Sentences with phrase «research on brain health»

In recent research on brain health, leafy greens, nuts, berries, and olive oil all helped protect the brain against cognitive decline — and they're all right here in this morning delight.

Save Your Brain from Alzheimer's and Dementia distills the latest cutting - edge research on brain health protection into a simple, effective action plan packed with all the tools you need to supercharge your brain, and take control of your cognitive health.

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Based on decades of cognitive science research at Baycrest's Rotman Research Institute, the quick and accessible Cogniciti brain health assessment (www.cogniciti.com) is designed as a series of game - like tests that tap into cognitive abilities (such as memory and attresearch at Baycrest's Rotman Research Institute, the quick and accessible Cogniciti brain health assessment (www.cogniciti.com) is designed as a series of game - like tests that tap into cognitive abilities (such as memory and attResearch Institute, the quick and accessible Cogniciti brain health assessment (www.cogniciti.com) is designed as a series of game - like tests that tap into cognitive abilities (such as memory and attention).

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.»

Some of the medical studies I used as a reference are: Caloric restriction and intermittent fasting: Two potential diets for successful brain aging and Dietary Factors, Hormesis and Health, found on the US National Library of Medicine Site, Cardioprotection by Intermittent Fasting in Rats on the American Heart Association Site and Effect of Ramadan intermittent fasting on aerobic and anaerobic performance and perception of fatigue in male elite judo athletes from the Journal of Strength and conditioning research.

The well - publicized lawsuits by former players against the N.F.L., the suicide of Junior Seau, a «Chicken Little - sky is falling» mentality by some prominent concussion experts and former athletes, some of whom suggest that the sport is simply too dangerous to be played at all at the youth level, and continuing research on the short - and long - term effects of concussion on cognitive function and brain health, have created a pretty toxic environment for the sport.

Since 2009 clinical psychologist Bruce Cuthbert and his team at the National Institute of Mental Health have been constructing a classification system based on recent research, which is revealing how the structure and activity of a mentally ill brain differs from that of a healthy one.

► On Tuesday, the National Institutes of Health (NIH) announced the first round of research grants in the Brain Research through Advancing Innovative Neurotechnologies (BRAIN) Iniresearch grants in the Brain Research through Advancing Innovative Neurotechnologies (BRAIN) InitiaBrain Research through Advancing Innovative Neurotechnologies (BRAIN) IniResearch through Advancing Innovative Neurotechnologies (BRAIN) InitiaBRAIN) Initiative.

We're taking them on a neuroanatomical detour that seems to go with real gains in reading ability,» says Gabrieli, the Grover M. Hermann Professor in Health Sciences and Technology, a professor of brain and cognitive sciences, a member of MIT's McGovern Institute for Brain Research, and the senior author of the sbrain and cognitive sciences, a member of MIT's McGovern Institute for Brain Research, and the senior author of the sBrain Research, and the senior author of the study.

The research may be confusing to a layperson, yet some consensus has been reached: Last November a panel sponsored by the National Institutes of Health (NIH) determined that there was at least «some concern» about BPA's effect on the fetal and infant brain.

«Research has a profound impact on brain and mental health care.

Other support came from the National Institutes of Health, the Howard Hughes Medical Institute, the Patrick and Beatrice Haggerty Foundation, the Beatrice Menne Haggerty Center for Research on Brain Injury and Repair in Strokes, the Robert D. Rogers Advanced Comprehensive Stroke Center, and the Craig H. Neilsen and Wings for Life foundations.

Physical exercise is known to have considerable health benefits: the effects on the body have been researched extensively, the effects on brain function less so.

The research, commissioned by the Department of Health, is the first to present estimates for the number of babies with brain injuries based on a definition that includes multiple conditions in one measure.

Dr. Gradinaru's research interests focus on developing tools and methods for neuroscience (optogenetic actuators and sensors; tissue clearing and imaging) as well as on investigating the mechanisms underlying deep brain stimulation (DBS) and on the long - term effects of DBS on neuronal health, function, and ultimately behavior.

