"Stress hormones act on the brain to remodel it and change it, " McEwen said.
One large area of research is in plaques of beta amyloid which form on the brain.
It is believed that this may contribute to the excess water on the brain.
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Current BSE-tests can only be applied on the brain of a dead animal during a post-mortem.
It would be "premature to conclude that migraine has hazardous effects on the brain, " he writes.
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Hands-free mobile phone kits can significantly reduce the effects on the brain, according to research.
It takes just seven seconds for the nicotine released by a lozenge to impact on the brain.
But whether light recreational use has long-term effects on the brain, and how, is still hotly debated.
For a coming exhibit on the brain, BBH sold out its 15 available spots in just two months.
The new fast-acting drugs act on the brain in an entirely different way than the current popular antidepressants.
More research is desperately needed to understand the effects of diet, including omega-3 fatty acids, on the brain.
And the effect on the brain is different: with nicotine, the more you smoke, the more you want.
Norgrove, 31, died from bleeding on the brain eight days after collapsing at The Ring in Blackfriars, south London.
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Thames Valley Police said the post-mortem examination found the cause of death to be a bleed on the brain.
The Gamelan Project is part of a growing body of research into the effects of music on the brain.
He has done research at the Harvard School of Public Health on the brain drain of doctors out of India.
Giffords had hydrocephalus after she was shot, a condition where an excess of cerebral-spinal fluid puts pressure on the brain.
This puts oxidative stress on the brain and risks undoing all the good work those antioxidants have been up to.
As knowledge of the brain expands, it may become more possible to map music's influence on the brain and brain development.
He was treated for bleeding on the brain following the bout against Sedgley's Tom Bowen at The Ring in Blackfriars, south London.
Other companies focus more specifically on the brain connection to arousal disorder.
While every sports fan appreciates the power of hope, few comprehend the zombie-like power variable rewards can have on the brain.
We know a great deal about the short-term effects of Xanax (generic name is alprazolam) and other benzodiazepine medications on the brain.
The author, who is a clinical psychologist, deftly weaves in a primer on the brain's inner workings into the hunt for the cadet's killer.
The research suggests that in some narcolepsy patients the immune system produces antibodies which inflict damage on the brain tissues, and trigger symptoms of narcolepsy.
The next step is simple, but perhaps hard on the brain and heart-compare what you actually do with what you actually want and examine the differences.
"Don't hold your breath for the silver bullet, " said Dr. Brody, who has studied the effects of various media on the brain for the past 40 years.
It provides more evidence that what's going on in the rest of the body, from inflammation to belly fat, can have major effects on the brain, he added.
Unlike Xenical, previous diet drugs, such as Redux and Phenfluramine, best known as the "phen" in Fen-Phen, worked on the brain to control the body's feeling of "fullness".
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Neurologically, scientists are still working to understand boredom's effects on the brain, but they theorize that the state involves a failure in the neural networks that control attention.
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