Research Shows Neurotic Personalities at Risk for Alzheimer’s
Home Published in the journal Neurology, the study followed 800 women over the course of 40 years. Started in 1968, it required participants to take a personality test measuring levels of neuroticism and extroversion. Women in the study were asked if they ever experienced long periods of severe stress and then took a series of memory […]
Researchers Achieve Direct Mind-to-Mind Communication
Home Two people were separated by 5,000 miles and neither one had to speak or write a word. Considered the brain’s way of instant messaging, neuroscientists and robot engineers used multiple forms of neurotechnologies to send these messages between one person in India, and another in France. Researchers from the Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center, […]
Researchers Find Potential Link Between Epilepsy and Alzheimer’s
Home According to a study conducted by the University of Iowa that was published in Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, researchers have discovered a pathway in the physiology of epilepsy. After pinpointing one of the cellular mechanisms that enables epilepsy to develop in prickle-mutant flies, scientists have discovered that an epilepsy gene creates seizures through […]
Reviewing the Top Neurologists in Downtown Manhattan
Home Your selection of the right neurologist should be based upon a number of criteria. The topics below can make narrowing down the field of neurologists in Manhattan a little easier. Finding the Top Neurologists in Downtown Manhattan Referrals The best place to start when looking for a neurologist is referrals. Many people seek a […]
Sciatica
Home Overview Sciatica refers to back pain caused by compression of the sciatic nerve due to injury or other conditions. The sciatic nerve is rooted in the spinal cord in the lower back and branches out to run through the hips, buttocks, and down each leg. For some sciatica feels like pins and needles, while […]
Scientists Discover New Gene That Could Lead to Parkinson’s Treatment
Home By discovering a new gene involved in the process of Parkinson’s, the team hopes to pave the way for future studies looking to identify better treatments and even a cure. There are currently between four to six million people that suffer from the disease globally, and 50,000-60,000 new cases are diagnosed in the U.S. […]
Sense of Smell in Women Might be Result of More Neurons Than Men
Home Using a tool they created known as the isotropic fractionator, they realized that women have more brain cells in their olfactory bulbs than men do. This is the region of the brain that allows us to smell. Published in the journal PLOS ONE, this study used the fractionator to determine the number of cells in […]
Several Studies Link Cholesterol To Alzheimer’s Disease
Home Cholesterol, the infamous contributor to strokes and heart attacks, can also cause problems in other areas of your body. In this case, you brain. Studies have linked cholesterol to Alzheimer’s Disease (AD). Before getting into the relationship between cholesterol and AD, it’s important to know the difference between good (HDL) and bad (LDL) cholesterol. […]
Substances Found in Raw Cocoa Might Reverse Memory Decline in Elderly
Home Studies in the field have shown that this decline of memory has been linked to altered function in the dentate gyrus region of the brain. Although numerous studies claim this is the case, it has still been a struggle for scientists to prove a connection between memory decline and the dentate gyrus. In a […]
Supercomputer Finds Link Between Neurological Disease and Addiction
Home Dopamine signaling is also affected by recreational drug usage, which often impairs the nervous system. Postdoctoral associate at Weill Cornell Medical College of Cornell University Michelle Sahai notes that this research produces a significant basis for more understanding of how dopamine functions in the onset of brain disorders. She also studies the effects of […]
