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It has become common to say psychiatric illnesses are brain diseases. This reflects a conception of the mental as being biologically based, though it is also thought that thinking of psychiatric illness this way will reduce the stigma attached to psychiatric illness. If psychiatric illnesses are bra...
Ependymal cells produce CSF (cerebrospinal fluid), which is located within the ventricles of the brain and in the subarachnoid space that surrounds the brain and spinal cord. Aside from allowing the brain to float in the skull, CSF acts as a cushion against traumaand also helps wash away some...
Most complex human traits differ by sex, but we have limited insight into the underlying mechanisms. Here, we investigated the influence of biological sex on protein expression and its genetic regulation in 1,277 human brain proteomes. We found that 13.2% (1,354) of brain proteins had sex-d...
treat illnesses.If some brain disorders start outside the brain,then perhaps treatments for them could also reach in from outside.Treatments that take effect through the digestive system,the heart or other organs,would be much easier and less risky than those that must cross the blood-brain ...
To ensure data reliability, we excluded subjects who reported a history of alcohol/drug abuse or psychiatric or other neurological illnesses. EEG dataset The total dataset involved 2,353 participants. Controls comprised 1,183 participants, including 737 from non-LAC (Turkey, Greece, Italy, UK and...
Diagnosis often begins with a medical history. Your doctor will ask about your symptoms, health habits, and past illnesses and treatments. He or she will also do a neurological exam to check yourreflexes coordination alertness response to pain muscle strength eyesight.Your doctor may also order ...
70 percent of those with neurodegenerative disorders are women, while women also have higher rates of mental illness and other diseases. Heisz explains that women tend to be more susceptible to stress-induced mental illnesses such as anxiety and depression, andresearch has shownthat exercise protects...
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Illnesses Related to TBI TBI can lead to several short-term and long-term illnesses, including Alzheimer’s, Parkinson’s, and epilepsy. These diseases bring along their own set of complications. For example, TBI patients become more prone to Parkinson’s due to the loss of a specific neuron...