDNF more than in someone with the normal gene in order to preserve my cognitive function, memory, and emotional regulation.8 Mu, J.S., et al. «Deprivation of Endogenous Brain - Derived Neurotrophic Factor Results in Impairment of Spatial Learning and Memory in Adult... continue 9Cirulli, F., et al. «Intrahippocampal Administration of BDNF in Adult Rats Affects Short - term Behavioral Plasticity in the Morris Water Maze and... continue

In the area of cognitive and academic functioning, NSCAW documented that the majority of foster children scored in the normal range on cognitive and academic measures, although a higher proportion than would be expected in the general population were found to have delayed cognitive development and compromised academic functioninIn the area of cognitive and academic functioning, NSCAW documented that the majority of foster children scored in the normal range on cognitive and academic measures, although a higher proportion than would be expected in the general population were found to have delayed cognitive development and compromised academic functioninin the normal range on cognitive and academic measures, although a higher proportion than would be expected in the general population were found to have delayed cognitive development and compromised academic functioninin the general population were found to have delayed cognitive development and compromised academic functioning.

Even when study is limited to family processes as influences, multivariate risk models find support.9 - 12 For example, Cummings and Davies13 presented a framework for how multiple disruptions in child and family functioning and related contexts are supported as pertinent to associations between maternal depression and early child adjustment, including problematic parenting, marital conflict, children's exposure to parental depression, and related difficulties in family processes.10, 11 A particular focus of this family process model is identifying and distinguishing specific response processes in the child (e.g., emotional insecurity; specific emotional, cognitive, behavioral or physiological responses) that, over time, account for normal development or the development of psychopathology.10

At the final 12 month assessment the percentage of patients who had attained normal functioning (score 80 or more) on the Karnofsky scale was significantly greater in the group who had received cognitive behaviour therapy (χ2 = 11.3, df = 1; P < 0.001).