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Prenatal alcohol exposure alters development of brain function

Researchers from The Saban Research Institute suggest neural basis for symptoms of fetal alcohol spectrum disorders In the first study of its kind, Prapti Gautam, PhD, and colleagues from The Saban Research Institute of Children's Hospital Los Angeles found that children with fetal alcohol spectrum disorders (FASD) showed weaker brain activation during specific cognitive tasks than their unaffected counterparts.
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Weekly consumption of baked or broiled fish, regardless of omega-3 levels, boosts brain health

Eating baked or broiled fish once a week is good for the brain, regardless of how much omega-3 fatty acid it contains, according to researchers at the University of Pittsburgh School of Medicine. The findings, published online recently in the American Journal of Preventive Medicine, add to growing evidence that lifestyle factors contribute to brain health later in life.
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Researchers identify potential gene that may increase risk of Alzheimer’s disease in African Americans

Researchers from Boston University School of Medicine (BUSM) report that two rare variants in the AKAP9 genesignificantly increase the risk of Alzheimer's disease (AD) in African-Americans.
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Why patients with autism spectrum disorder are not sensitive to 'being imitated'

A Japanese research group led by Prof Norihiro Sadato, a professor of the National Institute for Physiological Sciences (NIPS), National Institutes of Natural Sciences (NINS), has found that people with autism spectrum disorders (ASD) have decreased activity in an area in the brain critical for understanding if his/her movement was imitated by others.
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Declining intelligence in old age linked to visual processing

Researchers have uncovered one of the basic processes that may help to explain why some people's thinking skills decline in old age. Age-related declines in intelligence are strongly related to declines on a very simple task of visual perception speed, the researchers report in the Cell Press journal Current Biology on August 4.
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Glucose ‘control switch’ in the brain key to both types of diabetes

Researchers at Yale School of Medicine have pinpointed a mechanism in part of the brain that is key to sensing glucose levels in the blood, linking it to both type 1 and type 2 diabetes.
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The social origins of intelligence in the brain

By studying the injuries and aptitudes of Vietnam War veterans who suffered penetrating head wounds during the war, scientists are tackling- and beginning to answer- longstanding questions about how the brain works.
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Insular cortex alterations in mouse models of autism

Scientists unravel a neural circuit that could play an important role in autism The insular cortex is an integral "hub," combining sensory, emotional and cognitive content. Not surprisingly, alterations in insular structure and function have been reported in many psychiatric disorders, such as anxiety disorders, depression, addiction and autism spectrum disorders (ASD).
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New mapping approach lets scientists zoom in and out as the brain processes sound

Researchers at Johns Hopkins have mapped the sound-processing part of the mouse brain in a way that keeps both the proverbial forest and the trees in view. Their imaging technique allows zooming in and out on views of brain activity within mice, and it enabled the team to watch brain cells light up as mice "called" to each other.
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Monoamine oxidase A: biomarker for postpartum depression

Postpartum mood swings correlated with high monoamine oxidase A binding Many women suffer from baby blues after giving birth. Some even develop full-blown postpartum depression in the weeks that follow.
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