Brain functions

Dissociative symptoms can offset brain

With trauma becoming a fact of life, dissociative symptoms that comes with it are also affecting brain in innumerable ways. Dissociation is the mental shift from the current reality. The recent study conducted explained this interwined phenomena. Find out more on this here.

Nov 08, 2022, 12:44 PM IST

Scientists discover protective Alzheimer's gene, develop rapid drug-testing platform

The main challenge in testing Alzheimer`s drugs in clinical trials is that participants need to have symptoms. But once people have symptoms, it is usually too late for treatments to have a significant effect, as many brain cells have already died.

Jul 11, 2020, 02:00 AM IST

Neuroscientists examine the way brain regions function independently, collectively

The latest research from his lab, published in Neuron, could eventually help us determine which abilities are particularly difficult to recover after a traumatic brain injury -- likely because these skills are represented in only one area of the brain -- and which are more resilient.

Jul 11, 2020, 01:52 AM IST

Want to improve your brain function? Start drinking blueberry juice

 If you want to improve your brain functions, then start drinking concentrated blueberyy juice daily.

 

Mar 07, 2017, 19:27 PM IST

Fish oil helps to boost brain functioning, improves mood

A new study finds that fish oil helps to boosts brain functions and also improves mood as it contains Omega-3 fatty acids.

Sep 24, 2016, 21:47 PM IST

Long-term damage seen from brain injuries: large study

The study in the journal PLOS Medicine included some 100,000 children and adolescents in Sweden who were born between 1973 and 1985 and had sustained at least one traumatic brain injury, or TBI, before the age of 25.

Aug 24, 2016, 00:42 AM IST

Gut feeling: Have probiotics for improving brain functions

Next time you gulp down yogurt or a fermented milk drink, remember that millions of 'good' bacteria will pass through your digestive tract to reach the colon not only making your gut strong, they w

Sep 26, 2015, 15:46 PM IST