cognitive function

Stroke: Helping Patients Regain Cognitive Function?

Stroke: Helping patients regain cognitive function?
… of neurology at Vanderbilt University in Nashville; Samir Belagaje, MD, director of stroke rehabilitation at Emory University's Marcus Stroke and Neuroscience Center in Atlanta; and Larry B. Goldstein, MD, director of Duke… Continue reading

What Are the Treatments of Depression?

Question by kristilovestar: What are the treatments of depression?
I need a model for a depression project inside of science. My project is on dysthymic, bipolar, chronic, and long term depression. Can you… Continue reading

Detailed Exams Might Benefit Older Cancer Patients

Detailed exams might benefit older cancer patients
The researchers found that patients who scored well on a simple health scale tied to daily activities were actually struggling in other areas especially relevant to the elderly, like cognitive function, depression, social… Continue reading

Beyondblue – Treatment of Depression

beyondblue – treatment of depression
http://www.theshedonline.org.au/ A/Prof Michael Baigent, Clinical Advisor to beyondblue talks about the treatment of depression.


 

 

Internet Therapy May Help Postnatal Depression
Those who received the internet based treatment reported better results for depression, work… Continue reading

Brain Damage From Serious Fist Fight?

Question by : Brain damage from serious fist fight?
Brain damage from serious fist fight?
Hello, back when I was a young teenager me and my brother would get in serious dirty fights sometimes with family there but most when… Continue reading

Orexin Receptors: Multi-Functional Therapeutic Targets for Sleeping Disorders, Eating Disorders, Drug Addiction, Cancers and Other Physiological Disorders.

Orexin receptors: Multi-functional therapeutic targets for sleeping disorders, eating disorders, drug addiction, cancers and other physiological disorders.

Cell Signal. 2013 Jul 31;
Xu TR, Yang Y, Ward R, Gao L, Liu Y

The orexin peptides (orexin A, orexin B)… Continue reading

Psychomotor and Cognitive Impairments of Children With CHARGE Syndrome: Common and Variable Features.

Psychomotor and cognitive impairments of children with CHARGE syndrome: Common and variable features.

Child Neuropsychol. 2013 Sep; 19(5): 449-65
Lasserre E, Vaivre-Douret L, Abadie V

Objective: We aimed to understand the mechanisms and sources of learning difficulties in children… Continue reading

Emergence of GABAergic-Dependent Regulation of Input-Specific Plasticity in the Adult Rat Prefrontal Cortex During Adolescence.

Emergence of GABAergic-dependent regulation of input-specific plasticity in the adult rat prefrontal cortex during adolescence.

Psychopharmacology (Berl). 2013 Aug 2;
Caballero A, Thomases DR, Flores-Barrera E, Cass DK, Tseng KY

The prefrontal cortex (PFC) receives multiple cortical and subcortical… Continue reading

Lipocalin-2 Is Involved in Emotional Behaviors and Cognitive Function.

Lipocalin-2 is involved in emotional behaviors and cognitive function.

Front Cell Neurosci. 2013; 7: 122
Ferreira AC, Pinto V, Dá Mesquita S, Novais A, Sousa JC, Correia-Neves M, Sousa N, Palha JA, Marques F

Lipocalin-2 (LCN2), an iron-related protein… Continue reading

Depressed at Work? You're Not Alone

Depressed At Work? You're Not Alone
I'd venture that number should be even higher, given the likelihood that many depressed workers keep their feelings to themselves and never seek treatment. They can also cost their employers by being un productive… Continue reading