People with autoimmune limbic encephalitis experience memory loss associated with damage to the hippocampus. To advance understanding of the link between hippocampal damage and behavioral changes caused by this condition, ...
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People with brain disorders, including Parkinson's disease and dementia, are often misdiagnosed as having depression, when in fact what they're experiencing is apathy. This can delay an accurate diagnosis, which has negative ...
Feb 12, 2026
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Making decisions in uncertain situations is part of daily life. New research from the University of Minnesota Medical School has uncovered that anxiety and apathy—two common but distinct emotional states—lead to fundamentally ...
Mar 4, 2025
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Mental health issues are common in people with traumatic brain injury (TBI) and can continue for years. They may be related to the brain injury itself or may result from patients' challenges with everyday functions.
Feb 27, 2025
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A new study led by Western researchers found frequent treatment with intranasal oxytocin—a hormone in the brain associated with empathy—offers promise for addressing a key symptom among patients with frontotemporal dementia ...
Jan 23, 2025
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Schizophrenia, which affects up to 1% of the population, is a neuropsychiatric disorder characterized by multiple symptoms. One of the most common, and for which there is no treatment, is apathy and lack of motivation.
Jul 2, 2024
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For decades, neuroscientists have been trying to understand how we manage to make the best possible decisions. Due to technical limitations, researchers have so far had to rely on experiments in which monkeys perform tasks ...
Mar 6, 2024
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A new study recently published in JAMA Neurology provides insights into the complex and intricate relationship of contact sports and the risk of dementia.
Sep 19, 2023
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Racial disparities can be seen in dementia severity, functional impairment, and neuropsychiatric symptoms among patients with frontotemporal dementia (FTD), according to a study published online Sept. 11 in JAMA Neurology.
Sep 14, 2023
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Depression in Alzheimer's has different risk factors than depression in older adults without the disease, finds a major new study in the Journal of Alzheimer's Disease. The University of Bristol-led research looked at over ...
Mar 22, 2023
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