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LearningRx reviews study on exercise after stroke

May 31, 2017 by

Exercise can significantly improve brain function after stroke In a study of 735 stroke survivors, researchers found that structured physical activity training significantly improved cognitive deficits regardless of the length of the program....

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LearningRx reviews evidence that brain resets during sleep

May 27, 2017 by

Visual evidence that the brain resets during sleep Microscopic images showed researchers how the synapses between two nerve cells shrink during sleep and grow when we’re awake....

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LearningRx reviews study on dementia and air pollution

May 25, 2017 by

One-fifth of dementia cases may be caused by air pollution Research published in the journal Translational Psychiatry indicates that exposure to high levels of tiny air pollution particles that are up to 2.5 micrometers in diameter increase an older...

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LearningRx reviews ADHD study

May 23, 2017 by

Study confirms differences in brain regions in people with ADHD Funded by the National Institutes of Health, the largest imaging study of its kind has found that people with ADHD have different brains. The differences are especially prominent in...

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LearningRx reviews calcium imbalance link to Alzheimer’s

May 21, 2017 by

Calcium imbalance within brain cells may trigger Alzheimer’s A research team has discovered that in Alzheimer’s-affected tissue, sodium-calcium exchanger levels were extremely low, leaving few transporter proteins to remove calcium ions from a neuron’s mitochondria to prevent an excessive...

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LearningRx reviews autism study

May 19, 2017 by

Autism more common in people whose brains are male-like A new study published in the journal JAMA Psychiatry indicates that it’s not just biological sex that determines a higher likelihood of autism, but also brain features that are more...

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LearningRx reviews autism link to high-risk babies

May 17, 2017 by

Algorithm predicts whether high-risk babies will develop autism A team of researchers from Carolina Institute for Developmental Disabilities at the University of North Carolina have designed a process that uses MRI scans, a computer program and an algorithm to...

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