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YOUR HEALTH: Back to the basics to boost brain health
19 Apr 2024 13:16 GMT
… is also key for brain health. The Alzheimer’s … exercise increases the connections between brain cells. Staying socially engaged … also vital for overall brain health. According to Johns … of sleep promotes “brain plasticity” or the brain’s ability to adapt …
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Do environmental stressors impact fetal brain development?
18 Apr 2024 07:01 GMT
… and stress, affects synaptic plasticity, compromising fetal brain development. Additionally, chemical … leading to significant consequences for brain morphogenesis and neurological outcomes. … environments for promoting fetal brain development and stress the …
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Study provides evidence for sexual plasticity in female fruit flies
17 Apr 2024 17:55 GMT
… neural processes behind sexual plasticity.
Sexual plasticity—the ability to … within the female fruit fly brain. From their own work … Study provides evidence for sexual plasticity in female fruit flies … 2024-04-evidence-sexual-plasticity-female-fruit.html
This …
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Ketamine induces multiple individually distinct whole-brain functional connectivity signatures
17 Apr 2024 15:24 GMT
… -level functional alterations using whole-brain approaches, demonstrating that ketamine results … cortical to a subcortically-centred brain state, particularly the basal ganglia … of glutamate that drives synaptic plasticity (Gerhard et al., 2020). Specifically …
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Ginkgo Biloba: Unveiling the Brain-Boosting Powers of a “Living Fossil”
16 Apr 2024 23:14 GMT
… profound benefits in enhancing brain health. This ancient tree … neurotransmitters are released, influencing brain functions such as attention, … blood flow and neuronal plasticity, offering a therapeutic avenue … how ginkgo biloba benefits brain health in the …
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Brain & Body: Connecting Depression and Obesity
16 Apr 2024 18:05 GMT
… , guess what? The brain is especially susceptible to changes … obesity to the brain." Obesity threatens brain health, increasing … actually is critical to plasticity. This light-bulb moment … whether they could benefit the brain — and more specifically, …
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Exercise may reduce heart disease risk by changing how the brain…
16 Apr 2024 12:47 GMT
… Neuroscience Institute’s Pacific Brain Health Center at Providence … of ways, by affecting brain chemistry naturally: regulating appetite … of its effect on the brain.”
“Unlike serotonergic antidepressants, … through alterations in brain plasticity,” Merrill said.
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A Novel Network Pharmacology Strategy Based on the Universal Effectiveness-Common Mechanism of Medical Herbs Uncovers Therapeutic Targets in Traumatic Brain Injury
16 Apr 2024 12:16 GMT
… terms included “medicinal plants”, “traumatic brain injury”, “fluid percussion injury”, “ … oxidative stress response in traumatic brain injury: therapeutic perspectives of … of astrocytes in plasticity and reconstruction after traumatic brain injury. Cell …
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Environmental stressors linked to fetal brain development challenges
16 Apr 2024 03:54 GMT
… , potentially resulting in altered brain structure and function, as … and undernutrition, impacting fetal brain development despite adaptive responses like … and neurotransmitter signaling, affecting synaptic plasticity and neurotrophic factor expression.
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Mitovesicles secreted into the extracellular space of brains with mitochondrial dysfunction impair synaptic plasticity.
15 Apr 2024 08:17 GMT
Pasquale D’Acunzo
Center for Dementia Research, Nathan S. Kline Institute for Psychiatric Research, 10962, Orangeburg, NY, USA.
Department of Psychiatry, New York University Grossman School of Medicine, 10016, New York, NY, USA.
Elentina K Argyrousi
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