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.
Not exact matches
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.