Sentences with phrase «resulting effect on the brain»

If you're struggling with some kind of chronic inflammatory process, the resulting effect on the brain (i.e. feeling like crap) may make it much harder to enact positive change.

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To examine the effect of strategic laziness on memory, the scientists asked a group of study subjects with brain injuries resulting in memory damage to try and memorize a list of words.
She found that milestone achievement was abnormal in these monkeys: at six to eight weeks they were slow in starting to manipulate, and at ten months the increase in «motor disturbance behaviors» that normally occurs was prolonged.101 The author concludes, «These effects could occur as a result of effects on vulnerable brain processes during a sensitive period, interference with programming of [normal] brain development by endogenous [internal] agents or alteration in early experiences.»
Andrew Garner, MD, PhD, FAAP — a general pediatrician and co-author of the AAP policy statement and technical report on toxic stress — provides information on the physiologic effects that can result from exposure to violence, particularly in regards to brain development.
«Our results using an animal model suggest that a maternal high - fat diet during pregnancy and lactation could have significant and lasting effects on the brain, behavior and cognition of rat pups,» said Dr. Tamashiro.
High content of long - chain omega - 3 polyunsaturated fatty acids in blood is a marker for high intake of fatty fish, so the results from the current study support the beneficial effects of fish consumption on brain health.
Most notably: he plans to review long - term results to check potential side effects, such as dyskinesia (repeating, involuntary motions), which is commonly observed in patients on L - dopa, a Parkinson's drug that is converted to dopamine in the brain.
«These results really underscore the importance of bi-directional gut - brain communication on the long - term effects of TBI,» said Dr. Faden.
It is exactly during puberty that substances like drugs of abuse — alcohol, cannabis, etc. — may induce the most destructive and also persistent effects on the still developing brain, which may in some cases even result in neuropsychiatric disorders, such as schizophrenia or addictive disorders.
The results contrast with previous studies that looked at the effects of enduring hearing loss — rather than recurring hearing loss — on brain development.
The findings suggest that electrically stimulating the brain can exert a synchronizing effect on individual neurons and produce beneficial results.
Ultimately this can result in poor birth outcomes which can have long - term effects on babies who survive, including impaired brain and behavioural development,» says Dr. McDonald, adding that research on safe, effective ways of promoting healthy birth outcomes are urgently needed.
Here the results showed that a single stimulation had different effects on the behavior of neurons in each layer because even when the overall state of the brain changed, layers had distinctive characteristics.
Brain injury does not necessarily result in long - term impairment or disability, although the location and extent of damage both have a significant effect on the likely outcome.
The results could advance our understanding of marijuana's effects on the developing brain as the drug's rapidly changing legal status increases its recreational and medical use in the United States.
A recent Surgeon General's report on e-cigarettes and youth notes that there are significant known deleterious health effects resulting from nicotine exposure in adolescence, including changes to the developing brain.
This result led Matthews to investigate whether the bacteria's effect on the brain extended to a more general difference in cognitive function — and she found that it did.
The result of this PhD research is a fully new research platform for performing research on the brain, diseases and effects of medication.
Most studies on the effects of brain - training games have been small and had mixed results.
The study concluded that brain - training video games improve children's performance only on very similar games, an effect that likely results from practice.
«These results suggest that for drugs to have an effect on a person, he or she needs to believe that the drug is present,» said Dr. Xiaosi Gu, assistant professor in the School of Behavioral and Brain Sciences and the study's lead author.
However, he says, studies like this can «give us some clue» about what can result from multiple insults to the developing brain because it shows experimentally that prenatal and postnatal impacts can work together to have synergistic effects on later behavior, he says.
«The results of this preliminary study have prompted us to look closely at radiation's effects on the brain,» said Loyola neurosurgeon Vikram Prabhu, MD, first author of the study.
«This would seem to refute — or at least make less likely — models in which the behavior effects are the result of direct physical action of parasites on specific parts of the brain,» Eisen wrote in a blog post about the research.
The results don't indicate whether one causes the other, but they do show that connectivity patterns could one day help predict traits or offer broad indicators of the effect of drugs on the brain.
