Neuroscience
Described in an NIH press release earlier today:
Cognitive and Emotional Health Project.
From the website:
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Anthony H. Risser | neuroscience | neuropsychology | brain
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- The Healthy Brain Initiative: Promoting Cognitive Health
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Neuroscience
The Healthy Brain: Cognitive and Emotional Health Project
Described in an NIH press release earlier today:
Cognitive and Emotional Health Project.
From the website:
"Three Institutes, the National Institute on Aging (NIA), the National Institute of Mental Health (NIMH) and the National Institute of Neurological Disorders and Stroke (NINDS), have joined efforts to launch a new trans-NIH initiative, Cognitive and Emotional Health Project: The Healthy Brain. There are now about 45 million Americans over age 60 and 117 million over age 40. Current evidence indicates that a large number of them are at substantial risk for cognitive impairment from many causes as they age. The same is true for emotional disorders. While research into biological mechanisms and environmental and social effects are yielding promising results in both animal and human studies, much remains to be discovered. Advances in understanding the positive and negative changes in cognition and emotion in adulthood, and what can be done to preserve and enhance positive outcomes, is at the core of the missions of the participating Institutes. The overall goal of the "Healthy Brain Project" is to assess the state of longitudinal and epidemiological research on demographic, social and biologic determinants of cognitive and emotional health in aging adults and the pathways by which cognitive and emotional health may reciprocally influence each other. A number of activities have been undertaken to accomplish these goals."
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Anthony H. Risser | neuroscience | neuropsychology | brain
- Dr. Mortimer Mishkin To Be Awarded National Medal Of Science
From an NIH press release: NIMH's Dr. Mortimer Mishkin to be awarded National Medal of Science 12 November 2010 National Institutes of Health intramural researcher Mortimer Mishkin, Ph.D., will be awarded the National Medal of Science at a White House...
- The Healthy Brain Initiative: Promoting Cognitive Health
The Healthy Brain Initiative website. From the website: [snip] "The lack of cognitive health – from mild cognitive decline to dementia—can have profound implications for an individual’s health and well-being. Older adults and others experiencing...
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- Alzheimer’s Disease Neuroimaging Initiative (adni)
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