Obama, he said, elevated the role of science and technology advisers throughout the executive branch, put in place plans to mitigate and prepare the United States for the impacts of climate change, set up health research initiatives to tackle such priorities as cancer and brain research, worked with international partners on scientific issues and used the White House as a platform from which to herald science and education, particularly for children.

In the study, Bruce Hope, from the National Institutes of Health National Institute on Drug Abuse Intramural Research Program in Baltimore, Maryland, and colleagues used animal models to investigate if the brain forms drug - related memories in a similar way.

«This research provides new insight about the potentially harmful effects of a lack of sleep on the brain and has implications for better characterizing the pathology of Alzheimer's disease,» said George F. Koob, Ph.D., director of the National Institute on Alcohol Abuse and Alcoholism (NIAAA), part of the National Institutes of Health, which funded the study.

The study received support from The Welch Foundation, the Texas Institute for Brain Injury and Repair, the Decherd Foundation, the Mobility Foundation, the National Institutes of Health, the National Natural Science Foundation of China, and the Kent Waldrep Foundation Center for Basic Research on Nerve Growth and Regeneration, which is connected to the Peter O'Donnell Jr..

The Brain on Religion Andrew B. Newberg, M.D. Director of Research, Marcus Institute of Integrative Health Thomas Jefferson University and Hospital

Commenting on the study Professor Jörg Fachner, Professor of Music, Health and the Brain, at Anglia Ruskin University, who was not part of the research team, said: «This study confirms that music therapists can work with authentic experiences when using music representing the sorrowful and painful content of sad life events such as the death of a spouse or child.

Anand reported on his lab - grown brain Tuesday (Aug. 18) at the 2015 Military Health System Research Symposium in Ft. Lauderdale, Florida.

«We have been working for three years to develop a better research model of brain development, and it's fortunate we can now use this one to shed light on the major public health crisis posed by Zika infections,» says Hongjun Song, Ph.D., professor of neurology and neuroscience at the Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine's Institute for Cell Engineering.

He currently serves as Senior Advisor to the NFL Head, Neck and Spine Committee; Section Co-Chair Mackey - White National Football League Players Association Health and Safety Committee; - Founder and Medical Director Sports Legacy Institute; Member World Rugby Concussion Advisory Group; Adjunct Professor Exercise and Sport Science and Medical Director National Center for Catastrophic Sports Injury Research, University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill, NC; Co-Director, Neurologic Sports Injury Center, Brigham and Women's Hospital, Boston, Senior Advisor Brain Injury Center and Adjunct Staff, Children's Hospital, Boston, Vice President Chair Scientific Advisory Committee National Operating Committee on Standards for Athletic Equipment (NOCSAE).

The HIV Neurobehavioral Research Center at UC San Diego Medical Center receives a five - year National Institutes of Health grant to study effects of HIV / AIDS on the brain.

During his career, Dr. Lange has led and supported multidisciplinary teams of biostatisticians and other scientists in basic, translational, and clinical research on the developing brain in health and illness.

Hot on the heels of last weeks report of the successful use of gene therapy to treat the eye disease Leber's congenital amaurosis comes a report that scientists lead by Nathalie Cartier and Patrick Aubourg of the French National Institute for Health and Medical Research have combined gene therapy and stem cell medicine to successfully... Continue reading Gene therapy on the brain

He spent his basic research career studying the mechanisms of steroid hormone action on the brain, behavior, and mental health, and the influences of the environment and stressors on those actions in laboratory rodents.

Kessler Foundation's cognitive rehabilitation research in MS is funded by grants from the National Institutes of Health, National MS Society, NJ Commission on Brain Injury Research, Consortium of MS Centers, Biogen IDEC, Hearst Foundations, International Progressive MS Alliance, the Patterson Trust, ARSEP Foundation, and Kessler Fouresearch in MS is funded by grants from the National Institutes of Health, National MS Society, NJ Commission on Brain Injury Research, Consortium of MS Centers, Biogen IDEC, Hearst Foundations, International Progressive MS Alliance, the Patterson Trust, ARSEP Foundation, and Kessler FouResearch, Consortium of MS Centers, Biogen IDEC, Hearst Foundations, International Progressive MS Alliance, the Patterson Trust, ARSEP Foundation, and Kessler Foundation.

