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• New hope for spinal cord injuries

  15-04-2016 20:45
  Stem cells have been used successfully, for the first time, to promote regeneration after injury to a specialized band of nerve fibers that are important for motor function.
  
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• Too much 'noise' can affect brain development

  15-04-2016 20:39
  Using cutting-edge imaging technology, biologists have determined that uncontrolled fluctuations (known at “noise) in the concentration of the vitamin A derivative Retinoic acid (RA) can lead to disruptions in brain organization during development.
  
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• Happiness fueled by relationships, work and something 'larger than self,' filmmaker finds

  15-04-2016 19:33 via today.com
  
  Understanding your biological makeup, how you perceive the world and your relationships with others can help to boost happiness.
  
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• Why we can't stop body-shaming

  15-04-2016 19:32 via cnn.com
  
  In an image-conscious society, women are held to an impossible ideal, which has destructive effects.
  
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• Immune cells help the brain to self-heal after a stroke

  15-04-2016 14:17
  After a stroke, there is inflammation in the damaged part of the brain. Until now, the inflammation has been seen as a negative consequence that needs to be abolished as soon as possible. But, as it turns out, there are also some positive sides to the inflammation, and it can actually help the brain to self-repair.
  
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• Study links environment/parenting to childhood self-control

  15-04-2016 14:00
  
  University of Texas at Arlington researchers have found that by age 3 environmental influences such as parenting are relevant factors in the development of toddlers' self-control when they are...
  
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• The brain of male batterers functions differently than that of other delinquents

  15-04-2016 13:00
  
  The results from this study may have important implications in better understanding violence against women, as well as the variables related to recidivism in batterers.
  
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• What LSD tells us about human nature | Marc Lewis

  15-04-2016 12:00
  
  Our brains, with their intrinsic tendency to segregate, are designed to veer toward over-control. Psychedelics blow all that apart – and we can learn from themI was in San Francisco last week, visiting my brother and revisiting the years we spent there as young men. We walked through Golden Gate park, two guys in their sixties, admiring the giant sequoias, exotic gardens, and gold-green pastures cascading westward to the ocean. And we reminisced about our epic acid trip back in 1969, in th
  
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• St. Petersburg Human Rights Group Warns of Deadly “Side Effects” of Psychiatric Drugs

  15-04-2016 09:00 via pr.com
  Citizens Commission on Human Rights St. Petersburg in Russia continues campaign to educate students, educators and medical professionals on the harmful effects of psychiatric drugs with a private screening of the documentary Dead Wrong: How Psychiatric Drugs Can Kill Your Child. [PR.com]
  
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• What the hell is a ‘millennial’? | Dean Burnett

  15-04-2016 08:10
  
  Barely a day goes by without the publication of dozens of articles about millennials. But what is it and who are they? Does everyone agree, or is it a term that’s just used to fit a narrative?Some facts about me; I presently work as a tutor/lecturer for a psychiatry programme (as well as, self-evidently, a science writer and author), but my PhD is in Behavioural Neuroscience, so I could be described as a neuroscientist, someone who scientifically studies the brain and nervous system (or is
  
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• What does 'millennial’ mean? Is it vague, lazy and meaningless? | Dean Burnett

  15-04-2016 08:10
  
  Barely a day goes by without the publication of dozens of articles about millennials. But what is it and who are they? Does everyone agree, or is it a term that’s just used to fit a narrative?Some facts about me; I presently work as a tutor/lecturer for a psychiatry programme (as well as, self-evidently, a science writer and author), but my PhD is in Behavioural Neuroscience, so I could be described as a neuroscientist, someone who scientifically studies the brain and nervous system (or is
  
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• How the brain consolidates memory during deep sleep

  15-04-2016 03:48
  How long-term memory is formed is not well understood, and remains a central question of inquiry in neuroscience. Now researchers report they may have an answer to this question.
  
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• Heavy cannabis use associated with reduced dopamine release in brain

  15-04-2016 03:48
  Evidence of a compromised dopamine system has been found in heavy users of marijuana. Lower dopamine release was found in the striatum -- a region of the brain that is involved in working memory, impulsive behavior, and attention. Previous studies have shown that addiction to other drugs of abuse, such as cocaine and heroin, have similar effects on dopamine release, but such evidence for cannabis was missing until now.
  
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