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• Scientists show how magnetic pulses change the brain in treatment for depressed patients

  30-08-2015 21:26
  A group of scientists have found a way of understanding how transcranial magnetic stimulation (TMS) can give relief to severely depressed patients. TMS is used as an alternative to electro-convulsive therapy, but it is not known how it achieves its therapeutic effect. Understanding how it works may open the door to better, more targeted treatment for depression and other conditions.
  
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• A single cocaine dose lowers perceptions of sadness and anger

  30-08-2015 21:26
  A single dose of cocaine can interfere with the ability to recognize negative emotions such as anger and sadness, according to new research.
  
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• Oliver Sacks obituary

  30-08-2015 14:32
  
  Neurologist and writer best known for his books The Man Who Mistook His Wife for a Hat and AwakeningsWith his absorbing and accessible yet profound accounts of neurological cases and conditions, Oliver Sacks, who has died aged 82, brought the clinical science of the brain to life for countless readers. Although his first book, Migraine (1970), marked a relatively conventional beginning, Sacks’s decision to write about a neurological disorder with complex psychological precipitants and conc
  
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