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Study finds link between particular cognitive deficits, inflammatory activ
Updated : 1 year, 7 months ago IST
A team of researchers found a connection between particular cognitive deficits and the inflammatory activity in the body caused by rheumatoid arthritis. These include a decline in working memory, inhibition, and focus as well as memory, abstract thought, and visuospatial skills.
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Researchers discover way to prevent cognitive decline after radiation
Updated : 2 years, 2 months ago IST
The brain's immune cells, known as microglia, have been shown to cause cognitive abnormalities following radiation exposure. As such, microglia may be a crucial target for mitigating these symptoms, according to research from the University of Rochester's Del Monte Institute for Neuroscience
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Researchers find excess fluoride associated with cognitive impairment in c
Updated : 5 months, 1 week ago IST
According to a new pilot study from Tulane University, long-term intake of water with fluoride levels well above existing drinking water regulations may be associated with cognitive deficits in children.
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Study sheds more light on early interventions for Huntington's disease
Updated : 5 months, 1 week ago IST
Huntington's disease is the most prevalent neurodegenerative ailment caused by a single gene, with motor and cognitive abnormalities as well as behavioural symptoms. There are no medicines that can stop or reverse the condition at the moment, but new research from Boston Children's Hospital
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Do you know tracking brain waves can reduce post-op complications? Study f
Updated : 2 years, 7 months ago IST
When patients are put under general anaesthesia, their brain activity frequently slows as they fall asleep. Higher anaesthetic medication dosages can cause an even deeper state of unconsciousness called burst suppression, which is associated with cognitive deficits once the patient awakens.
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Research reveals perception of pain in people with Alzheimer's Disease
Updated : 2 years, 8 months ago IST
According to a recent study from King's College London's Institute of Psychiatry, Psychology, and Neuroscience (IoPPN), the processing of pain signals differs in a mouse model of Alzheimer's disease (AD) compared to healthy mice.
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Study suggests perception of pain in people with Alzheimer's Disease
Updated : 2 years, 8 months ago IST
The processing of pain signals is different in a mouse model of Alzheimer's disease (AD) compared to healthy mice, according to a recent study from King's College London's Institute of Psychiatry, Psychology, and Neuroscience (IoPPN).
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Early-life stress can disrupt brain's reward circuits: Research
Updated : 3 years ago IST
A novel brain link may provide a new therapeutic target for the treatment of mental illness by explaining how early stress and adversity cause the reward circuit in the brain to function improperly. This circuit's dysfunction is regarded to be the root cause of a number of severe illnesses,
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Study finds how social isolation generates astrocyte-mediated deficits in
Updated : 3 years ago IST
A study revealed a crucial reason to keep in touch with friends and family. Social isolation promotes memory and learning deficiencies, as well as other behavioural abnormalities
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Obesity in pregnant women can negatively affect IQ of their sons: Study
Updated : 6 years, 2 months ago IST
Washington D.C. [USA], Dec 24 (ANI): Obesity doesn't just adversely affect the women who directly suffer from it but it also has repercussions for their children, as revealed by a study. Sons of mothers who are severely overweight while pregnant suffer from long term cognitive deficits, whic
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