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Playing football in high school benefits brain health of middle-aged men:
Updated : 4 years, 11 months ago IST
Washington [US], April 20 (ANI): Decades after their days on the gridiron, middle-aged men who played football in high school are not experiencing greater problems with concentration, memory, or depression compared to men who did not play football, a new study found.
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Study reveals your neighbourhood may affect your brain health
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Washington [US], April 20 (ANI): Middle-age and older people living in more disadvantaged neighbourhoods -- areas with higher poverty levels and fewer educational and employment opportunities--had more brain shrinkage on brain scans and showed a faster decline on cognitive tests than people
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Research finds autism develops differently in girls than boys
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Washington [US], April 19 (ANI): The findings of a new study shed light on how autism spectrum disorder (ASD) manifests in the brains of girls. This prompted scientists to warn that conclusions drawn from studies conducted primarily on boys should not be assumed to hold true for girls.
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Intoxicating effects of alcohol linked with brain regions, finds study
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Baltimore (Maryland) [US], April 18 (ANI): A recent study has pointed out that slurred speech, poor coordination, and sedative effects of drinking too much alcohol may actually be caused by the breakdown of alcohol products produced in the brain and not the liver as scientists currently thin
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Brain's frontal lobe structure related to behavioural problems in children
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Washington [US], April 17 (ANI): The findings of a large study on children discovered evidence that behavioural problems in kids who snore might be related to changes in the structure of their brain's frontal lobe.
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Researchers find clues to sex differences in autism
Updated : 4 years, 11 months ago IST
Washington [US], April 17 (ANI): While it is unclear why autism occurs much more frequently in boys than in girls. In a new Yale-led study, researchers find that autism may develop in different regions of the brain in girls than boys and that girls with autism have a larger number of genetic
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Researchers find brain regions responsible for intoxicating effects of alc
Updated : 4 years, 11 months ago IST
Baltimore (Maryland) [US], April 17 (ANI): The slurred speech, poor coordination, and sedative effects of drinking too much alcohol may actually be caused by the breakdown of alcohol products produced in the brain, not in the liver as scientists currently think.
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Engaging in household chores may improve brain health: Study
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Washington [US], April 16 (ANI): According to a new study, engaging in household chores may be beneficial for brain health in older adults. The study found that older adults who spent more time on household chores showed greater brain size, which is a strong predictor of cognitive health.
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Study finds theoretical model for neural activity of mouse brain
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Atlanta [US], April 15 (ANI): The findings of a new study by physicists at Emory University suggest that the dynamics of the neural activity of a mouse brain behave in a peculiar, unexpected way that can be theoretically modeled without any fine-tuning.
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Study reveals cellular 'hotspots' in brain may signify earliest signs of c
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London [UK], April 15 (ANI): A team of researchers have found small clusters of cells in the brain that identify locations where tumours could become malignant.
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Researchers find joyful screams perceived more strongly than screams of fe
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Washington [US], April 14 (ANI): The human scream signals more than fear of imminent danger or entanglement in social conflicts. Screaming can also express joy or excitement. For the first time, researchers have demonstrated that non-alarming screams are even perceived and processed by the b
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Study links structural brain changes to behavioral problems in children wh
Updated : 4 years, 11 months ago IST
Washington [US], April 14 (ANI): A large study of children has uncovered evidence that behavioural problems in children who snore may be associated with changes in the structure of their brain's frontal lobe. The findings support the early evaluation of children with habitual snoring.
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