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Yearly Archives: 2010
Did You Know This About The Human Mind/Brain?
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Piecing Together the Perks of Puzzles
We have all experienced it. We know the feeling that overcomes us when we’re busy solving a puzzle. The concentrated, focus-filled plateau we reach when solving puzzles is called neurological critical thinking. And this is essentially due in part to … Continue reading
Brain Police Narrow Down Missing Memory Suspects
Scientists from Edinburgh University and the Wellcome Trust Sanger Institute have unearthed secrets of perhaps the biggest crooks in many people’s lives: the ones who steal our memory! The culprits hide out in our brains, themselves, in heretofore unknown hideouts … Continue reading
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Five Recommended Lifestyle Changes for Memory
Lifestyle decisions have a great impact on one’s memory fitness both positive and negative. Continue reading
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New Insights Into The Brain’s Inherent Ability To Focus Learning
As acetylcholine facilitates NMDA receptors by inhibiting the activity of so called “SK channels” – brain proteins whose normal role is to inhibit the activity of NMDA receptors. The discovery of SK channels’ role provides new insight into the mechanisms underlying learning and memory. Continue reading
An Aspirin A Day May Keep Brain Cancer At Bay
Daily aspirin reduced long-term risk of death due to cancer of individual patients after 5 years of treatment. Continue reading
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Worried About Your Parent’s Memory Problems, And You’re Next In Line? Nature vs Nurture….. Meet Epigenetics!
Research shows that memory — a wildly complex biological and psychological process — can be improved from one generation to the next via epigenetics. Continue reading
Shift Work May Be Hazardous To Your Memory Fitness
Chronic jet lag alters the brain in ways that cause memory and learning problems long after returning to a regular 24-hour schedule while persistent changes within the hippocampus, a part of the brain that plays an intricate role in memory processing. Continue reading
Genes Used to Reverse Age-related Brain Disease In Mice
By modifying a gene that expresses telomerase enzyme – known to control telomere length- researchers reversed brain disease (e.g., shrunken brains, unable to generate new neurons) and restored fertility and the sense of smell in prematurely aged mice. Continue reading
No, You’re Not Out Of School Yet!
Learning animates hippocampal neuron receptors that are activated by a protein called brain-derived neurotrophic factor (BDNF) — the key in the formation of memories. Continue reading