Hippocampus - Articles
Can MRI Scans Predict Outcome in Depression?
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Dr. Shock
... cent review including studies examining the relations between imaging and clinical outcome in patients with depression:In general, patients who remit have larger pretreatment hippocampus volumes bilaterally compared with those who do not remit.One of the major drawbacks of these kind of studies is the lack of proof of causality. Even in longitudina ...
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ON wounds- old and new
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Larry Drain
... e itself was in danger.After a lot of prayer she decided that she wanted to go on with the surgery. I dont think either of us saw any options at the time. They took out her hippocampus and her amygdala. We hoped that it meant seizures were gone. It didnt. 4 years later she was in Vanderbilt Hospital having over 100 seizures a day. With lots ...
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The Functional Neuroanatomy of Depression
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Dr. Shock
... u, C. (2009). Prognostic and Diagnostic Potential of the Structural Neuroanatomy of Depression PLoS ONE, 4 (7) DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0006353Related posts on this blog:The Hippocampus and DepressionRelated posts:New Kind of Brain Stimulation for Treatment Resistant DepressionIn a recent online publication about another form of...Marriage and Dep ...
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ON the habits of doctors
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Larry Drain
... dquo; we hoped for never came close to happening. What she did get though was a whole host of disabilities she never had before the surgery. They took out her amygdala and hippocampus. Her short term memory was destroyed. Her brain frequently “shuts down” and she cant process. At times she cant read with any comprehension. She co ...
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Alcohol Black Out: Does it Mean You Are An Alcoholic?
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addictiondoc
... ce a black out. Women are at greater risk for both black outs and even milder forms of memory impairment that alcohol can cause. The part of the brain that is damaged is the hippocampus where memories are formed.What causes a black out?Drinking too muchDrinking too fast (ex. binge drinking)Drinking on an empty stomach.The quicker your blood alcoho ...
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The 1000 Year Old Brain? Can They Last?
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Al Fin ..
... nd your finger an hour or two ago. Long term memory is for remembering things that happened to you more than a day or so ago. These memories are formed and farmed out by the hippocampus, and the system usually works well for a lifespan of 70 or 80 years. But what happens when we live 1,000 years, and desperately need to remember something that ha ...
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In The News: Excess Weight Goes To Your Head
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Andy B.
... brain tissue in the frontal and temporal lobes, areas of the brain critical for planning and memory, and in the anterior cingulate gyrus (attention and executive functions), hippocampus (long-term memory) and basal ganglia (movement).”3 CommentsAlzheimer's, obesity, overweight
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New Brain Cells May Knock Out Old Memories
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Brian Ahier
Old memories may get the boot from new brain cells.A new rodent study shows that newborn neurons destabilize established connections among existing brain cells in the hippocampus, a part of the brain involved in learning and memory. Clearing old memories from the hippocampus makes way for new learning, researchers from Japan suggest in the ...
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Grandiose...??
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annhertel
... ress responses (part of endocrin system), and "neuro" junk (the cellular biological bases of PTSD, such as the crap that happens when too much cortisol beats up the hippocampus. Crap, I just yawned. Bed time, will write more tomorrow.
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