Sentences with phrase «term brain effects»

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«There's an association between football, we think, or any traumatic brain injury, and possible long - term effects in terms of neurodegeneration,» says Berger.

Shawn Achor frames this rewiring as «The Positive Tetris Effect» in The Happiness Advantage, drawing from the way Tetris impresses our brain so that we end up parsing the world in terms of the game.

Regardless of which name she uses to spew her crap, I thank her for continuing to provide a fantastic example of the long term effects of ultra-belief on the human brain.

And of course, brain injuries are in the headlines now as more and more information comes out about their long - term effects.

In 1997, I listened to an average doctor describe in no uncertain terms the possible lasting effects of compounding brain injuries include memory loss, dementia and excruciating headaches.

But it's becoming increasingly clear that the effects are serious, and range from momentary unconsciousness, confusion and memory loss — such as that suffered by Kramer — through to whiplash, debilitating headaches, and in the longer term the development of any number of emotional distresses and disorders linked to brain trauma.

The well - publicized lawsuits by former players against the N.F.L., the suicide of Junior Seau, a «Chicken Little - sky is falling» mentality by some prominent concussion experts and former athletes, some of whom suggest that the sport is simply too dangerous to be played at all at the youth level, and continuing research on the short - and long - term effects of concussion on cognitive function and brain health, have created a pretty toxic environment for the sport.

(As anyone who has been visiting MomsTEAM's Concussion Safety Center for the past twelve years knows, science and technology have yet to come up with a way to prevent concussions; the most we can realistically hope to do at this point is a better job of identifying concussions when they occur and managing them in such a way as to keep the recovery time to a minimum and to keep kids from returning before their brains have fully healed so as to minimize the risk of serious, long - term effects, or even, in rare cases, death).

As anyone who has been following the subject of sports - related head injuries knows, the concern about RHI has continue to grow exponentially over the past four years, as researchers have used ever more sensitive and sophisticated imaging techniques such as diffusion tensor imaging (DTI) and fMRI to identify short -, medium, and long - term effects on the brain of RHI.

Small but constant deficits in sleep over time lead to escalating and most likely long - term effects on brain function.

Chronic or long term stress and short term stress; and they have diametrically opposite effects on the brain.

I suspect the * important * long term effect is that the infant will survive without brain damage.

Drugs used in active management have documented risks for the mother, including death, and we do not know the long - term effects of these drugs, which are given at a critical stage of brain development, for the baby.

Now, researchers who have measured the brain responses of 125 infants — including babies who were born prematurely and others who went full - term — show that a baby's earliest experiences of touch have lasting effects on the way their young brains respond to gentle touch when they go home.

Despite an increase in media attention, as well as national and local efforts to educate athletes on the potential dangers of traumatic brain injuries, a new study found that many high school football players are not concerned about the long - term effects of concussions and don't report their own concussion symptoms because they fear exclusion from play.

Dr. Perry's research includes: the effects of prenatal drug exposure on brain development, the neurobiology of human neuropsychiatric disorders, the neurophysiology of traumatic life events, and long - term cognitive, behavioral, emotional, social and physiological effects of neglect and trauma in children, adolescents and adults.

You may need to continue watching your baby for as long as a month to ensure that long - term effects from a brain injury haven't occurred.

As NASCAR began the 2014 season with the sport's biggest race, the Daytona 500, one of the questions to ask is how many of these drivers will suffer a concussion during the course of the year, how many of them will have it properly diagnosed and fully recover before they get behind the wheel, and what will be the long - term effects of these brain injuries?

New research suggests that these techniques can have detrimental physiological effects on the baby by increasing the stress hormone cortisol in the brain, with potential long term effects to emotional regulation, sleep patterns and behavior.

The real risks are from long - term effects on the young brain.»

«Practice makes perfect, study confirms: Researchers were looking at fMRI brain scans of professional ballet dancers to measure the long - term effects of learning.»

In this study, Faculty of Health researchers were looking at fMRI brain scans of professional ballet dancers to measure the long - term effects of learning.

