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New press release: Mindfulness meditation training changes brain structure in 8 weeks by Stephanie Allen Posted Fri 21 Jan 2011 12:00am Neuroimaging Research Program, the study's senior author. "This study demonstrates that changes in brain structure may underlie some of these reported improvements and that people.... But those investigations could not document that those differences were actually produced by meditation. For the current study, MR images were take of the brain structure of 16 study Read on »

Liberals, Conservatives May Have Different Brain Structures by HealthFinder Posted Fri 08 Apr 2011 1:00pm ) -- Opposing political views may linked to differences in brain structures, a new study suggests. Researchers at University College London found that liberals tend to have a larger anterior cingulate cortex, while conservatives have a larger amygdala. Based on what's known about the roles of these two areas of the brain, the structural differences Read on »

Remediation changes brain structures by JohnL Doctor of Philosophy

Posted Fri 11 Dec 2009 12:00am of improved reading performance. Whereas previous studies, many of which I’ve mentioned in these posts, have shown changes in the blood flow in children’s brains as a consequence of reading instruction, the findings from Keller and Marcel showed that there are changes in the physical tissue in the brain following remedial reading instruction. Read on »

Brain Structure Changes Found in Irritable Bowel Patients by Medline Plus Posted Tue 27 Jul 2010 9:00am , emotion regulation, pain inhibition and the processing of information from the gut, new research suggests. Similar brain structural changes have been noted in patients with pain... that the structural brain changes varied between patients who characterized their symptoms primarily as pain, rather than non-painful discomfort. In contrast, the length of time a patient has Read on »

New MRI Technique Measures Brain Structure and Function to Diagnose or Rule Out Alzheimer's Disease by Bob DeMarco Patient Expert

Posted Wed 16 Nov 2011 7:44pm can be caused by numerous factors. These include Metabolic and endocrine abnormalities too much or too little thyroid hormone or cortisol; Brain Lesions (tumors, collections of blood called subdural hematomas, and abscesses); Infection (meningitis, encephalitis, syphilis, to name a few); Impaired cerebral spinal fluid flow causing normal Read on »

Differences in brain structure indicate risk for developing Alzheimer's disease by Bob DeMarco Patient Expert

Posted Wed 13 Apr 2011 10:18pm groups, researchers from Rush University Medical Center and Massachusetts General Hospital (MGH) found that, among individuals in whom specific brain structures were thinnest... Subtle differences in brain anatomy among older individuals with normal cognitive skills may be able to predict both the risk of developing Alzheimer's disease Read on »

Autism Severity Differences Related To Autism Brain Structure Differences by Harold L D. Patient Expert

Posted Sun 04 Sep 2011 6:48am mapped a topography of the autistic brain so clearly that they have been able to identify a relationship between severity of autism symptoms and severity of brain-structure... of brain-structure differences and the severity of autism symptoms," said Vinod Menon, PhD, a professor of psychiatry and behavioral sciences and of neurology and neurological Read on »

Meditation Modifies Brain Structure to Yield Psychological Improvements by WorldHealth.net Posted Mon 07 Feb 2011 12:55am Massachusetts General Hospital (Massachusetts, USA), and colleagues studied the role of a mindfulness meditation program on brain structure, and resultant psychological changes. Sixteen..., Volume 191, Issue 1, 30 January 2011, Pages 36-43. Meditation Modifies Brain Structure to Yield Psychological Improvements Read on »

Brain structure invests us with sense of personal space by Leslie M. Healthy Living Professional

Posted Mon 31 Aug 2009 10:55pm "Washington, Aug 31 (IANS) Neuro scientists have pinpointed the brain structure regulating our sense of personal space, possibly opening the way to a better understanding of autism and other disorders. The structure, the amygdala - a pair of almond-shaped regions located in the brain - was previously known to process strong negative emotions Read on »

Cerebral spinal fluid guides stem cell development in the brain | Science Codex by David Granovsky Posted Tue 01 Mar 2011 12:00am Cerebral spinal fluid guides stem cell development in the brain Cerebrospinal fluidthe clear and watery substance that bathes the brain and spinal cordis much... conceived of before.” Source: Howard Hughes Medical Institute via Cerebral spinal fluid guides stem cell development in the brain | Science Codex . Read on »