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·July 15, 2020

Dopamine Therapy Improves Cognitive Function in Alzheimer’s

Rotigotine, a drug that acts on dopamine transmission, improves cognitive function in patients with mild-to-moderate Alzheimer's disease. While the drug did not help improve memory, it did improve executive function in the frontal lobe and positively impacted the ability of patients to perform activities of daily living. Read More

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·July 14, 2020

Link Between Delirium and Brain Energy Disruption Discovered

Artificially inducing peripheral inflammation in mice triggered the sudden onset of delirium-like cognitive dysfunction, and this was mediated by a disturbance in energy metabolism. Read More

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·June 30, 2020

Light drinking may protect brain function

Light to moderate weekly alcohol consumption during middle age could help preserve brain function as we get older. Compared to non-drinkers, those who had a drink or two a day tended to have better performance on cognitive tests over time. Read More

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·June 27, 2020

Repeated head impacts associated with later-life depression and worse cognitive function

People who suffer repetitive head injuries experience increased symptoms of depression and a greater risk of cognitive decline as they age. Those with a history of repetitive head injuries and TBI that resulted in a loss of consciousness reported higher levels of mental health problems, including depressive symptoms. Read More

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·June 25, 2020

‘Where are my keys?’ and other memory-based choices probed in the brain

Study identifies a different set of individual neurons in the medial frontal cortex that is responsible for memory-based decision making. The findings have implications for the treatment of Alzheimer's disease, schizophrenia, and other disorders associated with problems in cognitive flexibility. Read More

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·June 23, 2020

Does ‘mommy brain’ last? Study shows motherhood does not diminish attention

Researchers scrutinize the long-held perception that new mothers are more forgetful and less attentive. Mothers, they found, have similar alerting and orienting attention, and better executive control attention compared to women without children. Read More

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·June 22, 2020

Being ‘mind-blind’ may make remembering, dreaming and imagining harder

Aphantasia, a disorder in which people are lack the ability to mentally visualize imagery, is also associated with a widespread pattern of changes to other important cognitive processes. Many with aphantasia report a reduced ability to recall past events, imagine the future, and dream. Read More

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·June 20, 2020

Memory impairment reduced by soy derivate that can enter the brain intact

Tyr-Pro, a dipeptide derived from soybeans, improved both working and long-term memory in mouse models of Alzheimer's disease. Read More

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·June 15, 2020

Research delves into causes of nightmares that shadow female survivors of sexual trauma

Having difficulty getting to sleep, in addition to ruminating about trauma experiences and other negative events before sleep, boosts the odds of sexual trauma survivors experiencing post-trauma nightmares. Read More

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·June 10, 2020

Marijuana concentrates spike THC levels but don’t boost impairment

High-potency marijuana boosts the blood level of THC more than 50% more than smoking lower-potency cannabis, but it doesn't necessarily make you higher or impair cognition more, a new study reports. Read More

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·June 8, 2020

Forgot where you parked the car? Memory is a game of all or nothing

Study addresses the question of whether a forgotten memory is entirely lost or if it just becomes fuzzier over time. Read More

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·June 5, 2020

Early-life education improves memory in old age, especially for women

Females who attend school for longer have better memory ability in old age, a new study reports. For each year of education, memory gains were, on average, five times greater for women than the losses experienced due to each year of aging. Read More

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