Her interest in cannabis and marijuana was piqued by Colorado's passage of Amendment 64, and many seemingly conflicting studies of the drug's long - and short - term effects on the brain.

«These effects were reduced, however, in terms of both intensity and duration, if the mice had been treated with a kappa - opioid receptor antagonist, a drug that blocks the activity of one of the brain's own opioid systems.»

It is critical for physicians to monitor these secondary tissue damages, as they are frequently the origin of significant long - term effects, including brain damage, cognitive deficits, psychosocial / behavioral / emotional changes, bodily damage and biochemical changes at the cellular level.

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.

«This study and others make us a bit skeptical of the notion that the long - term effects of blast injury to the brain are somehow unique.

The research suggests a novel way that stress might have long - term effects on the brain, says Robert Sapolsky, a neuroscientist at Stanford University.

To investigate the longer - term effects of higher - than - normal acetylcholine levels on the brain, Hermona Soreq of the Hebrew University of Jerusalem and her colleagues first induced high levels of acetylcholine by forcing 26 mice to swim, an activity stressful to mice.

«These results really underscore the importance of bi-directional gut - brain communication on the long - term effects of TBI,» said Dr. Faden.

The well - known short - term effects of THC, which include cognitive and motor impairments, don't seem to impart any long - term damage to adult brains, said Igor Grant from the University of California, San Diego.

«Furthermore, given the continued use of psychotropic medications in very young children and concerns regarding their effects on the developing brain, future studies on the long - term effects of psychotropic medication use in this age group are essential.»

This is a very important finding for planning long - term treatment for children whose brains may be more vulnerable to the effects of a prolonged seizure.

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.

In general, it's also hard to link cortisol levels to long - term brain or behavior effects.

Dr. Gradinaru's research interests focus on developing tools and methods for neuroscience (optogenetic actuators and sensors; tissue clearing and imaging) as well as on investigating the mechanisms underlying deep brain stimulation (DBS) and on the long - term effects of DBS on neuronal health, function, and ultimately behavior.

A forthcoming report from the meeting will also examine other ethical issues researchers might need to consider, including the largely unknown, long - term effects of stimulation on the brain, and how to obtain proper consent from participants.

All of the owlets subsequently fledged and returned at normal rates to breed in the following year, indicating that there were no long - term adverse effects of eves - dropping on their sleeping brains.

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.

A new study conducted in rats offers clues about how teen drinking alters brain chemistry, suggesting early alcohol use has long - term effects on decision making.

«Although studies in animals have suggested it, this study indicates that markers of inflammation in a mom's blood can be associated with short - and long - term changes in their child's brain, which will now allow us to identify ways to prevent those effects and ensure children develop in the healthiest possible way beginning in the womb and continuing through later childhood and beyond.»

They assessed the long - term effects of chemotherapy on learning and memory, as well as the formation of new neurons in the hippocampus, a brain region known to contribute to those abilities.

When the researchers applied the stimulant directly to honey bee brains, it had a positive effect on the neurons associated with the formation of long term memories.

«Imaging predicts long - term effects in veterans with brain injury.»

Q: Do you think the NFL is doing enough to protect players from the long term effects football can have on the brain?

van der Marel K, Klomp A, Meerhoff GF, Schipper P, Lucassen PJ, Homberg JR, Dijkhuizen RM, Reneman L, Long - term oral methylphenidate treatment in adolescent and adult rats: differential effects on brain morphology and function.

In 2017, follow - up work by Walter and UCSF neuroscientist Susanna Rosi, PhD, a professor of physical therapy and rehabilitation sciences and of neurological surgery, showed that ISRIB even restored long - term memory in mice with traumatic brain injury long after the injuries occurred, an effect neurologists had previously considered impossible.

Andrew Huberman, PhD: We know a lot about the biology of healthy ganglion cells, both in terms of what those connections look like and how those cells signal information about the visual world to the brain, in effect, how they tell the brain what's out there in the visual world.

Simoa assays can detect biomarkers associated with brain injury and disease at much earlier stages to understand the long - term effects and disease pathology.

Given the established connection between gut health and the brain — a topic all its own — a low - fiber diet may have negative long - term effects on the brain.