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• Area of brain linked to bipolar disorder pinpointed

  24-01-2017 20:40
  A volume decrease in specific parts of the brain's hippocampus -- long identified as a hub of mood and memory processing -- was linked to bipolar disorder in a new study.
  
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• Researchers discover potential new target for treating glioblastoma

  24-01-2017 20:09
  Scientists have found a way to inhibit the growth of glioblastoma, a type of brain cancer with low survival rates, by targeting a protein that drives growth of brain tumors, according to research.
  
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• Brain scan before antidepressant therapy may predict response

  24-01-2017 20:09
  A functional MRI brain scan may help predict which patients will respond positively to antidepressant therapy, according to a new study.
  
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• Postpartum depression and anxiety distinct from other mood disorders, brain studies suggest

  24-01-2017 20:08
  On the surface, postpartum depression looks much like other forms of depression. New mothers struggling with it often withdraw from family and friends, lose their appetites, and of course, feel sad and irritable much of the time. However, many clinicians have underestimated the uniqueness of mood and emotional disorders that arise during pregnancy or shortly after giving birth.
  
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• In utero conditions can affect a teen's brain development

  24-01-2017 20:08
  What happens to a fetus in the womb can affect the brain later in life, new research confirms. The research team followed pairs of genetically identical twins from birth into their teenage years. They measured the twins' weight at birth to assess whether different environmental factors had affected them while in the womb.
  
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• A brain wide chemical signal that enhances memory

  24-01-2017 20:08
  How does heightened attention improve our mental capacity? This is the question tackled by new research, which reveals a chemical signal released across the brain in response to attention demanding or arousing situations.
  
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• New MRI method aids long-term concussion prognosis

  24-01-2017 20:07
  For concussion sufferers, physicians may now be able to predict early on who is more likely to continue experiencing symptoms months or years after the head-jarring event, using a new non-invasive magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) method recently devised by a consortium of researchers.
  
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• Lung cancer patients with anxiety, depression die sooner

  24-01-2017 20:07
  Patients who experience anxiety and depression after being diagnosed with advanced lung cancer are more likely to die sooner, according to new research.
  
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• Hormone injection boosts brain activity linked to sexual arousal

  24-01-2017 18:00
  
  A hormone called kisspeptin was found to increase brain activity associated with sexual arousal and romanic love in healthy young men, a new study reports.
  
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• Cell disposal faults could contribute to Parkinson's, study finds

  24-01-2017 17:15
  A fault with the natural waste disposal system that helps to keep our brain cell 'batteries' healthy may contribute to neurodegenerative disease, a new study has found.
  
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• Modeling the rhythmic electrical activities of the brain

  24-01-2017 17:14
  Researchers studying the brain have long been interested in its neural oscillations, the rhythmic electrical activity that plays an important role in the transmission of information within the brain's neural circuits. Working with the Wilson-Cowan model, a widely-used model in computational neuroscience that describes the average activity of populations of interconnected neurons, Leandro Alonso has designed a new mathematical tool to help explore the broad spectrum of responses possible from a s
  
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• Mindfulness meditation training lowers biomarkers of stress response in anxiety disorder

  24-01-2017 17:13
  Mindfulness meditation is an increasingly popular treatment for anxiety, but testing its effectiveness in a convincing way has been difficult. Now a rigorously designed, clinical trial has found objective physiological evidence that mindfulness meditation combats anxiety.
  
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• Dyslexia linked to shorter memory trace of previous stimuli

  24-01-2017 17:13
  Researchers have provided new insight into the brain mechanisms underlying a condition that causes reading and writing difficulties.
  
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• Study Links Shape of Brain Structures to Personality

  24-01-2017 16:37 via feeds.socialpsychology.org
  
  Source: Yahoo News - HealthPersonality traits such as moodiness or open-mindedness are linked to the shape of one's brain, a study said Wednesday. Researchers said they found a striking correlation between structural brain differences and five main personality types. "The shape of our brain can itself provide surprising clues about how we behave -- and our risk of developing mental health disorders," said a statement from the University of Cambridge, which...
  
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• Evolution, Climate, and Vaccines: Why Americans Deny Science

  24-01-2017 16:36 via feeds.socialpsychology.org
  
  Source: Yahoo News - ScienceThose numbers, all gleaned from recent Pew and Gallup research polls, might suggest that Americans are an anti-science bunch. "The whole discussion around scientific denial has become very, very simplified," said Troy Campbell, a psychologist at the University of Oregon.
  
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• Banks face mental health challenge

  24-01-2017 15:36 via bbc.com
  
  Banks must offer basic account options, as given to other vulnerable people, to assist those struggling with mental health conditions.
  
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• Federal program cuts disparities in HIV/AIDS care

  24-01-2017 15:35 via foxnews.com
  
  Program provides drugs, medical care and support services to more than 268,000 people in the U.S. living with human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) infections.
  
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• Radical ketamine therapy could treat alcohol addiction

  24-01-2017 13:21
  
  A one-off dose of the drug could help alcohol addicts reduce their intake by ‘erasing’ drink-related memories, say psychologists testing treatmentScientists believe that a radical treatment involving the horse tranquilliser, ketamine, could help overcome alcohol addiction by “erasing” drink-related memories.Psychologists based at University College London are testing whether a one-off dose of the drug could help hazardous drinkers who are trying to reduce their alcohol in
  
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• Study: real facts can beat 'alternative facts' if boosted by inoculation | Dana Nuccitelli

  24-01-2017 12:00
  
  In our current “post-truth” climate, inoculation may provide the key to making facts matter againIt’s fitting that as Donald Trump continues to flirt with anti-vaccine conspiracy theories, inoculation may provide the key to effectively debunking this sort of misinformation.That’s the finding of a new study published in Global Challenges by Sander van der Linden, Anthony Leiserowitz, Seth Rosenthal, and Edward Maibach. The paper tested what’s known as “inoculat
  
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• In women, age-related cognitive decline may start sooner than we think

  24-01-2017 09:00
  
  Researchers from University of California, Los Angeles reveal that, at least in women, cognitive decline may begin earlier that previously believed.
  
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• Stopping Smoking May Ease Symptoms of Depression​, Say Researchers

  24-01-2017 07:49 via feeds.socialpsychology.org
  
  Source: Yahoo News - HealthA new study funded by Cancer Research UK has found that stopping smoking could help improve the symptoms of depression. In addition, successful quitters also showed a large improvement in their depression, with two-thirds (66.3 percent) of those who had moderate or severe depression when smoking describing no or minimal symptoms of the condition during a one-year follow up. Smoking rates among people with mental health conditions are more than...
  
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• Novel radiotracer measures olfactory neurons in animal models

  24-01-2017 03:47
  Olfactory health - how well we are able to smell -- is a reliable marker of the health of the brain, but current 'smell identification tests' do not offer a complete picture of the situation. Using a novel PET radiotracer researchers have found a way to quantify olfactory sensory neurons and thus improve measurements of olfactory health.
  
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• Brain abnormalities in fetuses exposed to Zika

  24-01-2017 03:47
  Researchers have completed a characterization of brain malformations and volume assessment in fetuses with Zika Virus infection using MRI.
  
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