Sentences with phrase «linked with brain disorders»

Certain changes in synapses — the junctions between nerve cells in the brain — have been linked with brain disorders.

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The link between depression and the immune system has been shown using positron emission tomography using a tracer for the translocator protein (TSPO) showing increased immune activation in the brains of patients with major depressive disorder compared with control subjects.

A new study in Biological Psychiatry: Cognitive Neuroscience and Neuroimaging using magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) reports a link between reduced functional activation and reduced cortical thickness in the brains of patients with bipolar disorder.

A new mouse model of a genetically - linked type of autism reveals more about the role of genes in the disorder and the underlying brain changes associated with autism's social and learning problems.

In particular, the study, published Jan. 6 in the journal Molecular Psychiatry, revealed differences in the white matter of patients» brains and in the cerebellum, an area of the brain not previously linked with the disorder.

The study also linked traumatic brain injury with the onset of neurodegenerative disorders, including mild cognitive impairment as well as Alzheimer's and Parkinson's diseases.

Previous studies of people with Huntington's disease point to a link between low levels of a neurotrophin called brain - derived neurotrophic factor (BDNF) and symptoms of the disorder.

«Although we can not demonstrate a direct link between Candida infection and physiological brain processes, our data show that some factor associated with Candida infection, and possibly the organism itself, plays a role in affecting the memory of women with schizophrenia and bipolar disorder, and this is an avenue that needs to be further explored,» says Severance.

A team of UCLA scientists has found that brain areas linked to social behaviors are both underdeveloped and insufficiently networked in youths with high functioning autism spectrum disorder (ASD) compared to study participants without ASD.

This disorder has occurred following trauma, such as during advanced stages of typhoid and multiple sclerosis, and has been linked with brain regions such as the parietal cortex and the prefrontal cortex — «the parietal cortex is typically involved in attentional processes, and the prefrontal cortex is involved in delusions observed in psychiatric conditions such as schizophrenia,» Mobbs explains.

Professor Mark Dadds, of the UNSW School of Psychology, says previous research suggested that oxytocin — a hormone with powerful effects on brain activity linked to the formation of social bonds — could have benefits for children with the disorder.

A new Duke University study in mice links three previous and, until now, apparently unrelated hypotheses about the causes of schizophrenia, a debilitating mental disorder appearing in late adolescence that affects how people think, act and perceive reality.The brains of people with the schizophrenia show various abnormalities, including faulty neural connections or an imbalance of certain brain chemicals.

January 12, 2016 Individuals with rage disorder have smaller volumes in brain structures linked with emotion People who have a behavioral disorder characterized by extreme outbursts of anger, such as road rage, have significantly lower gray matter volume in the brain region that plays an important role in regulating emotion, report scientists from the University of Chicago.

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Although researchers don't have a definitive explanation for the rise, studies have linked a mother's autoimmune disease during pregnancy (such as Hashimoto's hypothyroidism), environmental chemicals, and industrialization of food with the rise in childhood brain disorders.

Numerous studies link toxins with myriad health disorders, including autoimmunity, cancer, brain disorders, obesity, hormonal imbalances, and more.

And there are health risk associated with and being linked to GMO soy and unfermented soy based foods such as: breast cancer, thyroid disorders, kidney stones, autoimmune illnesses, immune system impairment, food allergies, impaired fertility and brain damage.

Researchers have been studying this disorder for years and now; a new study shows that psychopathy can be linked to certain subregions of the brain associated with decision making, planning, and learning — which could mean big things for understanding just what makes criminals, well, criminals.

Evidence has already been presented that conduct disorder may be linked to altered brain structures that are associated with negative behavioral problems which include aggressiveness, physical violence, lying, stealing, and weapon use.