Sentences with phrase «less blood flow to your brain»

G - forces make your body feel significantly heavier, allows less blood flow to your brain, and impairs vision.

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For example, how is that a sea lion, once they enter the water, that it's heart rate drops, blood vessels constrict, and lungs begins to collapse, whereby blood flows as usual to the heart and brain, but less reaches non-vital organs for swimming, and are now able to draw on oxygen in the muscles and blood?

They lower the risk of stroke and heart attacks by reducing blood pressure, making blood platelets less likely to clot, and improving blood flow to the heart and brain.

According to Cleveland Clinic: «In addition to having antioxidant qualities, research shows that flavanols have other potential influences on vascular health, such as lowering blood pressure, improving blood flow to the brain and heart, and making blood platelets less sticky and able to clot.»

It turns out that while they were praying, participants had less blood flow to their prefrontal cortex and frontal lobe, the areas of the brain where complex behaviors such as planning and expression of personality take place.

Relative to ordinary participants, the steely performers also showed less blood flow in a part of the brain that helps govern emotional responses, the anterior cingulate cortex.

«We hypothesize that cerebral blood flow is affected post-injury, and brain processing is going to be less efficient,» explained Anthony Kontos, Ph.D., assistant research director, UPMC Sports Medicine Concussion Program and assistant professor, Pitt Department of Orthopaedic Surgery.

«The loss of fMRI signal means there is less blood flow to the region, but we believe the underlying basis for this loss has to do with the fact that the structural integrity of that part of the brain is changing,» Yassa said.

«Blood flow was inversely correlated to the degree of stuttering — the more severe the stuttering, the less blood flow to this part of the brain,» said Desai, adding that the study results were «quite striking.&rBlood flow was inversely correlated to the degree of stuttering — the more severe the stuttering, the less blood flow to this part of the brain,» said Desai, adding that the study results were «quite striking.&rblood flow to this part of the brain,» said Desai, adding that the study results were «quite striking.»

Small vessel disease occurs due to microangiopathy of arterioles in the brain, making these arteries less flexible, which can interfere with blood flow.

When you work out in the heat, your body shuttles more blood to the skin in order to help heat escape — meaning less blood flows to the muscles and brain, causing fatigue to set in faster.

In a small new study of retired NFL players, researchers found that overweight players had less blood flow to key areas of the brain and lower scores on mental - function tests than former players of normal weight.

As the authors expected, a higher waist - to - height ratio was associated with less blood flow in certain areas of the brain involved in attention, memory, reasoning, and judgment.

Dark chocolate: Dark chocolate, at least 70 % cocoa or higher, contains flavonoids, powerful anti-oxidants which impact vascular health, by lowering blood pressure, improving blood flow to the brain and heart, and making blood platelets less sticky and able to clot.

Scientific evidence demonstrates regular exercise improves your productivity, sleep quality and blood flow to your brain, 1 while reducing the development of damaging neurological plaques.2 Unfortunately, less than 25 percent of Americans over the age of 45 engage in resistance exercises, 3 which are among the most important exercises to stay fit and healthy.

If you're severely dehydrated then your body will begin to feel weak due to your brain and other body organs receiving less blood flow.

The pumping function of the heart becomes less efficient; the liver and kidneys decrease in weight and their ability to filter toxins decreases; the thyroid and adrenal glands may decrease or increase the amount of hormone that they produce; there is a decrease in joint cartilage and muscle mass; dental disease is more common in older patients; and even the nervous system is affected as there is a decrease in blood flow to the brain and a decrease in brain function.