Pediatric ritalin use may affect developing brain, new study suggests
...-- and in the hypothalamus, a center for appetite, arousal and addictive behaviors. Dr. Milner stressed that, at this point in their research, it's just too early to say whether the changes noted in the Ritalin-exposed brain would be of either benefit or harm to humans. "One thing to remember is that t...Accident-prone? Scientists link brain function to knee injuries
...ld, he said. There is likely an optimal state of arousal for each individual to maximize performance and injury avoidance, but future studies will have to determine the relationship between our results and anxiety, Swanik added. A follow-up study is now under way in UD's state-of-the-art Human Performanc...Sleep apnea increases risk of diabetes and hypertension in pregnant women
...g sleep. Periods of apnea end with a brief partial arousal that may disrupt sleep hundreds of times a night. Obesity is a major risk factor for sleep apnea. The most effective treatment for sleep apnea is an apparatus called nasal CPAP, for continuous positive airway pressure, which delivers air through a m...Food cue-related brain activity linked to obesity?
...tion and emotion, and more basic abilities such as arousal and energy balance. The pattern of activation differs from that elicited by neutral cues, and may well contribute to a conditioned motivational state that can lead to excessive food intake. ...Brain networks strengthened by closing ion channels
...y disorder (ADHD). "Our data reveal how the brains arousal systems influence the cognitive networks that subserve working memorywhich plays a key role in abstract thinking, planning, and organizing, as well as suppressing attention to distracting stimuli," said Amy Arnsten, lead author and neurobiology profe...News tips from the Journal of Neuroscience
...-dependent cortical activity ranging from sleep to arousal to hypersynchronous activity in some types of seizures. This week, Rigas et al. examined one of the manifestations of rhythmic activity, the slow oscillation of so-called Up and Down states in cortical neurons in brain slices. The authors recorded fr...Is bigger better? Breast surgery linked to boost in self-esteem and sexuality
...ire (a 78.6 percent increase from initial scores), arousal (81 percent increase) and satisfaction (57 percent increase). Figueroa-Haas did point out that a small number of participants showed no change in their levels of self-esteem or sexuality after surgery. With a heightened interest in mens sexuality i...Out-of-body experiences may be caused by arousal system disturbances in brain
...e may seem far-fetched to some, but for those with arousal system disturbances in their brains, it may not be...eep. Nelson suggests that phenomena in the brain's arousal system, which regulates different states of consciousness including REM sleep and wakefulness, may b...Male sweat boosts women's hormone levels
...gnes - changed mood, sexual arousal, physiological arousal and brain activation in women. Yet, contrary to ...though its effect on a woman's mood, physiological arousal and brain activity suggests that the chemical is a possible pheromone-like signal in humans, its eff...News tips from the Journal of Neuroscience
...mood, physiological arousal, and subjective sexual arousal compared to control subjects. In addition, cortisol levels were higher in the saliva of women who smelled AND, consistent with an effect of this chemosignal on hormonal state. Seems male sweat might just have a use after all. 4. Isoflurane-Indu...Prenatal cocaine's lasting cellular effects
...nt." These children often exhibit attention and arousal problems, similar to children with attention deficit hyperactivity disorder (ADHD). However, the standard treatments for ADHD -- Ritalin and other stimulants -- are not always effective in these children. Studying the effects of prenatal cocaine e...The secret women keep from themselves
...ished desire can actually be a time of heightened arousal and desire because of more personal freedom and fewer childrearing responsibilities. Written with Robin Cantor-Cooke, Satisfaction is based on Dr. Clayton's extensive research and clinical experience with thousands of women. The book provides gui...A potential biological cause for sudden infant death syndrome
...egulates breathing, blood pressure, body heat, and arousal in babies who died from SIDS. SIDS is the leadi...brainstem, which in turn stimulate respiratory and arousal centers in the brain so that the baby doesn't asphyxiate. "A normal baby will wake up, turn its h...Prescription pain medication abuse on surprising increase, with unexpected geographic distribution
.... "Processes such as learning, memory, perception, arousal and motivation all drastically change, and to classify abuse purely as 'pleasure seeking' is a gross oversimplification." The surprising results from the study should offer something of a wake-up call to physicians and other health care workers eve...Thermal imaging shatters arousal gender gap myth
...chnology for the first time ever to measure sexual arousal rates has turned the conventional wisdom that wome...y than men on its head. "Comparing sexual arousal between men and women, we see that there is no difference in the amount of time it takes healthy you......by the unexpectedness of a stimulus, the emotional arousal it causes, or the need to respond behaviorally. The SN/VTA exerts a major influence on learning because it is functionally linked to both the hippocampus, which is the brain's learning center, and the amygdala, the center for processing emotional inf...ACS News Service Weekly PressPac -- July 19, 2006
...d solar cell Toward a drug for female sexual arousal disorder Progress on a "bio-glue" for corn...n ARTICLE #2 Toward a drug for female sexual arousal disorder Journal of Medicinal Chemistry A heart drug that went into clinical trials in the 1990s ha...Studies suggest new brain protein may help in treating schizophrenia, insomnia and anxiety
...een how NPS is unique, being able to modulate both arousal and stress responses. So it could potentially be a target for drugs to treat anxiety and, interestingly, both insomnia and narcolepsy," he added. The receptor for NPS belongs to a class of those with similar structure called G protein-coupled recepto...People with near death experiences can differ in sleep-wake control
...ve had near death experiences often have different arousal systems controlling the sleep-wake states than peo...People who have near death experiences may have an arousal system that predisposes them to REM intrusion." Nelson said several other factors support this hypot...Prenatal nicotine exposure reduces breathing response of newborns...
...drome (SIDS), obstructive sleep apnea and impaired arousal responses during sleep. "Our laboratory is particularly interested in the strong association between maternal smoking on the one hand, and the increased incidence of infantile SIDS and obstructive sleep apnea on the other." In the current study ...