Share of Cost: Study Reveals Possible Brain Damage In Young Adult Binge-Drinkers
Friday, Oct. 7th 2011 6:40 AM
It’s considered a rite of passage among young people acting out their independence through heavy, episodic drinking. But a new University of Cincinnati study, the first of its kind nationally, is showing how binge drinking among adolescents and young adults could be causing serious damage to a brain that’s still under development at this age.
Related posts:
- Share of Cost, Young Adult Binge-Drinkers May Be Damaging Their Brains It’s considered a rite of passage among young people – acting out their independence through heavy, episodic drinking. But a new University of Cincinnati study, the first of its kind nationally, is showing how binge drinking among adolescents and young adults could be causing serious damage to a brain that’s still under development at this […]...
- Share of Cost, Brain Imaging Study Of Preschoolers With ADHD Detects Brain Differences Linked To Symptoms In a study published today in the Clinical Neuropsychologist (e-publication ahead of print), researchers from the Kennedy Krieger Institute found differences in the brain development of preschool children with symptoms of Attention-deficit/Hyperactivity Disorder (ADHD)....
- Washington Share of Cost, Brain Study Highlights Role Of Dopamine In Impulsive Behavior It’s a common scenario: you’re on a diet, determined to give up eating cakes, but as you pass the cake counter, all resolve disappears… Now, scientists at the Wellcome Trust Centre for Neuroimaging at UCL (University College London) have shed light on the brain processes that affect our will power and make us act impulsively....
- Share of Cost, The Importance Of Timing In Ensuring Healthy Brain Development Share of Cost, The Importance Of Timing In Ensuring Healthy Brain Development...
- Share of Cost: City And Country People’s Brain Structures Respond Differently To Social Stress We all knew that city dwellers are more susceptible to mental disorders than their rural counterparts – a new study has shown that specific brain structures respond differently to social stress, depending on whether you are an urban or countryside dweller, researchers from the University of Heidelberg’s Central Institute of Mental Health, Mannheim, Germany, reported […]...
- Weaker Brain "Sync" May Be Early Sign Of Autism In a novel imaging study of sleeping toddlers, scientists at the University of California, San Diego Autism Center of Excellence report that a diminished ability of a young brain’s hemispheres to “sync” with one another could be a powerful, new biological marker of autism, one that might enable an autism diagnosis at a very young […]...
- Share of Cost, World’s Largest ADHD Study Underway At UQ, Australia Brisbane researchers are almost halfway through the biggest ever study into Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder (ADHD) – and they are seeking additional research participants. Queensland Brain Institute neuroscientists are hoping to study more than 600 families, as they work towards identifying risk genes for the disorder....
- A Set Of Brain Proteins Is Found To Play A Role In Over 100 Brain Diseases And Provides A New Insight Into Evolution Of Behavior A Set Of Brain Proteins Is Found To Play A Role In Over 100 Brain Diseases And Provides A New Insight Into Evolution Of Behavior...
- Share of Cost, Self-Esteem Rated By Youth To Be More Important Than Sex, Paychecks Share of Cost, elf-Esteem Rated By Youth To Be More Important Than Sex, Paychecks...
- Share of Cost, Imaging Study Shows Love Can Last Can science prove that romantic love can last? A new study led by Bianca Acevedo, Ph.D., and Arthur Aron, Ph.D., of the Department of Psychology at Stony Brook University, and colleagues, compared the neural correlates of long-term married and in love individuals with individuals who had recently fallen in love. They discovered highly similar brain […]...
- Researchers Uncover Step In Brain Events Leading Up To Addiction A regulatory protein best known for its role in a rare genetic brain disorder also may play a critical role in cocaine addiction, according to a recent study in rats, funded by the National Institute on Drug Abuse (NIDA), a component of the National Institutes of Health. The study was published in the journal Nature […]...
- Perspectives on Supporting Adolescents and Young Adults with Learning Disabilities Perspectives on Supporting Adolescents and Young Adults with Learning Disabilities ...
- Gene Linked To ADHD Allows Memory Task To Be Interrupted By Brain Regions Tied To Daydreaming Neuroscientists at Georgetown University Medical Center (GUMC) say brain scans show that a gene nominally linked to attention deficit hyperactivity disorder (ADHD) leads to increased interference by brain regions associated with mind wandering during mental tasks....
- New Technology Reveals A Unique Vocal Signature In Autism A new automated vocal analysis technology could fundamentally change the study of language development as well as the screening for autism spectrum disorders and language delay, reports a study in the July 19 online Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences…...
Posted on Friday, Oct. 7th 2011 6:40 AM | by Share of Cost | in Share of Cost | No Comments »