Sentences with phrase «with brain blood flow»

The downward trend has emerged despite something else the study shows: a rising tide of three factors that are thought to raise dementia risk by interfering with brain blood flow, namely diabetes, high blood pressure and obesity.

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fMRI (Functional Magnetic Resonance Imaging) «is a functional neuroimaging procedure using MRI technology that measures brain activity by detecting changes associated with blood flow,» according to Wikipedia.

When you eat too much, you decrease the blood flow to your brain as it's preoccupied with your digestive system.

Leafy greens are one of the most important foods to eat for optimal mental health because they're packed with important micronutrients (trace minerals) that improve blood flow to the brain.

Organic dark chocolate that is minimally processed is loaded with anti-oxidants and compounds like theobromine and PEA's that improve blood flow into the brain and boost dopamine levels and make you feel great.

First of all concussions / knockouts are caused by the brain rattling in the skull, blood flow has nothing to do with anything besides choke holds.

The medical literature is very aware of Second Impact Syndrome (SIS) where a second blow on top of a previous head injury with continuing symptoms leads to a loss of regulation of cerebral blood flow resulting in brain swelling and herniation commonly resulting in death.

Their natural nitrates actually increase blood flow to the brain, helping with mental performance.

This, along with changes in brain waves in visual regions and an increased blood flow in that area, correlated with reports of hallucinations.

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With PET scans and functional MRI, we can observe fluctuations in brain activity by measuring changes in blood flow and levels of nutrients.

In previous studies, the UCLA researchers had seen differences in heart rate and blood brain flow during blood pressure changes in men and women with obstructive sleep apnea and wanted to see if cardiovascular responses in brain areas were different in healthy men and women.

The researchers traced blood flow — and, with it, functional connections — between the hypothalamus and other parts of the brain.

Lamm and his group recently sought the answer to answer this question by combining measures of electrical activity in the brain (via electroencephalogram) with functional magnetic resonance imaging to show blood flow patterns in 25 participants getting rounds of shocks on their hands.

Calcium pills are associated with large increases in the risk of developing dementia in women who have conditions that affect the flow of blood to the brain

«We use arterial blood water as a contrast tracer to measure blood flow change, which is highly associated with brain function.»

The researchers also measured the activity of participants» brains with a tool called near - infrared spectroscopy, which measures changes in blood flow to particular areas of the brain.

Brain - imaging studies have shown that most patients with frontotemporal dementia who develop skills have abnormally low blood flow or low metabolic activity in their left temporal lobe.

They found that those with more flexibility — that is, shifting blood flow — in the brain's ventromedial prefrontal cortex seem to have more emotional and behavioral control.

Brain imaging studies seem so simple and elegant: Hook someone up to a functional MRI (fMRI) machine, which measures blood flow; see which parts of the brain light up; and identify regions associated with love, rejection, Brain imaging studies seem so simple and elegant: Hook someone up to a functional MRI (fMRI) machine, which measures blood flow; see which parts of the brain light up; and identify regions associated with love, rejection, brain light up; and identify regions associated with love, rejection, etc..

«The loss of fMRI signal means there is less blood flow to the region, but we believe the underlying basis for this loss has to do with the fact that the structural integrity of that part of the brain is changing,» Yassa said.

During a stroke, blood flow to part of the brain is cut off — along with its supply of oxygen and nutrients such as sugar.

Scientists already employ fMRI, which uses changes in blood flow as a proxy for brain activity, to scan the brains of restrained monkeys, but Berns wanted to train dogs to willingly enter the machine and learn simple things, such as associating a hand signal with a reward of a hot dog, all the while staying still enough to collect interpretable brain scans.

The findings show just how important it is for people with acute ischaemic stroke (in which blood flow to an area of the brain is blocked or reduced) to be identified quickly and treated by specialist staff in order to reduce the subsequent degree of disability.

«We found that the risk of ischemic stroke, which is associated with a blockage of blood flow to the brain and is the most common stroke subtype, is increased in overweight and obese women.

It has been observed that blood flow in the brains of people with the disorder is impaired when compared to healthy brains.

«Stuttering linked to reduced blood flow in area of brain associated with language.»

Grafman's team found patterns of blood flow in specific areas of the brain suggesting certain ideological proclivities that could be correlated with party affiliation.

«Rapid blood pressure drops in middle age linked to dementia in old age: Temporary episodes of dizziness or light - headedness when standing could reduce blood flow to the brain with lasting impacts.»

At roughly 100 minutes after each treatment, the team began testing brain activity in participants at rest with their eyes closed, first using a form of functional magnetic resonance imaging (fMRI) called arterial spin labeling to follow blood flow changes in the brain.

Next, the resting participants underwent two scans with another fMRI method known as blood oxygen level — dependent, or BOLD, to track connections and apparent information flow between brain regions.

Blood flow to the legs and brain was also lower with moderate hyperthermia.

The researchers were able to zero in on the Broca's area as well as related brain circuitry specifically linked to speech, using regional cerebral blood flow as a measure of brain activity, since blood flow is typically coupled with neural activity.

Hsia's aunt needed treatment fast with a clot - busting medicine and a procedure known as an endovascular thrombectomy, which removes the clot and restores blood flow to oxygen - starved patches of the brain.

Cerebral ischemia is a disorder caused by insufficient blood flow to the brain and its early detection with MRI contrast agents is vital for survival of patients.

Middle - aged endurance athletes with higher VO2 max also have better brain blood flow.

We know that sedentary aging is associated with a progressive decline in blood flow to the brain.

In one, the carotid arteries were blocked with a suture for one hour, much as a blood clot blocks the flow of blood to the brain in a stroke.

Neuroscientists zeroed in on it by placing subjects in a positron - emission tomography (PET) scanner to measure blood flow in the brain, then having them look at cards with color rectangles.

Vascular dementia involves poor blood flow in the brain, and the team found that people with autoimmune diseases are 29 per cent more likely to develop this form of dementia, compared with only a 6 per cent increase in Alzheimer's risk.

Small vessel disease occurs due to microangiopathy of arterioles in the brain, making these arteries less flexible, which can interfere with blood flow.

Using an optical fiber implanted in that region, the researchers were able to stimulate the primary motor cortex near where the stroke had occurred, and then monitor biochemical changes and blood flow there as well as in other brain areas with which this region was in communication.

«We believe exertion or increasing blood flow to the brain when it's not quite ready to handle that, even in the absence of more impacts to the brain, could also interfere with recovery in this window,» said Asken, also a clinical and research coordinator for the Sports Concussion Center at the UF Student Health Care Center.

Another seminal study led to the discovery that blood flow and glucose utilisation change more than oxygen consumption in the active brain (Science, 1988) causing tissue oxygen to vary with brain activity.

Blood flow restriction deprives brain cells of oxygen and results in difficulties with planning, judgment, reasoning, memory and other cognitive processes.

Stuffing yourself with too much food diverts blood flow to your gut, which is the real brain drainer and energy zapper.

Two new studies show that exercise that's strenuous and consistent can lessen hot flashes, by helping with blood flow that aids the part of the brain that regulates body temperature.

Inverting the body with the head below the heart increases blood flow to the brain.

It's the period when the arousal mechanism in the limbic brain connects with our bodies, causing blood flow to our erogenous zones and making us want sex.

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