It’s a survival trait burned into our brain. We are powerless to stop it. OK, at least that’s the excuse you can use when you slap down your credit card for two grand. Researchers have found that our sense of adventure – our desire to try new things – used to help us survive. Now [...]
Archive for July, 2008
That urge to buy a new plasma TV? You can’t help it.
Posted in Brain games, Health, Memory, Mental stimulation, Neurology, tagged Brain games, brain research, dopamine, Neurology, survival, ventral striatum on July 28, 2008 | 1 Comment »
Zap! Take that, Mr. Depression!
Posted in Brain games, Health, Mental stimulation, Neurology, tagged brain fitness, Brain games, Brodmann Area 25, depression, electrical stimulation, electroconvulsive therapy, Paxil, St. Jude Medical, Zoloft on July 21, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
Forget the Zoloft, Lexapro and Paxil. Here’s a new treatment for severe depression. A pulse generator is implanted near the collarbone which is connected to small electrical wires. The wires are tunneled deep into the brain and deliver electrical stimulation to a specific part of the brain known as Brodmann Area 25. It sounds Clockwork [...]
Top ten good mood foods
Posted in Brain games, Brain Healthy Food, Health, Memory, Mental stimulation, Neurology, Stress relief, tagged avocados, blood pressure, Brain games, brain healthy foods, carbohydrates, chocolate, concentration, eggs, endorphins, energy food, folic acid, glucose, lentils, magnesium, Memory, milk, monosaturated fats, oatmeal, Omega-3s, pineapple, salmon, serotonin, spinach, walnuts, water, whey protein, whole grains on July 15, 2008 | 1 Comment »
I feel good, like I know that I should. And eating certain foods can make you feel even better. Here’s some suggestions from registered dietician Keri Glassman of KKG Body Fuel in New York City. For more energy 1. Water Water is essential to all of your functions, particularly converting food into energy. The most [...]
Curing alcoholism with a drug from the 60’s.
Posted in Brain games, Health, Neurology, tagged alcoholism, Brain games, Dorit Ron, GDNF, glial cells, ibocaine, neuroprotein on July 8, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
This drug erases all cravings for alcohol. Molecular biologist Dorit Ron from the University of California at San Francisco and her research colleagues are investigating a neuroprotein known as glial cell-derived neurotropic factor (GDNF), a protein that is made by nerve cells and glial cells – types of brain cells. GDNF is important for development [...]
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