Posts Tagged ‘brain research’
Predictors Identified for Rehospitalization Among Post-Acute Stroke Patients
Findings pave way to reduce readmittance, a new requirement of the Affordable Care Act. Stroke patients receiving in-patient rehabilitation are more likely to land back in the hospital within three months if they are functioning poorly, show signs of depression and lack [Read More]
Researchers Help Reveal Complex Role of Genes in Autism
Multi-center study hones in on two genes as likely risk factors. Mutations in hundreds of genes involved in wiring the brain may contribute to the development of autism spectrum disorders (ASD). That is one of the rather daunting conclusions of a paper published in the [Read More]
Primitive Consciousness Emerges First as You Awaken from Anesthesia
Awakening from anesthesia is often associated with an initial phase of delirious struggle before the full restoration of awareness and orientation to one’s surroundings. Scientists now know why this may occur: primitive consciousness emerges first. Using brain imaging [Read More]
Positive Stress Helps Protect Eye from Glaucoma
Working in mice, scientists at Washington University School of Medicine in St. Louis have devised a treatment that prevents the optic nerve injury that occurs in glaucoma, a neurodegenerative disease that is a leading cause of blindness. Researchers increased the resistance [Read More]
Autistic Kids Born Preterm, Post-term Have More Severe Symptoms
For children with autism, being born several weeks early or several weeks late tends to increase the severity of their symptoms, according to new research out of Michigan State University. Additionally, autistic children who were born either preterm or post-term are more [Read More]
Study Raises Hopes for Treatment of Stroke
Therapy to mend parts of the brain damaged by strokes has moved a step closer, thanks to research at Monash University’s Australian Regenerative Medicine Institute (ARMI) and the Florey Neuroscience Institutes (FNI). Scientists, James Bourne and Jihane Homman-Ludiye, of [Read More]
Brain Wiring a No-Brainer?
Scans reveal astonishingly simple 3D grid structure. The brain appears to be wired more like the checkerboard streets of New York City than the curvy lanes of Columbia, Md., suggests a new brain imaging study. The most detailed images, to date, reveal a pervasive 3D grid [Read More]
CDC Estimates 1 in 88 Children in US Has Been Identified as Having an Autism Spectrum Disorder
CDC data help communities better serve these children. The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention estimates that 1 in 88 children in the United States has been identified as having an autism spectrum disorder (ASD), according to a new study released today that looked at [Read More]
How Genes Organize the Surface of the Brain
The first atlas of the surface of the human brain based upon genetic information has been produced by a national team of scientists, led by researchers at the University of California, San Diego School of Medicine and the VA San Diego Healthcare System. The work is [Read More]
In Immersion Foreign Language Learning, Adults Attain, Retain Native Speaker Brain Pattern
A first-of-its kind series of brain studies shows how an adult learning a foreign language can come to use the same brain mechanisms as a native speaker. The research also demonstrates that the kind of exposure you have to the language can determine whether you achieve [Read More]
