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Study: Obesity associated with poor brain development in children
Updated : 3 years, 3 months ago IST
Researchers revealed the connection between poorer brain health and higher weight and body mass index (BMI) in pre-adolescence using MRI data from the largest long-term study of brain development and child health conducted in the United States.
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MP brain dead patient gives new life to 8 persons by donating organs
Updated : 3 years, 3 months ago IST
"Anmol met with an accident on November 17 and sustained severe injuries in the head. As a result of which, he was declared brain dead. The family members of Anmol have decided to donate his organs and it will give a new life to eight people in Bhopal, Indore and Ahmedabad," said Subodh Basn
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Researchers trace neural pathways that cause vomiting after consuming cont
Updated : 3 years, 3 months ago IST
The urge to vomit after eating contaminated food is the body's natural defensive response to get rid of bacterial toxins. However, the process of how our brain initiates this biological reaction upon detecting germs remains elusive.
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Inequality linked to differences in kids' brain connections
Updated : 3 years, 3 months ago IST
Growing up in a socioeconomically disadvantaged household may have lasting effects on children's brain development, a large new study suggests. Compared with children from more-advantaged homes and neighbourhoods, children from families with fewer resources have different patterns of connect
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Researchers find gut-brain connection for social development
Updated : 3 years, 3 months ago IST
To learn to socialize, zebrafish need to trust their gut. Gut microbes encourage specialized cells to prune back extra connections in brain circuits that control social behaviour, new UO research in zebrafish shows. Pruning is essential for the development of normal social behavior.
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Mild to moderate stress is good for health: Research
Updated : 3 years, 3 months ago IST
According to new research from the University of Georgia's Youth Development Institute, stress may be beneficial to brain function.
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Genetic malfunction of brain astrocytes triggers migraine: Study
Updated : 3 years, 3 months ago IST
Migraine is one of the most disabling disorders, affecting one in seven people and causing a tremendous social and economic burden. Several findings suggest that migraine is a disease affecting a large part of the central nervous system and characterized by a global dysfunction in sensory in
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Kerala: Girl inspires, generates employment with her ceramic pot-making st
Updated : 3 years, 3 months ago IST
A young girl in Kerala's Kottayam fighting against the brain drain has become a source of inspiration for all the students in the state who have been looking for employment opportunities outside the country.
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Human evolution wasn't just sheet music, but how it was played: Research
Updated : 3 years, 3 months ago IST
A team of Duke researchers has identified a group of human DNA sequences driving changes in brain development, digestion and immunity that seem to have evolved rapidly after our family line split from that of the chimpanzees, but before we split with the Neanderthals.
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525-million-year-old fossil contradicts textbook theory of brain evolution
Updated : 3 years, 3 months ago IST
According to a new study, fossils of a tiny sea creature with a delicately preserved nervous system solve a century-old debate over how the brain evolved in arthropods, the most species-rich group in the animal kingdom. Combining detailed anatomical studies of the fossilized nervous syste
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Study gives more insight into vagus nerve's link to brain
Updated : 3 years, 3 months ago IST
Researchers at the University of Colorado Anschutz Medical Campus have shown a direct link between vagus nerve stimulation and its connection to the learning centres of the brain. The discovery may lead to treatments that will improve cognitive retention in both healthy and injured nervous s
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Octopus and human brains have surprising similarity and here is why
Updated : 3 years, 3 months ago IST
A study has shown that the evolution of cephalopods is associated with a dramatic expansion of their microRNA.
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