Kessler Foundation's cognitive rehabilitation research in MS is funded by grants from the National Institutes of Health, National MS Society, NJ Commission on Brain Injury Research, Consortium of MS Centers, International Progressive MS Alliance, the Patterson Trust, ARSEP Foundation, and Kessler Fouresearch in MS is funded by grants from the National Institutes of Health, National MS Society, NJ Commission on Brain Injury Research, Consortium of MS Centers, International Progressive MS Alliance, the Patterson Trust, ARSEP Foundation, and Kessler FouResearch, Consortium of MS Centers, International Progressive MS Alliance, the Patterson Trust, ARSEP Foundation, and Kessler Foundation.

Sep. 27, 2011 — A state - of - the - art interactive exhibit on the brain and brain research has opened at Vanderbilt Health One Hundred Oaks.

Stroke research receives funding from the National Institute on Disability Independent Living and Rehabilitation Research, Department of Defense, the National Institutes of Health / NICHD / NCMRR, New Jersey Commission on Brain Injury Research, Kessler Foundation, the Healthcare Foundation of New Jersey, and the Wallerstein Foundation for Geriatric Life Imprresearch receives funding from the National Institute on Disability Independent Living and Rehabilitation Research, Department of Defense, the National Institutes of Health / NICHD / NCMRR, New Jersey Commission on Brain Injury Research, Kessler Foundation, the Healthcare Foundation of New Jersey, and the Wallerstein Foundation for Geriatric Life ImprResearch, Department of Defense, the National Institutes of Health / NICHD / NCMRR, New Jersey Commission on Brain Injury Research, Kessler Foundation, the Healthcare Foundation of New Jersey, and the Wallerstein Foundation for Geriatric Life ImprResearch, Kessler Foundation, the Healthcare Foundation of New Jersey, and the Wallerstein Foundation for Geriatric Life Improvement.

Leaders from the National Institutes of Health (NIH) on February 26 presented exciting updates on the Brain Research through Advancing Innovative Neurotechnologies ® (BRAIN) Initiative in a congressional briefing sponsored by the American Brain Coalition, the American Academy of Neurology, and the Society for Neuroscience in cooperation witBrain Research through Advancing Innovative Neurotechnologies ® (BRAIN) Initiative in a congressional briefing sponsored by the American Brain Coalition, the American Academy of Neurology, and the Society for Neuroscience in cooperation witBRAIN) Initiative in a congressional briefing sponsored by the American Brain Coalition, the American Academy of Neurology, and the Society for Neuroscience in cooperation witBrain Coalition, the American Academy of Neurology, and the Society for Neuroscience in cooperation with the

The Lieber Institute for Brain Development, the Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health, and the University of Maryland School of Medicine and Center for Epigenetic Research in Child Health and Brain Development are hosting a one - day Symposium, Translating Placental Biology into Child Development, on May 4, 2018 at the Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health in Baltimore, Maryland.

Her research focuses on the signaling cascades underlying neural circuit connections during brain development, to understand how sensory experiences affect neural circuit wiring, and to identify novel factors required to maintain the health of neural circuits during aging.

To expedite research on brain disorders, the National Institutes of Health is shifting from a limited funding role to coordinating a Web - based resource for sharing post-mortem brain tissue.

Funding is provided by grants from the National Institutes of Health, National Institute on Disability Rehabilitation Research, National MS Society, NJ Commission of Brain Injury Research, Consortium of MS Centers, Patterson Trust, the Department of Veterans Affairs, Children's Specialized Hospital Foundation, Healthcare Foundation of New Jersey, Craig H. Neilsen Foundation, Biogen Idec and Kessler Foundation.

Thanks to recent technological developments, new insights into brain health, and some creative thinking, two Gladstone scientists are embarking on research to replace lost or malfunctioning brain cells with new ones created from stem cells.

Other research has suggested that supplementing might slow deterioration in cognition for people with Alzheimer's disease, but more research is needed on the effects of this antioxidant on cognitive function and brain health.

The study itself was based on research done previously that found that sleep plays a vital role in the brain's health.

A lot of recent research however indicates that the positive effects extend to brain health as well, having an influence on cognition.

