Psychology & Psychiatry
Fish maze experiment provides new hope for degenerative diseases
A test of fish behavior in a maze has shed light on human degenerative conditions, heralding new hope for treatments.
Aug 4, 2020
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Neuroscience
Brain cell types identified that may push males to fight and have sex
Two groups of nerve cells may serve as "on-off switches" for male mating and aggression, suggests a new study in rodents. These neurons appear to send signals between two parts of the brain—the back tip, or posterior, of ...
Jul 27, 2020
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Psychology & Psychiatry
Loss of a co-twin linked to heightened psychiatric risk
The death of a twin, especially earlier in life, can increase the risk of their surviving twin being diagnosed with a psychiatric disorder, finds a new study published today in eLife.
Jul 14, 2020
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Psychology & Psychiatry
The role of perineural networks in disorders such as schizophrenia and bipolar disorder
Juan Nácher, professor at the Department of Cell Biology at the University of Valencia, has conducted research on the role of perineuronal networks (PNN) in the adult brain and their incidence in psychiatric disorders such ...
Jul 10, 2020
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Psychology & Psychiatry
Brain structural elements in psychiatric disorders
Researchers have previously identified brain structural signatures associated with individual neurological diseases using techniques such as magnetic resonance imaging (MRI). In a new study, a team of scientists based in ...
Jul 7, 2020
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Psychology & Psychiatry
Probiotics alone or combined with prebiotics may help ease depression
Probiotics either taken by themselves or when combined with prebiotics, may help to ease depression, suggests a review of the available evidence, published in BMJ Nutrition Prevention & Health.
Jul 6, 2020
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Psychology & Psychiatry
Migrants with psychosis at higher risk of compulsory care than Swedish-born
Migrants from Africa and the Middle East and their children are more likely to be placed under compulsory care than the Swedish-born population when admitted to hospital for psychosis for the first time. That is according ...
Jun 24, 2020
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Neuroscience
The relationship between looking/listening and human emotions
Researchers at Toyohashi University of Technology report that the relationship between attentional states in response to pictures and sounds and the emotions elicited by them may be different in visual perception and auditory ...
Jun 22, 2020
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Neuroscience
Psychedelic drug psilocybin tamps down brain's ego center
Perhaps no region of the brain is more fittingly named than the claustrum, taken from the Latin word for "hidden or shut away." The claustrum is an extremely thin sheet of neurons deep within the cortex, yet it reaches out ...
Jun 5, 2020
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Age, sex and smoking influence opioid receptor function in the brain
Opioids regulate the feelings of pleasure and pain in the brain. A study by the national Turku PET Centre in Finland shows that age, sex and smoking influence μ-opioid receptor density in the brain. The results of the study ...
May 28, 2020
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