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Eating walnuts may help slow cognitive decline in at-risk groups of the elderly population, according to a study conducted by researchers in California and Spain. Continue reading “Walnuts may slow cognitive decline in at-risk elderly”
This post is a presentation of information, sourced from official publications, on the very interesting subject of Neolithization in Britain. Continue reading “The Neolithic Britons originated from the Aegean”
Dr. Sowell and her team at The Saban Research Institute of Children’s Hospital Los Angeles hypothesized that children in lower income families could be particularly vulnerable to the effects of living in high lead-risk environments. Continue reading “Risk of lead exposure linked to decreased brain volume in adolescents”
A study in Mayo Clinic Proceedings from the German Center for Neurodegenerative Diseases provides new evidence of an association between cardiorespiratory fitness and brain health, particularly in gray matter and total brain volume — regions of the brain involved with cognitive decline and aging. Continue reading “New study finds exercising is good for our brain’s gray matter”
The most common PD treatment today is based on enhancing the activity of the nigro-striatal pathway in the brain with dopamine-modulating therapies, thereby increasing striatal dopamine levels and improving motor impairment associated with the disease. Continue reading “The promise of stem cell technologies for treating Parkinson’s disease”
Princeton researchers have demonstrated a new way of making controllable “quantum wires” in the presence of a magnetic field, according to a study published in Nature. Continue reading “Controllable electron flow in quantum wires”
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