The heavier you are,
the smaller your brain volume.
It was also discovered that consumption of at least 1 diet soda a day was linked to
smaller brain volume.
Those with greater symptoms of depression also had
smaller brain volume and were 55 percent more likely to have small vascular lesions in the brain.
OBJECTIVE Previous studies have shown
smaller brain volume and less gray matter in children with attention - deficit / hyperactivity disorder (ADHD).
A third study presented at the conference found that an unhealthy diet was correlated with
smaller brain volume.
«The skull was found along with the lower jaw, showing a significant disproportion between the large and prominent jaws and
the smaller brain volume — a combination that gives it a primitive and apish appearance,» Rak said.
The researchers found that when kids had three or more adverse experiences, they also had
smaller brain volumes that, in turn, were associated with lower scores on a scale that measures how well a child expresses emotions.
Their results showed that AF was associated with smaller frontal lobe volumes, even after adjusting for age, gender, vascular risk factors and APOE4 (a gene independently linked to
smaller brain volumes).
I already know, for instance, that patients with schizophrenia have distinctive aberrations in the right superior temporal gyrus and that those with attention - deficit / hyperactivity disorder have
smaller brain volumes in all regions.
«We found that higher serum levels of NT - proBNP were associated with
smaller brain volumes, in particular with smaller gray matter volume, and with poorer organization of the brain's white matter,» lead author Dr. Meike Vernooij said in a journal news release.
The analysis of 121 people found that those with lower vitamin B12 levels scored worse on cognitive tests, and had
smaller brain volumes as revealed by MRI scans.
Research shows that people with
smaller brain volumes have a 96 percent increase in their risk of stroke — as well as a 58 percent increase in risk of death from all causes.
Kids whose families were poor had
smaller brain volumes.
The researchers found that when kids had three or more adverse experiences, they also had
smaller brain volumes that, in turn, were associated with lower scores on a scale that measures how well a child expresses emotions.
Not exact matches
Comparison images taken and two and four weeks postpartum revealed a
small but significant increase in gray matter
volume in specific areas of the
brain.
«The method supports detecting microRNAs directly from very
small volumes of CSF to potentially get an indication of different types of diseases, including amyotrophic lateral sclerosis (ALS), Alzheimers, Huntingdon's, and traumatic
brain injuries,» says Pregibon.
Compared to people who did not have diabetes, people who developed diabetes in middle age had a total
brain volume average of 2.9 percent
smaller.
In the hippocampus area of the
brain, the
volume was 4 percent
smaller.
According to a recent Framingham Heart Study, people who experience the heart arrhythmia atrial fibrillation (AF), may also suffer from a
smaller brain, specifically reduced frontal lobe
volume.
Spatially oriented
brains have an above - average grey matter
volume in the right precuneus, a
small area of the
brain associated with processing visual - spatial information.
These mechanisms help modulate the
volume of sounds that ultimately reach the inner ear and
brain, and produce
small sounds known as otoacoustic emissions.
Those whose mothers smoked throughout pregnancy had
smaller total
brain volumes and reduced amounts of grey and white matter in the superior frontal cortex, an area involved in regulating mood.
In an earlier study of the same 28 piglets used in the new analysis, the scientists found that those fed iron - deficient diets for the first four weeks of life had
smaller overall
brain volume than those fed an iron - sufficient diet.
Music is just a
small part of Burdette's research activities — his most recently published study, for example, showed that
brain volume could be an accurate predictor of success in weight - loss attempts by the elderly — but it has long been a big of part his life.
January 12, 2016 Individuals with rage disorder have
smaller volumes in
brain structures linked with emotion People who have a behavioral disorder characterized by extreme outbursts of anger, such as road rage, have significantly lower gray matter
volume in the
brain region that plays an important role in regulating emotion, report scientists from the University of Chicago.
From this «high intake» group, multiple signs of accelerated
brain aging was discovered, which included poorer memory, a shrunken hippocampus, and
smaller overall
brain volume, which are all early - stage Alzheimer's risk factors.
They also had
smaller total
brain volume, and less white matter, which is mostly made up of the myelin that coats neurons.
Although such a
small increase in
brain volume doesn't sound impressive, it halved the risk of Alzheimer's over five years.
The
volume of stuff that's available for your
brain to munch on is so immense and easy to grab that the Fire feels massive beyond its
small - ish frame — which, by the way, is sturdy and satisfying to hold, like a good paperback.
This finding is consistent with previous research, which has shown that CKCS possess a CCF parenchyma proportionately similar in
volume to that of a Labrador and a CCF
volume similar to
small breed dogs, suggesting that CCF growth in CKCS is not keeping pace with the growth of
brain parenchyma [18].
Because human gray matter follows a nonlinear developmental trajectory, we established a reference for typical development in focal
brain areas and constructed an index that measured whether regional gray matter
volume was larger or
smaller than expected, comparing children with others of the same sex and age.
[11] Some research has indicated that
smaller hippocampal
volumes are genetically determined, and certain genes can increase the chances of someone's
brain being more adversely affected by stress.
These can include raised heart beat rate and
smaller intracranial
volumes in the
brain.
Intracranial
volume robustly correlated positively with age of onset of PTSD trauma (i.e.,
smaller brains were associated with earlier onset of trauma) and negatively with duration of abuse.