Sentences with phrase «rate of brain growth»

Past that age, Courchesne found, the rate of brain growth slowed in autistic children, falling behind that of ordinary children.

The fact that the accelerated rate of brain growth occurs in an infant's first year suggests that autism springs from a genetic or prenatal biological cause, not from later environmental factors such as vaccinations, adverse allergic reactions, or exposure to toxins.

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After years of anemic growth and brain drain, Puerto Rico has been left with a 12 % unemployment rate and stagnant wages, leading Padilla to come clean and ask investors for mercy.

When a couple of Canadian economists published research (pdf) last December showing that using an alternative methodology yields much better productivity growth rates, StatsCan was quick to reject it, even though one of the authors, Erwin Diewert, a professor at the University of British Columbia's Vancouver School of Economics, is widely regarded as one of the world's finest brains in the field.

Human milk produced by a healthy mother contains a vital balance of fatty acids, amino acids, lactose and vitamins — all of which play a vital role in a child's growth, brain development, digestion and even metabolic rate.

Just before the teenage years, «the rate of growth for many skills kind of slows down,» says Deborah Waber, an associate professor of psychiatry at Harvard University Medical School's Children's Hospital Boston and the lead author of a paper that reports the results of the behavioral component of the NIH Magnetic Resonance Imaging (MRI) Study of Normal Brain Development.

Under those specifications, the hypothetical human brain grew as big as ancient humans» brains are thought to have grown, and the slow growth rate matched that of modern human brains.

All living cells, from simple yeasts to human brain cells, regulate their rate of growth and their ultimate size and shape.

A reduced rate of growth is especially serious in the infant as it causes a delay in the accumulation of lipids in the myelin, and hence jeopardizes the development of the brain and nervous system.

By affecting the rate of cell differentiation and gene expression, thyroid hormones regulate the growth and migration of neurons, including synaptic development and myelin formation in specific brain regions.

Because basic biological functions (brain, heart, liver) are all satisfied, the body has a surplus of energy for peripheral circulation, hair growth, nails, skin, higher pulse rate, youth hormone formation, and personality.

Consequently, the normal rate of cell proliferation would have been decreased during protein deprivation, which is similar to the retardation of brain cell growth of young malnourished animals described by Winick and Rosso (18).

«the normal rate of cell proliferation would have been decreased during protein deprivation, which is similar to the retardation of brain cell growth of young malnourished animals.

«[T] he normal rate of cell proliferation would have been decreased during protein deprivation, which is similar to the retardation of brain cell growth of young malnourished animals.

Recent research ranges from reducing the levels of heterocyclic amines (carcinogenic compounds that are formed when meats are barbecued, boiled or fried) by up to 40 percent, it can inhibit the growth of certain types of skin and breast cancers, and it can even help prevent brain decline which may explain the low rate of Alzheimer's disease in India.

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It stores, produces, and secretes hormones — triiodothyronine (T3) and thyroxine (T4)-- into the bloodstream that regulate numerous functions, including heart rate and blood pressure, body temperature, metabolism, and the growth and development of the brain and nervous system.

Radiation Therapy Radiation will slow the rate of growth of most types of brain tumor.

It is recognised by the IPCC, and anyone with at least two brain cells still connected to a supply of oxygen, that there has been a vastly accelerated rate of growth in human emissions since around 1960.

Random effects models were constructed to examine the influence of brain development (both absolute brain volumes and growth rates) on children's maladaptive behavioral and emotional problems as measured by the Child Behavior Checklist (CBCL).