Psychology & Psychiatry
The rebirth of psychedelic medicine
It was 1985 and John Lawn had seen enough.
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Health
How COVID can disturb your sleep and dreams—and what could help
By the end of 2022, more than 650 million COVID infections had been reported to the World Health Organization. With the true number likely much higher, and the tally increasing by hundreds of thousands every week, the scientific ...
Jan 5, 2023
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Alzheimer's disease & dementia
Why do some people get Alzheimer's and others don't? How a new tool checks your risk
Why do some people develop Alzheimer's disease and others don't? What makes one person's brain healthier than another's? And what can be done to improve, or at least slow, a brain's deterioration?
Dec 29, 2022
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Neuroscience
Scientists identify neural circuit that enables self-localization in zebrafish
A multiregional brain circuit allows larval zebrafish to track where they are, where they've been, and how to get back to their original location after being displaced, researchers report December 22 in the journal Cell. ...
Dec 22, 2022
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Neuroscience
Antidepressant use, infection during pregnancy linked to neurodevelopmental disorders
Antidepressant use during pregnancy may combine with inflammation to heighten the risk of lifelong neurodevelopmental changes in babies' brains, such as those linked to autism, new research from the University of Virginia ...
Dec 20, 2022
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Psychology & Psychiatry
Treating mood disorders with psychoactive drugs
There is a need for new, effective treatments for mental illnesses like depression and anxiety. Researchers are expanding the field's therapeutic toolbox by investigating the antidepressant and anxiolytic properties of drugs ...
Nov 9, 2022
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Psychology & Psychiatry
Diverse mechanisms underlie associations between sleep and anxiety
Research on animals is shedding light on the biological mechanisms that link sleep and anxiety. The findings were presented at Neuroscience 2022, the annual meeting of the Society for Neuroscience and the world's largest ...
Nov 9, 2022
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Medical research
Researchers find a gut-brain connection for social development
To learn to socialize, zebrafish need to trust their gut.
Nov 1, 2022
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Neuroscience
Pressure chamber therapy is effective in the functional improvement of autism, study finds
A new Tel Aviv University study succeeded in significantly improving social skills and the condition of the autistic brain through pressure chamber therapy. The study was conducted on animal models of autism. In it, the researchers ...
Oct 26, 2022
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Psychology & Psychiatry
SSRIs and CBT lead to changes in brain
Neurochemical changes in the brain differ among patients with social anxiety treated using both SSRIs and CBT, compared to those treated using only CBT. While the combined treatment involving the medicine blocked the serotonin ...
Oct 19, 2022
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