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• Researchers visualize brain's serotonin pump, provide blueprint for new, more effective SSRIs

  06-04-2016 20:03
  Researchers have uncovered remarkably detailed 3-D views of one of the most important transporters in the brain -- the serotonin transporter. Their study provides fresh insight into how citalopram and paroxetine, two of the most widely prescribed selective serotonin reuptake inhibitors, or SSRIs, interact with and inhibit serotonin transport.
  
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• Brain guardians remove dying neurons

  06-04-2016 19:36
  In a new study, scientists show how immune receptors clear dead and dysfunctional brain cells and how they might be targets for treating neurodegenerative diseases
  
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• Brain responses found to originate from previously unknown source

  06-04-2016 18:46
  Scientists have made an important discovery about the human auditory system and how to study it, findings that could lead to better testing and diagnosis of hearing-related disorders. The researchers detected frequency-following responses (FFR) coming from a part of the brain not previously known to emit them. FFRs are neural signals generated in the brain when people hear sounds.
  
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• For young people with schizophrenia, physical and mental exercises offer hope

  06-04-2016 18:39
  Researchers have found a promising way to tackle the cognitive deficits associated with schizophrenia. When combined with antipsychotic medication, a rigorous regime of mental and physical exercise can repair what is the most debilitating aspect of the mental illness: deficits in memory, problem solving, speed of processing and social intelligence. More than anything, these deficits are what tend to result in individuals with schizophrenia becoming disabled.
  
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• Are narcissists more likely to post selfies and care about the feedback they receive?

  06-04-2016 18:00
  
  Korean researchers studied how narcissism relates to a person's selfie-posting behavior on Social Networking Sites such as Facebook and interest in the comments they receive back.
  
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• Gwyneth Paltrow's bee sting beauty treatment just won't fly | Dean Burnett

  06-04-2016 13:42
  
  Gwyneth Paltrow recommending bee stings as a beauty treatment is daft, but just a symptom of a wider problem. She’s far from the only one at fault hereAt the very start of this piece, I’d like to state on the record that I have no issues at all with Gwyneth Paltrow. She has had no negative impact on my life that I’m aware of, so I have no personal reason to be unpleasant to her. She does, admittedly, receive a lot of criticism, but is that really fair? After all, she’s ac
  
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• Suicidal thinking affects 'significant minority' of US veterans

  06-04-2016 12:00
  
  New study shows that 14% of veterans reported having suicidal thoughts over a 2-year period, and it also reveals that such thoughts can come and go, challenging previous findings.
  
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• 'It's not worth me having a long-life lightbulb' - Rare insight into attitudes to death among the very old

  06-04-2016 11:00
  
  Death is a part of life for people over 95 years old, who mainly live day-to-day, concludes a rare study of attitudes to death and dying amongst the very old.
  
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• Touching a robot can elicit physiological arousal in humans

  06-04-2016 10:00
  
  On the scale of the "uncanny valley," the humanoid robot registers a positive response with humans just before the dip into repulsion.
  
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• The neuroscience of impulse and addiction

  06-04-2016 09:00
  
  The links between impulsivity, drug abuse and neuroanatomy are dense and convoluted. A recent study that took detailed brain scans of non-addicted participants gives new insight.
  
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• Irregular heartbeat risk increases for 1 year after death of a partner

  06-04-2016 09:00
  
  Researchers found that people who experience the loss of a partner have an increased risk of atrial fibrillation - irregular heartbeat - for up to 1 year after.
  
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• Sensation-seeking may be linked to brain anatomy

  06-04-2016 00:29
  People prone to seeking stimulation and acting impulsively may have differences in the structure of their brains.
  
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