The growing body of research on gut health postulates that the gut and the brain operate on the same axis.

You will also hear internationally known experts share their research - backed recommendations on nutrition and supplements, weight loss, brain health, and more.

He taught me a lot about evolutionary medicine and nutrition in general, opened many doors and introduced me (directly and indirectly) to various players in this field, such as Dr. Boyd Eaton (one of the fathers of evolutionary nutrition), Maelán Fontes from Spain (a current research colleague and close friend), Alejandro Lucia (a Professor and a top researcher in exercise physiology from Spain, with whom I am collaborating), Ben Balzer from Australia (a physician and one of the best minds in evolutionary medicine), Robb Wolf from the US (a biochemist and the best «biohackers I know»), Óscar Picazo and Fernando Mata from Spain (close friends who are working with me at NutriScience), David Furman from Argentina (a top immunologist and expert in chronic inflammation working at Stanford University, with whom I am collaborating), Stephan Guyenet from the US (one of my main references in the obesity field), Lynda Frassetto and Anthony Sebastian (both nephrologists at the University of California San Francisco and experts in acid - base balance), Michael Crawford from the UK (a world renowned expert in DHA and Director of the Institute of Brain Chemistry and Human Nutrition, at the Imperial College London), Marcelo Rogero (a great researcher and Professor of Nutrigenomics at the University of Sao Paulo, Brazil), Sérgio Veloso (a cell biologist from Portugal currently working with me, who has one of the best health blogs I know), Filomena Trindade (a Portuguese physician based in the US who is an expert in functional medicine), Remko Kuipers and Martine Luxwolda (both physicians from the Netherlands, who conducted field research on traditional populations in Tanzania), Gabriel de Carvalho (a pharmacist and renowned nutritionist from Brazil), Alex Vasquez (a physician from the US, who is an expert in functional medicine and Rheumatology), Bodo Melnik (a Professor of Dermatology and expert in Molecular Biology from Germany, with whom I have published papers on milk and mTOR signaling), Johan Frostegård from Sweden (a rheumatologist and Professor at Karolinska Institutet, who has been a pioneer on establishing the role of the immune system in cardiovascular disease), Frits Muskiet (a biochemist and Professor of Pathophysiology from the Netherlands, who, thanks to his incredible encyclopedic knowledge and open - mind, continuously teaches me more than I could imagine and who I consider a mentor), and the Swedish researchers Staffan Lindeberg, Tommy Jönsson and Yvonne Granfeldt, who became close friends and mentors.

Led by Professor Susan Davis the Director of the Women's Health Research Program at Monash University, the study is the first large controlled investigation into the effects of testosterone on brain function in postmenopausal women.

Patients with Alzheimer's disease, Fragile X syndrome, Down syndrome, and autism are particularly susceptible to seizures, 12 and the focus of much research at the Waisman Center of Developmental Disabilities has been on the myriad ways drugs, diet and genetic manipulation can affect amyloid beta levels, seizure threshold and behavioral phenotypes.13 In an editorial entitled «Concocting the Right Diet for Brain Health» published December 2011 in Translational Medicine, Dr. Westmark expressed concern about the risks of soy: «The prevailing view is soy is healthy, but much remains to be learned regarding its effects on brain development and function.&rBrain Health» published December 2011 in Translational Medicine, Dr. Westmark expressed concern about the risks of soy: «The prevailing view is soy is healthy, but much remains to be learned regarding its effects on brain development and function.&rbrain development and function.»

However, as I stood on the side of the road watching this parade of fear - based talk, researchers telling us more research is needed, and advertisements of the latest brain health panacea, I felt, based on my reading of research studies that can be found in any average medical library where, much to my amazement and frustration, few besides me tend to go, something was missing.

Focusing on both mental health and nutrition, I quickly realized how one's diet influenced brain health and overall well - being — my attention shifted and this connection has been the focal point of my research ever since.

When Dr. Newport first became aware of the research on ketones for brain health and cognitive function, she added coconut oil to her husband's morning oatmeal.

Scientific research on fluoride shows it can harm your endocrine system, bone health, brain, thyroid, pineal gland, and mental health.