Pediatrics
U.S. political climate frightening for teens: study
(HealthDay)—Donald Trump's America might be harming the mental health of teens, especially minority teens, a new study suggests.
Aug 20, 2018
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Neuroscience
How to trigger innate fear response?
When animals encounter danger, they usually respond to the situation in one of two ways—by freezing or fleeing. How do they make this quick decision in a life-or-death moment?
Aug 9, 2018
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Neuroscience
Synapse-specific plasticity governs the identity of overlapping memory traces
Memories are formed through long-term changes in synaptic efficacy, a process known as synaptic plasticity, and are stored in the brain in specific neuronal ensembles called engram cells, which are activated during corresponding ...
Jul 16, 2018
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Psychology & Psychiatry
Automated virtual reality-based psychological therapy may help reduce fear of heights
Psychological therapy delivered by a virtual reality coach can help people with a clinically diagnosed fear of heights overcome their fear, according to a randomised controlled trial of 100 people published in The Lancet ...
Jul 12, 2018
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Health
Suppressing negative emotions during health scare may whip up spiral of fear
Trying to suppress worries during a health scare, like the recent Zika outbreak, may lead to an ever-intensifying cycle of emotional suppression and fear, according to a team of researchers.
Jul 10, 2018
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Neuroscience
Freedom from fear: dopamine's role in unlearning fearful associations
Researchers at the RIKEN Center for Brain Science have discovered a circuit in the brain that is necessary for unlearning fear. Published in Nature Communications, the study details the role of dopamine in ensuring that rats ...
Jun 27, 2018
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Pediatrics
Virtual reality headsets significantly reduce children's fear of needles
The scenario is all too familiar for the majority of parents. The crying, the screaming and the tantrums as they try to coax their children into the doctor's office for routine immunizations. After all, who can't relate to ...
Jun 18, 2018
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Neuroscience
The neurons that rewrite traumatic memories
Memories of traumatic experiences can lead to mental health issues such as post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD), which can destroy a person's life. It is currently estimated that almost a third of all people will suffer ...
Jun 14, 2018
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Psychology & Psychiatry
Adolescents who consume a diet high in saturated fats may develop poor stress coping skills, signs of PTSD
A new study published in the journal Brain, Behavior, and Immunity shows that adolescent rats who consume a diet high in saturated fats have a harder time coping with stress as adults. Moreover, researchers from Loma Linda ...
Jun 13, 2018
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Study identifies protein's role in mediating brain's response to stress
A study led by Massachusetts General Hospital (MGH) investigators has identified a critical role for a protein called Kruppel-like factor 9 (Klf9) in the brain's response to stress, which has implications for protecting against ...
Jun 12, 2018
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