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• Spleen may provide new target for treating stroke's debilitating chronic inflammation

  15-09-2015 20:10
  Stroke injures the brain, but a new study indicates an abdominal organ that plays a vital role in immune function, the spleen, may be a target for treating stroke-induced chronic inflammation leading to further brain cell death.
  
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• Controlling brain cells with sound waves

  15-09-2015 19:54
  A new technique to selectively and noninvasively turn on groups of neurons in worms could be boon to science and medicine.
  
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• Is it tougher for men to embrace change than women?

  15-09-2015 18:33
  
  Study shows ego and money pressures may keep older men from making life changes.
  
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• Can cocoa extract prevent Alzheimer's?

  15-09-2015 18:32
  
  Researchers say cocoa polyphenols might prevent the production of harmful proteins that have been linked to Alzheimer's disease.
  
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• You're not irrational, you're just quantum probabilistic

  15-09-2015 18:00
  
  The next time someone accuses you of making an irrational decision, just explain that you're obeying the laws of quantum physics.
  
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• Three new studies converge on promising new target for addiction treatment

  15-09-2015 18:00
  
  The latest issue of Biological Psychiatry presents the results of three studies implicating metabotropic glutamate receptor 2 (mGluR2) as a new molecular target for the treatment of addiction.
  
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• New drugs could stop growth of drug-resistant childhood tumors

  15-09-2015 16:49
  New drugs are needed to treat the most common type of childhood brain tumor and could also be effective against skin cancer, scientists report. They tested a drug called Roflumilast in mice with a brain tumor that is resistant to Vismodegib, the drug in current use. Roflumilast is normally used to treat inflammatory lung diseases. It dramatically inhibited tumor growth from the first day of treatment. As expected, Vismodegib had no effect.
  
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• New mouse brain map may illuminate origins of mental illnesses

  15-09-2015 15:41
  A highly detailed model has been released of connections in the mouse brain that could provide generations of neuroscientists new insights into brain circuits and origins of mental illness, such as depression and schizophrenia.
  
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• Clarity must begin at home if England are to win Rugby World Cup | Robert Kitson

  15-09-2015 15:38
  
  Experts say hosting the World Cup ‘could be an extraordinary advantage’ for England – but only ‘if they’ve managed the psychology in the right way’It’s World Cup anthem time. There is a red rose on your chest and you are standing on the pitch at Twickenham. Up in the stands all you can see are tense English faces. Failure is unthinkable. As the New Zealand coach, Steve Hansen, correctly observed the other day: “The big thing England have to cope wi
  
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• Clarity must begin at home if England are to win Rugby World Cup

  15-09-2015 15:38
  
  Experts say hosting the World Cup ‘could be an extraordinary advantage’ for England – but only ‘if they’ve managed the psychology in the right way’It’s World Cup anthem time. There is a red rose on your chest and you are standing on the pitch at Twickenham. Up in the stands all you can see are tense English faces. Failure is unthinkable. As the New Zealand coach, Steve Hansen, correctly observed the other day: “The big thing England have to cope wi
  
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• MRI improves diagnosis of microbleeding after brain injury in military personnel

  15-09-2015 15:04
  Imaging patients soon after traumatic brain injury occurs can lead to better (more accurate) detection of cerebral microhemorrhages, or microbleeding on the brain, according to a new study of military service members.
  
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• Queen's researcher finds evidence of emotional 'load sharing' in close relationships

  15-09-2015 13:00
  
  New research out of Queen's University has found evidence of emotional load sharing between partners in a close relationship.
  
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• The more you pursue happiness, the faster it runs from you | Zach Stafford

  15-09-2015 10:30
  
  Research shows that focusing on the attainment of happiness is actually self-defeatingLately, I find myself in almost daily conversations with friends and family about happiness. When a friend doesn’t beam from ear to ear, or offer a resounding, “I’m so happy!” during conversations about work, romance or life, I will often detect a look of guilt. And this compulsion to be happy needs to stop.Happiness shouldn’t be the one thing tha
  
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• Mindfulness meditation linked to false memory recall

  15-09-2015 09:00
  
  Researchers suggest just 15 minutes of mindfulness meditation may impair the ability to correctly distinguish between the recall of real and imagined experiences.
  
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