Genetics
Dozens of brain proteins may play a critical role in body weight regulation
Genetic factors could contribute to up to 50%–75% of the variance in body mass index, or BMI, in the population.
Apr 4, 2023
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Neuroscience
Researchers use brain scans to understand how we experience and remember our daily surroundings
A new study from a Washington University researcher offers fresh insights into how the brain goes to great lengths to processes and remember everyday events.
Apr 1, 2023
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Psychology & Psychiatry
Search for a major depression trigger reveals a familiar face: Discovery opens new possibilities for treatments
A common amino acid, glycine, can deliver a "slow-down" signal to the brain, likely contributing to major depression, anxiety and other mood disorders in some people, scientists at The Herbert Wertheim UF Scripps Institute ...
Mar 30, 2023
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Psychology & Psychiatry
Psychedelics and Cognition: A New Look
The synthesis of LSD and psilocybin in the early to mid-20th century sparked not only a new counterculture in the United States but also a new interest in brain science, specifically the role of neurotransmitters. Despite ...
Mar 29, 2023
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Psychology & Psychiatry
How parents' personalities shape children's lives
A new analysis led by Joshua Jackson, associate professor of psychological and brain sciences in Arts & Sciences at Washington University in St. Louis, explores how parents' personalities—boisterous or reserved, agreeable ...
Mar 27, 2023
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Psychology & Psychiatry
Study: Older adults were better equipped to deal with pandemic-related distress
One of the more intriguing paradoxes emerging from the rubble of the COVID-19 pandemic is new evidence suggesting that older adults—those at the greatest risk of severe illness and death from the virus—fared much better ...
Mar 23, 2023
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Psychology & Psychiatry
Multiple substance use disorders may share inherited genetic signature
A new study suggests that a common genetic signature may increase a person's risk of developing substance use disorders, regardless of whether the addiction is to alcohol, tobacco, cannabis or opioids. The research, led by ...
Mar 22, 2023
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Neuroscience
Study examines how our native language shapes our brain wiring
Scientists at the Max Planck Institute for Human Cognitive and Brain Sciences in Leipzig have found evidence that the language we speak shapes the connectivity in our brains that may underlie the way we think. With the help ...
Mar 17, 2023
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Neuroscience
How neuroimaging can be better utilized to yield diagnostic information about individuals
Since the development of functional magnetic resonance imaging in the 1990s, the reliance on neuroimaging has skyrocketed as researchers investigate how fMRI data from the brain at rest, and anatomical brain structure itself, ...
Mar 14, 2023
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Psychology & Psychiatry
Researchers explore brain's sensory network to understand how brain perceives threat
A Florida State University researcher's work to understand exactly what part of the brain is involved in disorders such as anxiety, PTSD and other phobias is giving scientists and clinicians valuable insights into how to ...
Mar 14, 2023
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