News tagged with memory impairments
Older age memory loss tied to stress hormone receptor in brain
Scientists have shed new light on how older people may lose their memory with a development that could aid research into treatments for age-related memory disorders.
Medicine & Health / Neuroscience
Apr 06, 2011 |
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Researchers find new mechanism behind the formation and maintenance of long-term memories
Researchers from Mount Sinai School of Medicine have found that lactate, a type of energy fuel in the brain, plays a critical role in the formation of long-term memory. These findings have important implications for common ...
Medicine & Health / Neuroscience
Mar 03, 2011 |
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Little-known growth factor enhances memory, prevents forgetting in rats
A naturally occurring growth factor significantly boosted retention and prevented forgetting of a fear memory when injected into rats' memory circuitry during time-limited windows when memories become fragile and changeable. ...
Medicine & Health / Medical research
Jan 26, 2011 |
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Memory training not best bet for reducing 'senior moments'
Trying to stave off senior moments with memory drills and similar brain-boosting activities? A new evidence review suggests that these specific training regimes are not any better than simple conversations ...
Jan 19, 2011 |
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Popular sleep medicine puts older adults at risk for falls, cognitive impairment
Adults who take one of the world's most commonly prescribed sleep medications are significantly more at risk for nighttime falls and potential injury, according to a new study by the University of Colorado ...
Medicine & Health / Medications
Jan 13, 2011 |
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Targeting nicotine receptors to treat cognitive impairments in schizophrenia
Smoking is a common problem for patients with schizophrenia. The increased tendency of patients diagnosed with this disorder is to not only smoke, but to do so more heavily than the general public. This raises the possibility ...
Medicine & Health / Psychology & Psychiatry
Jan 11, 2011 |
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Researchers find novel memory-enhancing mechanism in brain
(PhysOrg.com) -- UC Irvine researchers have identified a novel mechanism in the brain that boosts memory.
Medicine & Health / Neuroscience
Dec 14, 2010 |
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Walking slows progression of Alzheimer's
Walking may slow cognitive decline in adults with mild cognitive impairment (MCI) and Alzheimer's disease, as well as in healthy adults, according to a study presented today at the annual meeting of the Radiological Society ...
Medicine & Health / Diseases, Conditions, Syndromes
Nov 29, 2010 |
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Chronic high cholesterol diet produces brain damage
Research from the Laboratory of Psychiatry and Experimental Alzheimers Research at the Medical University Innsbruck (Austria) demonstrated that chronic high fat cholesterol diet in rats exhibited pathologies similar to Alzheimer's ...
Medicine & Health / Neuroscience
Nov 24, 2010 |
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MRI scans show structural brain changes in people at risk for Alzheimer's disease
New results from a study by neuroscientists at Rush University Medical Center suggest that people at risk of developing Alzheimer's disease exhibit a specific structural change in the brain that can be visualized by brain ...
Medicine & Health / Neuroscience
Nov 16, 2010 |
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Gladstone scientists identify process by which Alzheimer's disease creeps through the brain
Scientists at the Gladstone Institute of Neurological Disease (GIND) have offered new information about the events that underlie the "spread" of Alzheimer's disease (AD) throughout the brain. The research, published in the ...
Medicine & Health / Medical research
Nov 03, 2010 |
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Walk much? It may protect your memory down the road
New research suggests that walking at least six miles per week may protect brain size and in turn, preserve memory in old age, according to a study published in the October 13, 2010, online issue of Neurology, the medica ...
Medicine & Health / Neuroscience
Oct 13, 2010 |
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Low testosterone linked to Alzheimer's disease
Low levels of the male sex hormone, testosterone, in older men is associated with the onset of Alzheimer's disease, according to research by a team that includes a Saint Louis University scientist.
Medicine & Health / Diseases, Conditions, Syndromes
Oct 05, 2010 |
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Memory impairment common in people with a history of cancer
People with a history of cancer have a 40 percent greater likelihood of experiencing memory problems that interfere with daily functioning, compared with those who have not had cancer, according to results of a new, large ...
Oct 02, 2010 |
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Study links cannabis strains with memory impairment
(PhysOrg.com) -- People who smoke potent strains of cannabis that are low in cannabidiol (such as skunk) are putting themselves at far greater risk of acute memory loss than people who smoke other types of ...
Medicine & Health / Psychology & Psychiatry
Oct 01, 2010 |
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