The preliminary study found that measures of hyperactivity, inattention, and impulsivity dropped by 56.4 percent in the patient group with high scores of ADHD, while by 66.3 percent in the group with low symptomatic signs 48 hours after the session with Empowered Brain. In the framework of the clinical trial, children, adolescents and young adults with...
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Researchers Link Defects in a Nuclear Receptor in the Brain to Autism Spectrum Disorders
Two University of Houston scientists are reporting that defects in a portion of the brain’s hippocampus, called the dentate gyrus, is regulated by the nuclear receptor LXRβ (Liver X receptor Beta). The dentate gyrus, or DG, is responsible for emotion and memory and is known to be involved in autism spectrum disorders (ASD). Margaret Warner,...
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Mother’s stress affects the baby through amniotic fluid
If the mother is stressed over a longer period of time during pregnancy, the concentration of stress hormones in amniotic fluid rises, as proven by an interdisciplinary team of researchers from the University of Zurich. Short-term stress situations, however, do not seem to have an unfavorable effect on the development of the fetus. The...
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TO TREAT ADHD, PARENTS TURN FROM DRUGS TO DIET
Parents concerned about the potential lifelong dependency of some ADHD drugs tinker with their kids diets to solve behavioral problems. Shortly after Mark Carey was diagnosed with attention-deficit/hyperactivity disorder (ADHD) as a kindergartner, he was prescribed Concerta, a stimulant medication similar to Adderall or Ritalin. But Mark’s mother, Rachel, was concerned about the side effects—Mark...
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The relationship between autism is disorder, anxiety and ADHD in children unveiled
Children with Autism spectrum disorder experience internal and external problems at higher rates than a normally developing child. These problems could worsen social impairment, according to the researchers with the Virginia Tech center for Autism Research. The study published in the Journal of Autism and Developmental Disorders, compared social impairment scores in 57 children. (3-17...
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Researchers disentangle relationship between autism spectrum disorder, anxiety, and ADHD in children
Children with autism spectrum disorder (ASD) experience internalizing and externalizing problems at higher rates than typically developing children, which could worsen social impairment, according to researchers with the Virginia Tech Center for Autism Research. The study, published in the Journal of Autism and Developmental Disorders, compared social impairment scores in 57 children (3-17 years, 82.5 percent male) with...
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Cracking the brain’s genetic code to prevent neurological and psychiatric diseases
The network will provide data from 800 scientists and the brain diseases they study, which are represented on this map in different colors. An international network of neurologists, geneticists and researchers led by the Keck School of Medicine of USC is cracking the human genetic code so that one day people could check their...
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Studies uncover long-term effects of traumatic brain injury
Doctors are beginning to get answers to the question that every parent whose child has had a traumatic brain injury (TBI) wants to know: What will my child be like 10 years from now? In a study to be presented Friday Feb. 10 at the annual meeting of the Association of Academic Physiatrists in Las...