A low dose of the sedative clonazepam alleviated autistic-like behavior in mice with a mutation that causes Dravet syndrome in humans, University of Washington researchers have shown.
Aug 22, 2012
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The idea that autistic people lack empathy is simply short-sighted and non-autistic people may find it just as hard to put themselves in someone else's shoes, a study suggests.
May 17, 2024
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We've long known education is important for many aspects of life, but now a new benefit has been discovered: It can look after your gut health.
Jan 11, 2023
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Sickle cell disease (SCD), a blood disorder that primarily affects people of African ancestry, can cause a variety of symptoms in patients, including stroke and cognitive impairment.
Jul 13, 2022
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It may seem as though adolescents do as they please, but they are more sensitive to their parents' opinions than they may seem. The adolescent brain reacts strongly to parental criticism or praise. These are the results of ...
Apr 20, 2022
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Researchers at the Netherlands Institute for Neuroscience revealed that there are five types of insomnia. This finding was published on Monday January 7 by The Lancet Psychiatry. A commentary in the journal stated that the ...
Jan 9, 2019
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Impulsive offenders with psychopathic traits have abnormal brain connections. The integrity of their so called 'white-matter' tracts between brain areas is decreased. Researchers from Radboud University and the Dutch Institute ...
Apr 30, 2018
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A recent study, co-edited by Canadian researchers (CHU Sainte-Justine, the Université de Montréal) and French researchers (the Institut Pasteur and the university Paris-Diderot), presents a model that can predict the effect ...
Mar 30, 2018
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For years, scientists and physicians have been debating whether personality and behavior changes might appear prior to the onset of Alzheimer's disease and related dementias.
Sep 21, 2017
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Everyone has a different mixture of personality traits: some are outgoing, some are tough and some are anxious. A new study suggests that brains also have different traits that affect both anatomical and cognitive factors, ...
Feb 25, 2016
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