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• Research in mice shows potential value of antidepressant in some stroke victims

  31-08-2015 20:41
  Working with mice, researchers have added to evidence that a commonly prescribed antidepressant called fluoxetine helps stroke victims improve movement and coordination, and possibly why.
  
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• Magnetic stimulation effective in helping Parkinson's patients walk

  31-08-2015 20:02
  About 50 percent of patients with Parkinson's disease (PD) experience freezing of gait (FOG), an inability to move forward while walking. This can affect not only mobility but also balance. In a new study, researchers report that repetitive transcranial magnetic stimulation can reduce FOG and improve other motor skills in PD patients.
  
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• Deciphering olfactory receptor codes

  31-08-2015 18:03
  In animals, numerous behaviors are governed by the olfactory perception of their surrounding world. Whether originating in the nose of a mammal or the antennas of an insect, perception results from the combined activation of multiple receptors located in these organs. Identifying the full repertoire of receptors stimulated by a given odorant would represent a key step in deciphering the code that mediates these behaviors. To this end, a tool has been developed by researchers to do exactly that.
  
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• A New Form of Gaslighting?

  31-08-2015 12:13 via counsellingresource.com
  
  Thanks in part to its use in the media, there are some fairly widespread misconceptions about the term gaslighting. Here's how gaslighting really works to make people doubt the accuracy and rationality of their own perceptions.Tags: character disturbance, personality disorders, power, relationships
  
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• Don’t call me a neurotic, I prefer ‘original thinker’ | Fay Schopen

  31-08-2015 11:42
  
  Studies that link anxiety with creativity should be taken with a pinch of salt. But as a card-carrying neurotic, I’ll happily take the rebrandingIf, like notorious neurotic Woody Allen, you feel that life is divided up into the horrible and the miserable, you may be cheered (or not, of course) by news of a study linking the misery of anxiety with the reward of a fertile imagination.How nice it would be to go on holiday and not spend the majority of my time wondering if the cat has unexpect
  
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• UGA research links borderline personality traits with lowered empathy

  31-08-2015 10:00
  
  Those with borderline personality disorder, or BPD, a mental illness marked by unstable moods, often experience trouble maintaining interpersonal relationships.
  
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• Researchers use brain scans to predict response to antipsychotic medications

  31-08-2015 09:00
  
  Investigators at The Feinstein Institute for Medical Research have discovered that brain scans can be used to predict patients' response to antipsychotic drug treatment.
  
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• Testosterone changes brain structures in female-to-male transsexuals

  31-08-2015 06:11
  Brain imaging shows that testosterone therapy given as part of sex reassignment changes the brain structures and the pathway associated with speech and verbal fluency. This result supports research that women in general may deal with speech and interaction differently than men.
  
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• Food may be addictive: Food craving may be 'hard-wired' in the brain

  31-08-2015 06:11
  An international group of researchers have found that food craving activates different brain networks between obese and normal weight patients. This indicates that the tendency to want food may be ‘hard-wired’ into the brain of overweight patients, becoming a functional brain biomarker.
  
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• Suicide-risk behaviour patterns identified

  31-08-2015 05:13
  
  Research shows depressed people who display "risky behaviour", agitation and impulsivity are at least 50 percent more likely to attempt suicide.
  
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• Blind people can be racist, too

  31-08-2015 05:12
  
  Research has found that blind people, just like sighted people, judge others based on race.
  
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