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• Athletes may have white matter brain changes six months after a concussion

  07-07-2016 23:19
  New research finds white matter changes in the brains of athletes six months after a concussion, report investigators. The study involved 17 high school and college football players who experienced a sports-related concussion.
  
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• Researchers caution public about hidden risks of self-administered brain stimulation

  07-07-2016 20:25
  Experts from the (cognitive) neuroscience research community warn about the risks involved in home use of transcranial direct current stimulation (tDCS), the application of electrical current to the brain.
  
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• Extra-coding RNAs regulate DNA methylation in the adult brain

  07-07-2016 20:24
  A special form of RNA called extra-coding RNA, or ecRNA, controls the careful targeting to add or remove methyl groups to chromosomal DNA of the adult neuron. The ecRNAs are fundamental regulators of DNA methylation patterns in the adult brain through interaction with DNA methyltransferase enzymes, are involved in creation of memories, and the ecRNAs may offer a promising future therapeutic avenue to treat neuropsychiatric disease.
  
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• New immunotherapy combo effectively treats advanced brain cancer in pre-clinical models

  07-07-2016 20:02
  A new breakthrough combination treatment has been developed that utilizes a vaccine to activate an immune response against advanced brain tumors.
  
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• Sexual harassment still a reality in the workplace

  07-07-2016 19:19 via usatoday.com
  
  Surveys show that roughly one in four women say they have been harassed on the job, with many victims too frightened to speak up.
  
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• Do hot climates make people more violent?

  07-07-2016 19:17 via cnn.com
  
  Two researchers argue that climate is the primary driver of aggression.
  
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• X marks the spot: Imaging study in mice sheds light on how the brain draws a map to a destination

  07-07-2016 19:11
  Scientists have uncovered a key feature of the brain's GPS that helps a mouse find what it is seeking. The study enabled scientists to define the precise duties of cells in a particular region of the hippocampus, the brain's learning and memory center. The research also advances a long-standing quest in the field of neuroscience: tracing the pathway that information takes while traveling through the brain.
  
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• New study finds no evidence of weekend increase in mental health patient suicide

  07-07-2016 16:00
  
  A new study from the University of Manchester, prompted by current government policy for a 'seven-day NHS', has found that suicide deaths by mental health patients are actually lower at the...
  
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• Brain inflammation linked to depression in multiple sclerosis

  07-07-2016 14:33
  Patients with multiple sclerosis have higher rates of depression than the general population, including people with other life-long disabling diseases. Symptoms of multiple sclerosis arise from an abnormal response of the body's immune system. Immune response has also been linked to depression, leading researchers to think it could be a shared pathological mechanism that leads to the increased rates of depressive symptoms in patients with multiple sclerosis.
  
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• New technique could revolutionize surgical treatment of epilepsy

  07-07-2016 14:30
  A pioneering new technique has been developed that could revolutionize the surgical treatment of epilepsy. The new technique is designed to help surgeons and neurologists measure the relative contribution to the occurrence of seizures made by different brain regions, and so determine the brain regions to remove that will have most benefit to the individual.
  
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