News tagged with memory impairment
Study finds reduced brain gray matter concentration in patients with severe obstructive sleep apnea
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Feb 01, 2010 |
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A study in the Feb. 1 issue of the journal SLEEP found gray matter concentration deficits in multiple brain areas of people with severe obstructive sleep apnea (OSA). The study suggests that the memory impairment, cardio ...
Chronic sleep loss degrades nighttime performance
Jan 13, 2010 |
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(PhysOrg.com) -- Although the exact function of sleep remains unknown, sleep is clearly necessary for optimal cognitive performance, learning, and memory. Sufficient sleep is also important for cardiovascular, ...
Cell phone exposure may protect against and reverse Alzheimer's disease
Jan 06, 2010 |
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The millions of people who spend hours every day on a cell phone may have a new excuse for yakking. A surprising new study in mice provides the first evidence that long-term exposure to electromagnetic waves ...
3 Questions: Suzanne Corkin on the world's most famous amnesic
Medicine & Health / Neuroscience
Dec 01, 2009 |
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H.M., the well-known amnesic patient whose condition helped scientists understand memory and memory impairment, died a year ago at the age of 82. H.M. (whose full name, Henry Gustav Molaison, was disclosed ...
Alzheimer's art creates lasting memories
Sep 09, 2009 |
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Nine paintings created through an Alzheimer's Association program called Memories in the Making are on display at UCI MIND.
Early warning: Key Alzheimer's brain changes observed in unimpaired older humans
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Jul 29, 2009 |
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New research has uncovered an early disruption in the process of memory formation in older humans who exhibit some early brain changes associated with Alzheimer's disease (AD) but show little or no memory impairment. The ...
Caffeine reverses memory impairment in Alzheimer's mice
Jul 06, 2009 |
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Coffee drinkers may have another reason to pour that extra cup. When aged mice bred to develop symptoms of Alzheimer's disease were given caffeine - the equivalent of five cups of coffee a day - their memory ...
Blood stem cell growth factor reverses memory decline in mice
Medicine & Health / Neuroscience
Jul 01, 2009 |
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A human growth factor that stimulates blood stem cells to proliferate in the bone marrow reverses memory impairment in mice genetically altered to develop Alzheimer's disease, researchers at the University ...
Will individuals with Alzheimer's disease benefit from cataract surgery?
Jun 25, 2009 |
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A multi-institutional team of researchers, led by the Mandel School of Applied Social Sciences at Case Western Reserve University, will begin a five-year, $2.9 million National Institutes of Health-funded study. They will ...
Memory impairment associated with sound processing disorder
Jul 21, 2008 |
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Mild memory impairment may be associated with central auditory processing dysfunction, or difficulty hearing in complex situations with competing noise, such as hearing a single conversation amid several other conversations, ...
