«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.
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.
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.
OBJECTIVE Previous studies have shown
smaller brain
volume and less
gray matter in children with attention - deficit / hyperactivity disorder (ADHD).
Poverty was associated with
smaller white and cortical
gray matter and hippocampal and amygdala
volumes.
In a large community sample, Hanson et al9 reported
smaller hippocampal
gray matter volumes among children from lower - income backgrounds.
Lower socioeconomic status was associated with
smaller hippocampal
gray matter volumes bilaterally in a
small sample of healthy 10 - year - old children.10
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.