Have you ever been curious why some people are able to keep their memory sharp without much effort, where the rest of us have to do all we can to ensure that we keep our cognitive abilities from declining? A new study presented by Changiz Geula, PhD, (principal investigator of the Northwestern University Super Aging [...]
By Dr. Bernard Croisile
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Also posted in Alzheimers, Cognitive Neuroscience, neural connections
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Tagged Alzheimer's Disease, Brain health, Brain Research, brain science, brain tangles, cognitive improvement, memory loss, mild cognitive impairment, Tau Protiens
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August 11, 2009 – 5:35 pm
You may find this primer about brain development and functioning, created by the Society of Neuroscience quite interesting. They are a nonprofit organization of scientists and physicians who study the brain and nervous system and whose mission it to research and educate. The primer is called Brain Facts. It’s written with a non-medical audience in [...]
By Dr. Michel Noir
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Also posted in Brain Decline, Brain anatomy and imaging, Brain health, Cognitive Neuroscience, Health & Wellness, Mind/Body
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Tagged Add new tag, Brain Research, brain science, brain strength, Brain Training, memory loss, mild cognitive impairment, neural pathways
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Now, according to a study published on April 3 in the journal Science, researchers from University of Wisconsin-Madison School of Medicine and Public Health found more evidence that sleep resets the brain to allow more growth and learning the next day. Read about their fascinating research here. So get a good night’s sleep – your [...]
By Dr. Bernard Croisile
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Also posted in Brain Decline, Brain Fitness Websites, Brain Research, Brain exercises, Brain health, Cognitive Neuroscience, Cognitive Training, Lifelong learning, Mental Health, neural connections, plasticity
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Tagged Add new tag, Brain health, Brain Research, neural connections, plasticity, sleep
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October 31, 2008 – 5:25 pm
The 15 Fruits & Vegetables from yesterday’s Splitwords puzzle are these:
beetroot – carrot – grape – kiwi – kumquat – lemon – mango – melon – mulberry – parsley – pepper – pumpkin – raspberry – rhubarb – spinach
Did you get them all?
As you may have seen, this week we announced a relationship with the French National Research Center and the Pierre & Marie Curie University (UPMC) at La Pitié-Salpétrière Hospital in Paris. The research program aims to measure the positive effects of HAPPYneuron‘s products on the cognitive rehabilitation of patients suffering from depression and Alzheimer’s disease. [...]
According to the Alzheimer’s Association as many as 5 million Americans are living with Alzheimer’s disease. Alzheimer’s destroys brain cells, causing problems with memory, thinking and behavior severe enough to affect work, lifelong hobbies or social life. Alzheimer’s gets worse over time, and it is fatal. Today it is the seventh-leading cause of death in [...]
A group of researchers at the Howard Hughes Medical Institute in Maryland have found that when brain cells in the hippocampus communicate with each other, the signal that travels from an axon to a dendritic spine simultaneously stimulates multiple other spines in the same neighborhood. This multiple transmission of information may help us learn and [...]
January 16, 2008 – 10:28 am
It is now well known that, for rodents, physical exercise is beneficial for brain health. Indeed, mice allowed to freely run on an exercise wheel grow more new neurons that mice not allowed to move freely. Importantly, these new neurons grow in an area crucial for memory formation: the hippocampus.
Neurogenesis (the birth and development of [...]
January 1, 2008 – 3:11 pm
I thought to share with you a recent interview with Founder Dr. Bernard Croisile, Neurologist, Neuropsychologist and Happy Neuron’s Chief Scientist, about age related brain decline and what can be done.
As we age, what issues do people most complain about?
When we age, certain cognitive difficulties are usually more annoying than really hindering. These difficulties are [...]
By Laura Fay
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Also posted in Alzheimers, Brain Fitness Websites, Brain Training, Brain exercises, Brain health, Cognitive Neuroscience, Cognitive Training, Concentration, Health & Wellness, Mind Fitness, Neuropsychology
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October 19, 2007 – 8:45 am
Have you ever wondered why you remember so vividly that argument you had with your boss 3 months ago or the first time you kissed your husband or wife?
If yes, you may have thought that your memory for these events was vivid because they occurred when you were experiencing a strong emotion: anger or happiness.
And [...]