... researchers found that exposure to lead as a child was linked with brain volume loss in adulthood, especially in men. ... M, et al. (2008) Decreased brain volume in adults with childhood lead exposure. ...
... subjective memory complaints were linked to smaller brain volumes. Because occasional memory lapses ... chronic head pain, or mild traumatic brain injury.
"To further strengthen the possible connection ...
... alcohol may also attenuate age-related declines in brain volume.
Carol Ann Paul, M. ... relationship between alcohol consumption and total cerebral brain volume."
Although men were more likely to drink ...
... verbal learning, this did not correlate with regional brain volumes in either group," the authors write ... daily use might indeed be toxic to human brain tissue. Further prospective, longitudinal research ...
... . Evidence shows decreasing brain volume is tied to poorer cognitive performance, so preserving more brain volume may translate into better cognitive performance," Burns said.
"This is one of the ...
... that the redistribution of foetal blood flow, indicative of placental insufficiency, leads to smaller brain volume in preterm infants at term equivalent age. In this situation the foetus directs a ...
... meat, fish and milk, may protect against brain volume loss in older people, according to a study ... milk may be something we can easily adjust to prevent brain shrinkage and so perhaps save our memory ...
... prevent heart disease.
Researchers took MRI brain scans of 1,400 women ages 71 ... or without progestin had smaller brain volumes in two areas of the brain than the women who had taken a placebo. Brain ...
... cerebrospinal fluid (CSF) had reduced whole brain volumes, suggesting that Alzheimer's changes might ... decreased CSF A-beta 42, the size of the brain was smaller.
In addition to A-beta 42, researchers ...
... with lower levels of a substance known as amyloid beta 42 in their cerebrospinal fluid had reduced whole brain volumes, suggesting that Alzheimer's changes might already be damaging their brains.
... Converging evidence from magnetic resonance imaging, head circumference and postmortem studies suggests that brain volume enlargement is a characteristic feature of autism, with its onset most likely ...
... controlled for hearing loss. The older adults who had the most difficulty recognizing words also had the least brain volume in a region of auditory cortex called Heschl's gyrus/superior temporal gyrus ...
... surrounding the nerve fibers that impair their function -- than nonsmokers with MS, and also had less brain volume. Smoking also was associated with increased physical disability, as measured by the ...
... because it plays major roles in controlling brain development. Past studies with mice have shown ... established between natural genetic variations and brain volume. Though brain size has long been tied ...
... carrying a risk-allele of the ApoE4 gene had reduced cognitive performance, decreased brain volume in the hippocampus and amygdala (regions important for memory processing), and decreased white ...
