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• Researchers review progress of treating glutamate signalling in depression

  17-03-2017 18:15
  Major depressive disorder (MDD) impacts 15 million Americans and is the leading cause of disability, yet current treatments possess limited efficacy. Ketamine, which has been repurposed as a rapidly acting antidepressant, has emerged as an experimental and potentially promising compound to treat severe depression through a novel drug action mechanism that blocks glutamate receptors.
  
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• Link between Vitamin D treatment and autism prevention

  17-03-2017 18:15
  Giving vitamin D supplements to mice during pregnancy prevents autism traits in their offspring, researchers have discovered. The discovery provides further evidence of the crucial role vitamin D plays in brain development.
  
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• Human brain networks developing in adolescence related to evolutionary expansion

  17-03-2017 18:12
  A new study reveals new patterns of coordinated development in the outer layer of the cerebrum of the human brain and describes how these structural patterns relate to functional networks.
  
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• Is writer’s block a real thing, or just a figment of the imagination?

  17-03-2017 15:59
  
  Diagnosing yourself as having writer’s block, rather than just not currently writing, will make matters worse ‘What do you do when you get writer’s block?” someone asked me the other day. I was happy to answer. I get up from my desk and wander around with a self-pitying expression on my face, sometimes clutching at my scalp in an agonised fashion. I buy sour gummy chews and eat too many; I compulsively click “refresh” on Twitter; I start to hate myself, and ex
  
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• Study shows early touch has lasting effects on babies

  17-03-2017 15:40 via today.com
  
  Early touches have lasting effects on how babies respond to gentle touch later on, and may have a special impact for preterm infants.
  
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• Trying to find love as a transgender man

  17-03-2017 15:27 via cnn.com
  
  A transgender man says testosterone has changed his life, but finding a girlfriend gets a bit complicated.
  
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• Untreated sleep apnea in children can harm brain cells tied to cognition and mood

  17-03-2017 13:25
  A study comparing children 7 to 11 years old with moderate or severe obstructive sleep apnea to children the same age who slept normally found significant reductions of gray matter -- brain cells crucial to most cognitive tasks -- in several regions of the brains of children with sleep apnea. The finding points to connections between this common sleep disturbance and the loss of neurons or delayed neuronal growth in the developing brain.
  
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• Abnormal development of the brain in an intractable disease, thanatophoric dysplasia

  17-03-2017 13:24
  Thanatophoric dysplasia (TD) is an intractable disease with abnormalities of bones and the brain. Because of experimental difficulties, its pathophysiology is largely unknown. In this study, by combining ferrets, whose brain is rather similar to that of humans, and unique technique developed by the present researchers, neuronal translocation along radial glial fibers to the cerebral cortex during fetal brain development has been discovered to be aberrant, which suggests the cause underlying TD.
  
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• U.S. Launching Competition for Projects to End Modern Slavery

  17-03-2017 06:27 via feeds.socialpsychology.org
  Source: U.S. News and World ReportThe U.S. ambassador to the United Nations says Washington will launch a competition in the coming weeks to find projects that will reduce modern slavery, which by one estimate affects nearly 46 million people around the world.
  
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• U.N. Agency Says Israel Imposes "Apartheid Regime" on Palestinians

  17-03-2017 06:27 via feeds.socialpsychology.org
  Source: U.S. News and World ReportA U.N. agency published a report on Wednesday accusing Israel of imposing an "apartheid regime" of racial discrimination on the Palestinian people...
  
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• Too Little Sleep in Early Childhood Could Mean Problems Later

  17-03-2017 06:27 via feeds.socialpsychology.org
  
  Source: CBS News - HealthwatchPreschoolers who get too little sleep may be more likely to have trouble paying attention, controlling their emotions and processing information later in childhood, a new study suggests.
  
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• The Pill Should Be Over-the-Counter, Experts Conclude

  17-03-2017 06:27 via feeds.socialpsychology.org
  Source: ScienceDailyA team of pediatric, adolescent and women's health experts concludes that regulatory, behavioral and scientific evidence supports switching oral contraceptives from prescription-only status to over-the-counter (OTC) availability.
  
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• The Hazards of Decision Overload

  17-03-2017 06:27 via feeds.socialpsychology.org
  Source: U.S. News and World ReportFacing a flurry of choices in a short period can lead to mental fatigue and regrettable decisions.
  
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• Freed From Islamic State, Yazidi Women Remain Trapped by Trauma

  17-03-2017 06:27 via feeds.socialpsychology.org
  
  Source: United Press International - Health NewsSome of those working with Yazidi former slaves say they have never before seen such severe psychological trauma.
  
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• Common Gene Explains Why Some People's Brains Age Faster

  17-03-2017 06:27 via feeds.socialpsychology.org
  
  Source: Yahoo News - ScienceA common gene variant has been discovered in about one-third of the population that may explain why some people's brains age faster than others, US researchers said Wednesday. The gene, known as TMEM106B, accelerates normal brain aging in older people by up to 12 years, said the report in the journal Cell Systems. The gene generally starts to affect people around 65, particularly in the frontal cortex, which is responsible for higher mental...
  
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