Sentences with phrase «volume of the hippocampus»

In previous research, Linda Chao, PhD, and colleagues of San Francisco VA Medical Center reported decreased volume of the hippocampus — a brain area involved in memory processing — in Gulf War veterans exposed to the Khamisiyah plume.

«We also found equivalent volumes of the hippocampus (a brain structure used for emotion and cognition) across ages.

Dr. Smith and colleagues, including Dr. Stephen Rao from the Cleveland Clinic, tracked four groups of healthy older adults ages 65 - 89, who had normal cognitive abilities, over an 18 - month period and measured the volume of their hippocampus (using structural magnetic resonance imaging, or MRI) at the beginning and end of that time period.

All other groups, including those at high risk for Alzheimer's but who were physically active, maintained the volume of their hippocampus.

«We found that physical activity has the potential to preserve the volume of the hippocampus in those with increased risk for Alzheimer's disease, which means we can possibly delay cognitive decline and the onset of dementia symptoms in these individuals.

This appears to be the case: the greater the number of risk genes a person possessed, the smaller the volume of their hippocampus — regardless of whether they were a high - risk study participant or a patient.

«If I say that the volume of the hippocampus is 13 cubic centimeters, we all know what I mean.

This causes a release of stress hormones that are known to depress the volume of the hippocampus over time.

In this study, Owen et al. used MRI to measure the volume of the hippocampus, a central structure of the limbic system that is involved in emotion as well as in memory formation.

The study highlights the importance of gene and environment interaction as a determining factor for the volume of the hippocampus.

There are genes that determine whether the same life event causes an increase or decrease in the volume of the hippocampus, and which therefore defines whether the stress is good or bad for our brain.

The Vienna research group, together with international cooperation partners, have demonstrated that there are interactions between stressful life events and certain risk gene variants that subsequently change the volume of the hippocampus forever.

Added Belleville: «These findings can also be used to drive future research on Alzheimer's, since there is a link between the volume of the hippocampus and the risk of developing the disease.»

The volume of the hippocampus appears to decrease during the aging process, and this decrease might be related to the memory deficits that some older people experience.

In addition to increases in the volume of the hippocampus, a part of the brain that can shrink in Alzheimer's patients, the study authors noted other biological changes, including improvements in CRP, a marker of inflammation, as well as glucose metabolism and insulin levels.

This man also showed a large increase in the volume of the hippocampus, which is a part of the brain connected with memory.

The researchers studied a series of brain scans of children from preschool through early adolescence, finding a sharper rise in the volume of the hippocampus in the kids whose mothers supported and nurtured them during the preschool years.

They found «a sharper rise in the volume of the hippocampus in the kids whose mothers supported and nurtured them during the preschool years.»

[16] Studies have shown that being exposed to trauma can reduce the volume of your Hippocampus, thus affecting the way you remember traumatic events.