«Deficient neuron - microglia signaling results in impaired functional brain connectivity and social behavior» Y. Zhan, R.C. Paolicelli, F. Sforazzini, L. Weinhard, G. Bolasco, F. Pagani, A. L. Vyssotski, A. Bifone, A. Gozzi, D. Ragozzino, C.T. Gross Nature Neuroscience 17 (3), 400-4006 (2014) «USPIO - loaded Red Blood Cells as a biomimetic MR contrast agent: a relaxometric study» A. Boni, D. Ceratti, A. Antonelli, C. Sfara, M. Magnani, E. Manuali, S. Salamida, A. Gozzi, and A. Bifone Contrast Media and Molecular Imaging 9, 229 - 236 (2014) «Distributed BOLD and CBV - weighted resting - state networks in the mouse brain» F. Sforazzini, A.J. Schwarz, A. Galbusera, A. Bifone, and A. Gozzi NeuroImage 87, 403 - 415 (2014) «Antimicrobial peptides design by evolutionary multiobject optimization» G. Maccari, M. Di Luca, R. Nifosì, F. Caldarelli, G. Signore, C. Boccardi, and A. Bifone PloS Computational Biology 9 (9): e1003212 (2013) «Differential effect of orexin - 1 and crf - 1 antagonism on stress circuits: a fMRI study in the rat with the pharmacological stressor yohimbine» A. Gozzi, S: Lepore, E: Merlo Pich, and A. Bifone Neuropsychopharmacology 38 (11): 2120 - 2130 (2013) «Water dispersal and functionalization of hydrophobic iron oxide nanoparticles with lipid - modified poly (amidoamine) dendrimers» A. Boni, L. Albertazzi, C. Innocenti, M. Gemmi, and A. Bifone.
Previous research — known popularly as the «Mozart effect» — on how music in early childhood might have a positive impact on young children's brain development has had mixed results.
But there are also healers out there like Ted Kaptchuk, who get results, perhaps not so much because of the needles or the homeopathic remedy or the chiropractic manipulation as for the love they offer, the way they calm the amygdala in the patient's brain, the powerful activating effect on the body's natural self - healing mechanisms, and the efficacy with which the practitioner IS the medicine.
«These results suggest that phytoestrogens can interfere with the normal estrogen feedback mechanisms with respect to release of gonadotropin in the ewe... although most studies into the effects of phytoestrogens have concentrated on changes in the reproductive tract, there are indications that they interfere with the hormone balance between the ovaries and the hypothalamo - adenohypophysical system... ewes on phytoestrogens have shown follicular abnormalities such as numerous small follicles, deficient antrum formation and signs of early atresia... it is possible that the permanent changes brought about by phytoestrogens in the brain are a result of these compounds interacting with estrogen receptors in this tissue, and subsequently influencing the re-synthesis or replenishment of cyto - plasmic estrogen receptors... phytoestrogens can interfere with the delicate feedback mechanisms involved in the release of the gonadotrophins.»
Leucine, the king of muscle - building amino acids, has been repeatedly shown to have an extraordinary effect on muscle growth by promoting protein synthesis and inhibiting catabolism; isoleucine helps the metabolic function run smooth during exercise; valine acts to prevent tryptophan (compound that converts to serotonin in the brain) build up, which results in greater levels of available energy and improved endurance.
In short, the probiotic Lactobacillus rhamnosus had a marked effect on GABA [an inhibitory neurotransmitter that is significantly involved in regulating many physiological and psychological processes] levels in certain brain regions and lowered the stress - induced hormone corticosterone, resulting in reduced anxiety - and depression - related behavior.
Results Pence expected that the supplementation would have positive effects on the mice's brains and muscles.
In the brain, we have increased insulin levels acting on normally sensitive receptors resulting in an increased insulin effect.
The results indicated that - «Curcumin treatment (80 mg kg − 1 b.w. daily for 3 days, orally) was found to have a protective effect on mercury - induced oxidative stress parameters, namely, lipid peroxidation and glutathione levels and superoxide dismutase, glutathione peroxidase and catalase activities in the liver, kidney and brain
Prior research has also shown that the probiotic Lactobacillus rhamnosus had a marked effect on GABA (an inhibitory neurotransmitter that is significantly involved in regulating many physiological and psychological processes) levels in certain brain regions and lowered the stress - induced hormone corticosterone, resulting in reduced anxiety - and depression - related behavior.5
It is thought that one component, californidine, acts on the central nervous system to promote sleep, while others, including protopine, cryptopine and allocryptopine, enhance certain brain chemicals that inhibit nerve impulses, resulting in a calming effect on the brain, peripheral nerves and muscles.
He will highlight the results from the many promising studies on the effects of yoga on cognitive functioning and memory loss, and discuss the common lifestyle factor and types of exercises that are showing particular promise in slowing cognitive decline and fostering healthy brain aging.
Cutting daily calorie intake by 30 percent may put the brakes on the aging process, have beneficial effects on the brain, and result in a longer life span, according to a new 20 - year study of monkeys published in the journal Science.
In the fall of 2010, Bloodgood received a brain injury as a result of a mugging that brought on the effects of Alzheimer's disease and «rendered him unable to infer the entirety of an object from a fractional view,» as the critic Michael Wilson wrote in a Time Out New York review of his widely lauded 2012 show at New York's Newman Popiashvili Gallery, which included pieces made both before and after his injury.
«The results suggest prolonged exposure to polluted air can have visible, negative effects on the brain, which can lead to a variety of health problems,» Fonken told The Telegraph.
Objective To determine whether parents of children with traumatic brain injuries (TBI) report increased injury - related burden, distress, and family dysfunction and to examine the effects of attrition on the results.
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