scholarly journals Music application alleviates short-term memory impairments through increasing cell proliferation in the hippocampus of valproic acid-induced autistic rat pups

2016 ◽  
Vol 12 (3) ◽  
pp. 148-155 ◽  
Author(s):  
Sung-Min Lee ◽  
Bo-Kyun Kim ◽  
Tae-Woon Kim ◽  
Eun-Sang Ji ◽  
Hyun-Hee Choi
Keyword(s):  
Valproic Acid ◽  
Cell Proliferation ◽  
Short Term Memory ◽  
Short Term ◽  
Term Memory ◽  
Memory Impairments ◽  
Rat Pups

Memory impairments and its interaction with environmental factors in children aged 6 to 8 years living in gharb plain (N-w of Morocco)

2011 ◽  
Vol 26 (S2) ◽  
pp. 264-264 ◽  
Author(s):  
F.-Z. Azzaoui ◽  
H. Hami ◽  
A.O.T. Ahami
Keyword(s):  
Working Memory ◽  
Environmental Factors ◽  
Building Materials ◽  
Short Term Memory ◽  
Rural Children ◽  
Short Term ◽  
Term Memory ◽  
North West ◽  
Memory Impairments ◽  
The North

IntroductionThe “Gharb” plain (area of our study) localized in the North-West of Morocco is one of the most important agricultural and industrial regions of the Kingdom. Unfortunately, it suffered from the increase of different polluting human activities which expose the population, especially children, to serious neurobehavioral problems.Objective and aimsEvaluation of the short term memory and working memory in urban, periurban and rural schooled children (aged 6 to 8 years) living in Gharb plain and studying the relationship between the performance in this test and the quality of environment.MethodsMemory Sub-test of WISC III (Wechsler Intelligence Scale for Children) and questionnaire about some environmental conditions.ResultsThe obtained results had shown that 3,64% periurban children and 3,03% rural children suffer from short memory impairments and no impairments in urban children were registered. For working memory, 21,05%, 47,06% and 66,67% of impairments were found in urban, periurban and rural children respectively.Moreover, a significant correlations between the performances of short term memory and building materials (p < 0.05), source of pollution near the school (p < 0.05), and consumption of well water (p < 0.001) were registered.ConclusionsThe memory impairments recorded in these children appeared in connection with environmental factors, but a deeper investigation is needed for studying all these factors, in addition to others (psychological, socio-economical, and nutritional) ones.

scholarly journals Do elite breath-hold divers suffer from mild short-term memory impairments?

2018 ◽  
Vol 43 (3) ◽  
pp. 247-251 ◽  
Author(s):  
François Billaut ◽  
Patrice Gueit ◽  
Sylvane Faure ◽  
Guillaume Costalat ◽  
Frédéric Lemaître
Keyword(s):  
Short Term Memory ◽  
Breath Hold ◽  
Short Term ◽  
Attentional Processing ◽  
Term Memory ◽  
Memory Impairments ◽  
Neurocognitive Functions ◽  
Neuropsychological Tasks ◽  
The Impact

Repeated apneas are associated with severe hypoxemia that may ultimately lead to loss of consciousness in some breath-hold divers. Despite increasing number of practitioners, the relationship between apnea-induced hypoxia and neurocognitive functions is still poorly understood in the sport of free diving. To shed light onto this phenomenon, we examined the impact of long-term breath-hold diving training on attentional processing, short-term memory, and long-term mnesic and executive functions. Thirty-six men matched for age, height, and weight were separated into the following 3 groups: (i) 12 elite breath-hold divers (EBHD), mean static apnea best time 371 s, 105 months mean apnea experience; (ii) 12 novice breath-hold divers, mean best time 243 s, 8.75 months mean apnea experience; and (iii) 12 physical education students with no breath-hold diving experience; all of these participants performed varied written and computerized neuropsychological tasks. Compared with the 2 other groups, the EBHD group was slower to complete the interference card during a Stroop test (F[1,33] = 4.70, p < 0.05), and presented more errors on the interference card (F[1,33] = 2.96, p < 0.05) and a lower total interference score (F[1,33] = 5.64, p < 0.05). The time to complete the interference card test was positively correlated with maximal static apnea duration (r = 0.73, p < 0.05) and the number of years of breath-hold diving training (r = 0.79, p < 0.001). These findings suggest that breath-hold diving training over several years may cause mild, but persistent, short-term memory impairments.

