Most people with major depressive disorder (MDD) have higher levels of inflammation in the brain and have trouble
making new brain cells (neurogenesis).
Dan Peterson of 80percentmental does a nice job of summing up some of the benefits here: increasing blood flow to the brain,
making new brain cells, managing glucose.
They're not
making new brain cells but they may be enhancing the repair processes and reducing inflammatory damage.»
They had more inflammation - causing immune cells in their brains, as expected, but they also stopped
making new brain cells.
They also stopped
making new brain cells, something that has also been seen in other animal models of depression.
The virus selectively infects cells that form the brain's cortex, or outer layer, making them more likely to die and less likely to divide normally and
make new brain cells.
Its assault made those cells more likely to die and less likely to divide normally and
make new brain cells.
Not exact matches
And you'll also feel smarter; exercise creates
new brain cells and
makes those
new cells more effective.
Yang said the study not only indicated which genes are affected by traumatic
brain injury and linked to serious disease, but also might point to the genes that govern metabolism,
cell communication and inflammation — which might
make them the best targets for
new treatments for
brain disorders.
In another group, the disabled gene
made it difficult for fly
brain cells to reinforce
new connections that encode memories.
A single genetic mutation
made the Zika virus far more dangerous by enhancing its ability to kill nerve
cells in developing
brains, a
new study suggests.
Study casts doubt on whether adult
brain's memory - forming region
makes new cells.
The debate over how long our
brains keep
making new nerve
cells heats up.
Scientists at Barrow Neurological Institute have recently
made discoveries about use of a
new technology for imaging
brain tumors in the operating room — a finding that could have important implications for identifying and locating invading
cells at the edge of a
brain tumor.
«Cocaine
makes brain cells cannibalize themselves,
new evidence in mice shows: Compound counteracts the process.»
«Everybody else hopes that you can
make use of that [nerve
cell production] to treat neurodegenerative diseases,» such as Parkinson's disease, or even to encourage the aging
brain to regenerate by stimulating the production of
new nerve
cells, he says.
Young mice paired with old mice (left chart, two - toned)
made fewer
new cells in the
brain's hippocampus than when paired with another young mouse (yellow).
Old mice
made hundreds more
new brain cells when paired with a young mouse (right chart, two - toned) than when paired with an old mouse (teal).
A
new study of
brain cells in this area finds that firing these neurons at one frequency
makes the
brain treat novel images as old hat.
«This work is exciting because they've shown that pre-stimulating an area of the
brain necessary for the task
makes processing faster,» says Arnd Pralle of the State University of
New York at Buffalo, who uses magnetism instead of light to activate
brain cells in worms.
Steve: We've got some other fun stuff, saving
new brain cells, it turns out that when you challenge your
brain, you do a really good job of
making sure that the
brain cells that are forming to deal with that information also stick around longer.
Steve: I suggest that to really encourage your
brain to be nimble, just keep reading that article on the quantum threat to special relativity, that'll just light up your
brain and
make new cells and keep them young and keep them fast.
«In those that didn't learn, three weeks after the
new brain cells were
made, nearly one - half of them were no longer there,» said Shors, professor in the Department of Psychology and Center for Collaborative Neuroscience at Rutgers.
To
make impressions last, however,
brain cells have to run a specific genetic program and synthesize
new proteins.
Studying a
new type of pinhead - size, lab - grown
brain made with technology first suggested by three high school students, Johns Hopkins researchers have confirmed a key way in which Zika virus causes microcephaly and other damage in fetal
brains: by infecting specialized stem
cells that build its outer layer, the cortex.
New techniques combining various staining methods with electron and light microscopy
make it possible to investigate in detail the connections among nerve
cells and the circuitry of the
brain
But
new research on the
brain's blood supply has uncovered changes in HD that could be
making it harder for the
brain cells to cope with the disease.
«We needed to find a way to
make millions of
new cells in the lab, and then get them into the human
brain,» said Studer.
The scientists implanted neural stem
cells into the hippocampus, which is a
brain region involved in
making new memories and connecting them to emotions.
Now researchers at UC San Francisco have taken the first step toward a comprehensive atlas of gene expression in
cells across the developing human
brain,
making available
new insights into how specific
cells and gene networks contribute to building this most complex of organs, and serving as a resource for researchers around the world to study the interplay between these genetic programs and neurodevelopmental disorders such as autism, intellectual disability and schizophrenia.
Surprisingly, the
new brain cells made appropriate connectionions with the adult
brains they were born in.
We are using a
new technique, called single
cell RNA sequencing, to isolate thousands of single neurons from human
brain tissue, study all the genes that are expressed in each individual
cell, and
make cell - to -
cell comparisons between normal, early stage and late stage AD.
And within the
brain the synapse maps are constantly being revised and rearranged as the
cells make new connections and break others.
Describing the
brain as a big circuit board in which each
new experience creates a
new circuit, Hopkins neuroscience professor Richard Huganir, Ph.D. says that he and his team found that during emotional peaks, the hormone norepinephrine dramatically sensitizes synapses - the site where nerve
cells make an electro - chemical connection - to enhance the sculpting of a memory into the big board.
Our scientists have
made vital contributions to finding
new and better ways to diagnose and treat
brain and nerve
cell tumours.
But the central nervous system, meaning the
brain and spinal cord, is different, and medical wisdom held that no
new brain cells, neurons, are
made after early childhood.
In general, old and young
brains were capable of
making the same number of
new neurons from more primitive «progenitor»
cells in the hippocampus.
One of Frankland's own studies in mice, for example, found that as
new brain cells are formed in the hippocampus — a region of the
brain associated with learning
new things — those
new connections overwrite old memories and
make them harder to access.
Vitamin B6 helps with
new cell formation,
making it essential for
brain, cardiovascular, nervous system, and skin health.
Brain cells pick up the labeled leucine over the course of hours and it's incorporated into
new copies of amyloid - beta and other proteins they
make.
Prior research had developed a number of
new compounds
making use of a novel drug discovery paradigm which begins with natural products extracted from plants; it then entails selecting synthetic derivatives which demonstrate efficacy in multiple assays testing protection against different factors of the nerve
cell damage and death which take place in
brain injuries and in age - associated neurodegenerative conditions.
In this episode Rhonda talks about how heat stress from using the sauna
makes the body more resilient to the stresses of aging, possible reasons why one study associated sauna use with up to a 40 % lower all - cause mortality as well as a 50 % lower cardiovascular disease related mortality, how it enhances athletic endurance, staves off muscle atrophy, improves regrowth of muscle after disuse, and some of the profound effects on the
brain, including the growth of
new brain cells, improvement in focus, learning, and memory, and even potentially ameliorating depression and anxiety.
Chronically high cortisol levels, which are associated with stress, have been shown to kill
brain cells, cause premature aging in the
brain, and decrease the rate at which
new brain cells are
made.
Lastly, we also have studies that have shown that cortisol decreases the rate at which
new brain cells are
made.
This is, of course, to be expected, since the body will begin the process of gluconeogenesis (
making of
new glucose) in order to supply the
brain and certain other parts that need glucose (renal medulla and red blood
cells).
Brain cells can form
new connections and grow bigger, so we can
make new memories and learn
new skills at every age.
It
makes way for
new nerves to form, enhancing communication between
brain cells.
For decades, researchers believed that aging
brains stop
making new cells.
A recent study at Princeton University has shown that, while it's
making us happy, sex can also promote the growth of
new brain cells and reduce stress [2].