New studies of brain activity explain benefits of electroconvulsive therapy

byUniversity of California - San DiegoCredit: Pixabay/CC0 Public DomainElectroconvulsive therapy (ECT), formerly known as electroshock therapy, involves inducing a brief seizure in the brain usi

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New studies of brain activity explain benefits of electroconvulsive therapy

byUniversity of California - San DiegoCredit: Pixabay/CC0 Public DomainElectroconvulsive therapy (ECT), formerly known as electroshock therapy, involves inducing a brief seizure in the brain usi

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A small molecule blocks aversive memory formation, providing a potential treatment target for depression

byCity University of Hong KongThe YM022-treated mice (diagram A, second from right) spent significantly more time in the social interaction zone (framed with a green line) than the control group

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A small molecule blocks aversive memory formation, providing a potential treatment target for depression

byCity University of Hong KongThe YM022-treated mice (diagram A, second from right) spent significantly more time in the social interaction zone (framed with a green line) than the control group

Updated on:January 10,2024 15

Inflammation and loss of protective mechanisms in the brain linked to suicide risk

byVan Andel Research InstituteDifferentially expressed genes in temporal cortical brain tissue from suicidal decedents versus nonsuicide, nonpsychiatric controls.Nfor healthy = 32;&n

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Inflammation and loss of protective mechanisms in the brain linked to suicide risk

byVan Andel Research InstituteDifferentially expressed genes in temporal cortical brain tissue from suicidal decedents versus nonsuicide, nonpsychiatric controls.Nfor healthy = 32;&n

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Connectivity scans could serve as brain 'blueprints' for adolescents, researchers find

by Noelle Toumey Reetz,Georgia State UniversityThe flowchart of the FNC analysis to investigate cross-scan FNC.a, Neuromark framework extracts robust functional components from the ABCD da

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Connectivity scans could serve as brain 'blueprints' for adolescents, researchers find

by Noelle Toumey Reetz,Georgia State UniversityThe flowchart of the FNC analysis to investigate cross-scan FNC.a, Neuromark framework extracts robust functional components from the ABCD da

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Your mental dictionary is part of what makes you unique: How your brain stores and retrieves words

by Nichol Castro,The ConversationCredit: CC0 Public DomainThe days of having a dictionary on your bookshelf are numbered. But that's OK, because everyone already walks around with a dictiona

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Your mental dictionary is part of what makes you unique: How your brain stores and retrieves words

by Nichol Castro,The ConversationCredit: CC0 Public DomainThe days of having a dictionary on your bookshelf are numbered. But that's OK, because everyone already walks around with a dictiona

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Brain study uncovers new insights into major depressive disorder in adolescents

by TranSpreadRelationships between nodal properties derived from the CTNs and clinical and neuropsychological variables in the adolescent MDD patients. Values in the scatter plots were residuals of th

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Brain study uncovers new insights into major depressive disorder in adolescents

by TranSpreadRelationships between nodal properties derived from the CTNs and clinical and neuropsychological variables in the adolescent MDD patients. Values in the scatter plots were residuals of th

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Study finds women more competitive against strangers in games but still win more when playing their intimate partners

by Bob Yirka , Medical XpressCredit: Pavel Danilyuk from PexelsA team of psychologists at North China University of Science and Technology's School of Psychology and Mental Health has found that w

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Study finds women more competitive against strangers in games but still win more when playing their intimate partners

by Bob Yirka , Medical XpressCredit: Pavel Danilyuk from PexelsA team of psychologists at North China University of Science and Technology's School of Psychology and Mental Health has found that w

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Study finds women with depression have 20% lower taurine concentration in the hippocampus

byKorea Institute of Science and Technology(A) Brain regions where spectra were measured (yellow box) (B) 1H MR spectrum in the hippocampus: Hippocampal taurine signal shown at 3.4 ppm (arrow).

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Study finds women with depression have 20% lower taurine concentration in the hippocampus

byKorea Institute of Science and Technology(A) Brain regions where spectra were measured (yellow box) (B) 1H MR spectrum in the hippocampus: Hippocampal taurine signal shown at 3.4 ppm (arrow).

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Reducing anxiety and stress with pupil feedback

by Christoph Elhardt,ETH Zuricha, Participants apply mental strategies that are believed to modulate the brain’s arousal levels mediated by nuclei such as the LC. Pupil size was measured by an e

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Reducing anxiety and stress with pupil feedback

by Christoph Elhardt,ETH Zuricha, Participants apply mental strategies that are believed to modulate the brain’s arousal levels mediated by nuclei such as the LC. Pupil size was measured by an e

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Pupil response may shed light on who responds best to transcranial magnetic stimulation for depression

byUniversity of California, Los AngelesCorrelation of pupillary constriction amplitude with symptom improvement at treatment 30.New findings from researchers at UCLA Health suggest that measurin

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Pupil response may shed light on who responds best to transcranial magnetic stimulation for depression

byUniversity of California, Los AngelesCorrelation of pupillary constriction amplitude with symptom improvement at treatment 30.New findings from researchers at UCLA Health suggest that measurin

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Social isolation and loneliness linked to poor health—our study could help explain why

by Timothy Matthews and Line Jee Hartmann Rasmussen,The ConversationCredit: Unsplash/CC0 Public DomainNumerous studies have shown that social isolation and loneliness are associated with an&nbsp

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Social isolation and loneliness linked to poor health—our study could help explain why

by Timothy Matthews and Line Jee Hartmann Rasmussen,The ConversationCredit: Unsplash/CC0 Public DomainNumerous studies have shown that social isolation and loneliness are associated with an&nbsp

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Inflammatory signs for adolescent depression found to differ between boys and girls

by King's College LondonInteraction between the effects of biological sex and adolescent depression risk groups on interleukin (IL)-2 levels. **p < .005, Two-way ANOVA. LR = low-risk for d

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Inflammatory signs for adolescent depression found to differ between boys and girls

by King's College LondonInteraction between the effects of biological sex and adolescent depression risk groups on interleukin (IL)-2 levels. **p < .005, Two-way ANOVA. LR = low-risk for d

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