scholarly journals Subjective memory impairment, instrumental activities of daily living and longitudinal effect on mortality among older adults in a population-based cohort study: The HUNT Study

2019 ◽  
Vol 48 (8) ◽  
pp. 825-831 ◽  
Author(s):  
Gro Gujord Tangen ◽  
Ellen Melbye Langballe ◽  
Bjørn Heine Strand
Keyword(s):  
Older Adults ◽  
Mortality Risk ◽  
Daily Living ◽  
Short Term Memory ◽  
Population Based ◽  
Short Term ◽  
Subjective Memory ◽  
Term Memory ◽  
Memory Impairments ◽  
Instrumental Activities

Background: Subjective impairment in memory and instrumental activities in daily living (IADL) are associated with future cognitive decline and poorer mental health in older adults, but their association with mortality is uncertain. Our aim was to examine the associations between subjective memory and IADL impairments and all-cause mortality, as well as the mortality risk for reporting both memory and IADL impairments. Methods: Data from the 70-year-old and older cohort in the third survey of a population-based study, the Nord-Trøndelag Health Study (HUNT3), were linked to the Norwegian Causes of Death Registry. A total of 5802 older adults had complete data from HUNT3 (70.8% of the 70+ cohort). The mean follow-up time was 8.0 years, and 1870 respondents had died. Associations between subjective memory and ADL impairments with mortality were analysed in Cox regression models adjusted for covariates with attained age as the timescale. Analyses were performed separately for two age groups – 70–79 and 80+ years – to fulfil the proportional hazards assumption. Results: Subjective impairments in short-term memory and IADL were significantly associated with mortality both separately and combined. These associations were strongest in the 70- to 79-year-old group, where reporting impairment on one short-term memory item increased the mortality risk by 51% (hazard ratio=1.51; 95% confidence interval 1.20–1.91). Long-term memory impairments were not associated with mortality in the adjusted models. Conclusions: Subjective short-term memory impairments and IADL impairments are associated with increased mortality risk. Neither of these symptoms should be regarded as benign aspects of ageing, and concerns should be properly addressed.

scholarly journals Pentoxifylline Alleviates Perinatal Hypoxic-Ischemia-Induced Short-term Memory Impairment by Suppressing Apoptosis in the Hippocampus of Rat Pups

2016 ◽  
Vol 20 (2) ◽  
pp. 107-113 ◽  
Author(s):  
Je Hoon Park ◽  
Sung Eun Kim ◽  
Jun Jang Jin ◽  
Han Sung Choi ◽  
Chang Ju Kim ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Memory Impairment ◽  
Short Term Memory ◽  
Short Term ◽  
Term Memory ◽  
Rat Pups ◽  
Hypoxic Ischemia

scholarly journals Identifying Verbal Short-Term Memory and Working Memory Impairments in Individuals With Latent Aphasia

2020 ◽  
pp. 1-16
Author(s):  
JoAnn P. Silkes ◽  
Reva M. Zimmerman ◽  
Wendy Greenspan ◽  
Laura Reinert ◽  
Diane Kendall ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Working Memory ◽  
Individual Differences ◽  
Language Processing ◽  
Short Term Memory ◽  
Short Term ◽  
Term Memory ◽  
Memory Impairments ◽  
Normal Limits ◽  
The Temple ◽  
Further Development

Purpose This study was undertaken to explore whether measures of verbal short-term memory and working memory are sensitive to impairments in people with latent aphasia, who score within normal limits on typical aphasia test batteries. Method Seven individuals with latent aphasia and 24 neurotypical control participants completed 40 tasks from the Temple Assessment of Language and Short-term Memory in Aphasia (TALSA) that assess various aspects of verbal short-term memory, working memory, and language processing. Subtests were identified that differentiated between the two groups of participants. Results Twenty-one TALSA tasks were identified on which the participants with latent aphasia had significantly different performance than the typical control participants. All of these subtests engaged verbal short-term memory, and some involved working memory as well. Furthermore, the TALSA detected individual differences in linguistic profiles among participants with latent aphasia. Conclusions People with latent aphasia may be identified by tests that tap verbal short-term memory and working memory. In addition, the TALSA was found to be sensitive to the heterogeneity of this population. Further development of these measures will improve identification and treatment of this challenging population.

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