UW-Madison brain scan studies seek to pinpoint signs of Alzheimer’s
Check out this article about studies that use brain scans to measure activity that will hopefully lead to breakthroughs in Alzheimer’s research. NTP trainers Sterling Johnson, Barb Bendlin, and Brad Christian are featured in this …
December 18, 2019UW-Madison professor develops Kindness Curriculum
NTP trainer Richard Davidson developed the mindfulness-based Kindness Curriculum for preschoolers to help them pay closer attention to their emotions. Kids learning the Kindness Curriculum also had a better attention span, better grades, and showed …
September 23, 2019How Exercise Lowers the Risk of Alzheimer’s by Changing Your Brain
NTP trainer Ozioma Okonkwo’s latest findings show that improvements in aerobic fitness mitigated the slowing down of how neurons breakdown glucose, which is one of the physiological brain changes associated with Alzheimer’s. “We are carrying …
August 29, 2019Targeting Mitochondria in Human Fragile X Syndrome Neurons
NTP trainer Xinyu Zhao explains her research on Fragile X syndrome in the video below!
August 19, 2019UW study: Major surgery’s impact on brain is smaller than feared
In a study he recently authored, NTP trainer Robert Sanders found that on average, people’s cognition is “pretty much the same” after a major operation as compared to before. Results indicated that having major surgery …
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