Psychology & Psychiatry
Why some of us crave fear
Each Halloween, we are reminded that we are a nation divided.
Nov 1, 2016
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Psychology & Psychiatry
Researchers outline barriers to treating fear and anxiety
A misunderstanding of how the certain parts of the brain function has hampered the creation of pharmaceuticals to effectively address fear and anxiety disorders, a pair of researchers has concluded. Their analysis, which ...
Sep 9, 2016
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Neuroscience
A pregnant woman's immune response could lead to brain disorders in her kids
Pregnant women, like everyone, get sick. And like everyone else, their bodies try to fight infection and, importantly, keep it from reaching the growing fetus.
Aug 19, 2016
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Psychology & Psychiatry
Brain inflammation linked to depression in multiple sclerosis
Patients with multiple sclerosis have higher rates of depression than the general population, including people with other life-long disabling diseases. Symptoms of multiple sclerosis arise from an abnormal response of the ...
Jul 7, 2016
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Diseases, Conditions, Syndromes
Researchers shed light on pathway from virus to brain disease
Why people on immunosuppressant drugs for autoimmune conditions have a higher incidence of an often-fatal brain disease may be linked to a mutation in a common virus, according to researchers at Penn State College of Medicine.
May 18, 2016
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Medical research
Neural stem cell transplants aid traumatic brain injury recovery
Traumatic brain injury (TBI) is a major cause of mortality and morbidity, often causing lifelong disability for those who survive. Treatment is limited to supportive care, but stem cell therapy has received recent attention ...
Apr 19, 2016
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Inflammatory disorders
Inflammatory pathways could be key to resolving heart disease and depression link
Heart health scientists are working to establish therapies to combat the physical link between cardiovascular disease and depression.
Mar 24, 2016
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Neuroscience
The brain may show signs of aging earlier than old age
A new study published in Physiological Genomics suggests that the brain shows signs of aging earlier than old age. The study found that the microglia cells—the immune cells of the brain—in middle-aged mice already showed ...
Mar 18, 2016
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Parkinson's & Movement disorders
Teaching neurons to respond to placebos as potential treatment for Parkinson's
They found that it is possible to turn a neuron which previously hasn't responded to placebos (placebo 'non-responder' neuron) into a placebo 'responder' by conditioning Parkinson patients with apomorphine, a dopaminergic ...
Feb 9, 2016
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Immunology
New step toward determining the cause of multiple sclerosis
Researchers at the University of Toronto have found another clue in understanding the cause of what drives Multiple Sclerosis (MS) disease. Their findings were published today in Immunity.
Dec 15, 2015
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