Neuroscience
Beyond dopamine: New reward circuitry discovered
The key to overcoming addictions and psychiatric disorders lives deep inside the netherworld of our brains and the circuitry that causes us to feel good.
Sep 1, 2021
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News tagged with nervous system disorders
Psychology & Psychiatry
Largest study to date suggests link between COVID-19 infection and subsequent mental health and neurological conditions
One in three COVID-19 survivors received a neurological or psychiatric diagnosis within six months of infection with the SARS-CoV-2 virus, an observational study of more than 230,000 patient health records published in The ...
Apr 7, 2021
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Neuroscience
Seeing depression in the pupil
When people win or lose something, their pupils dilate slightly. Researchers have found that this dilation is less pronounced in acutely depressed patients than in healthy people. The more severely ill the patients were, ...
Nov 30, 2020
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Neuroscience
Scientists report role for dopamine and serotonin in human perception and decision-making
Scientists at Wake Forest School of Medicine have recorded real time changes in dopamine and serotonin levels in the human brain that are involved with perception and decision-making. These same neurochemicals also are critical ...
Oct 12, 2020
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Diseases, Conditions, Syndromes
How COVID-19 smell loss differs from the common cold
New research from a European group of smell disorder experts, including Prof Philpott at the University of East Anglia, shows how smell loss associated with COVID-19 infection differs from what you typically might experience ...
Aug 19, 2020
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Genetics
Genetic deletions associated with neurodevelopmental disorders also important for development elsewhere in the body
Genes located in 'copy number variants' (CNVs)—parts of chromosomes that are missing in some individuals and duplicated in others—that are associated with neurodevelopmental disorders affect more than just brain development, ...
Jun 24, 2020
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Medical research
Clock-controlled chemokine contributes to neuroinflammation-induced depression
Depression is a mental disorder with complex gene-environment interactions. Previous studies have suggested circadian factors play a crucial role in the etiology of depression. Moreover, there is a growing body of evidence ...
Jun 8, 2020
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Gastroenterology
New gut-brain link: how gut mucus could help treat brain disorders
Mucus is the first line of defence against bad bacteria in our gut. But could it also be part of our defence against diseases of the brain?
May 28, 2020
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Psychology & Psychiatry
Continuously tracking fear response could improve mental health treatment
Assistant professor of electrical and computer engineering Rose Faghih is not afraid of fear. If continuously monitored, she sees it as a tool to improve mental health treatment. So, she and doctoral student Dilranjan Wickramasuriya ...
May 19, 2020
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Neuroscience
Scientists develop noninvasive ultrasound neuromodulation technique
Epilepsy is a central nervous system disorder characterized by recurrent seizures resulting from excessive excitation or inadequate inhibition of neurons.
May 15, 2020
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