Tag: brain cells
Using PET imaging, a recent investigation by researchers at Massachusetts General Hospital and Karolinska Institutet in Sweden revealed the presence of widespread brain inflammation in patients diagnosed with fibromyalgia. Earlier research conducted at Karolinska Institutet also discovered high concentrations of cytokines (inflammatory proteins) in the cerebrospinal fluid, suggesting fibromyalgia patients have inflammation in their nervous system as well.
Neurogenesis is necessary to improve mood, increase memory formation and prevent the decline associated with agingIn this Ted Talk, Neuroscientist Sandrine Thuret says we can, and offers research and practical advice on how we can help our brains better perform neurogenesis to improve mood, increase memory formation and prevent the decline associated with aging as well. as well.
Need a pick me up for your brain? This little act (that you can do it 5 – 10 seconds) will work wonders!
Drug companies have made some assumptions about Alzheimer’s that new research indicates may be incorrect. Read this.
Will Storr wades through the facts and fiction of whether the brain can be changed? Or can one think himself into a different person?
Genes do play a role in Alzheimer’s, but YOU can determine how your genes express themselves. Read this!
Scientists at Albert Einstein College of Medicine have found that stem cells in the brain’s hypothalamus govern how fast aging occurs in the body. The finding, made in mice, could lead to new strategies for warding off age-related diseases and extending lifespan.
Scientists have pinpointed the brain cells that link the body’s physical response to meditation.
Want to know why silence feels so good? Because it’s good for you in so many ways…. Science has even proven it!
