Sentences with phrase «similar effects on the brain»

Since cadmium is also a heavy metal, it might have similar effects on the brain, Lanphear and Wright said.

If PirB partnered with MHCI in neural circuits, Shatz thought, the absence of either molecule should have similar effects on the brain.

If that pathway is confirmed, then many types of infections could cause similar effects on the brain.

Valnoctamide, an anxiety drug available in France and Italy, seems to reduce CMV levels in infected mice, but it hasn't been clear if it would have a similar effect on the brain, where CMV causes the most damage.

And eating less isn't the only way to get this effect, Greenwood pointed out; exercise appears to exert similar effects on brain function by boosting insulin sensitivity and fighting inflammation.

Not exact matches

«Over time, the effect on the reward centre in the brain is similar to what makes drug addicts go back for another line of cocaine.»

The experiment is similar to work done decades ago by Harry Harlow, in that it utilizes maternally deprived juvenile monkeys to study the effects of early adversity on young primate brains.

The study concluded that brain - training video games improve children's performance only on very similar games, an effect that likely results from practice.

While prior studies of decision - making have focused on group effects, or the ways everyone's brains are similar, the new study focused on individual differences.

Now the research team, led by first author Ko - Woon Lee, a research associate in the lab, wanted to see if p11 had a similar effect on a different signaling system within the brain.

They are similar to opioid molecules, so it's possible they could have a drug - like effect on the brain.

Walker said that the effect of one standard deviation increase in the overall inflammation score in mid-life on brain volume decades later was similar to the effect associated with having one copy of the apolipoprotein E (APOE) e4 gene that increases the risk of Alzheimer's disease.

May 3, 2011 Nicotine and cocaine leave similar mark on brain after first contact The effects of nicotine upon brain regions involved in addiction mirror those of cocaine, according to new neuroscience research.

IGF - 1 has a similar protective effect on brain cells.

Kava has a calming effect on the body and produces changes in brain waves that are similar to those seen in drugs including Valium.

Recent research suggests Krill Oil may have a profound effect on the brain, similar to fish oil.

It's interesting to note that exercise has similar positive effects on the brain.

Animals exposed to enriched environments high in stimulation have been shown to display increased hippocampal cell proliferation and neurogenesis compared with those reared in relative deprivation.7 Poverty represents a form of human deprivation that may parallel this animal model, raising the question of whether low levels of stimulation and relative psychosocial neglect associated with poverty have a similar negative effect on human brain development.