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The hippocampus is a small structure in the brains of mammals that plays a crucial role in processing input from our senses and allows perceptions to be stored as memories. Nerve cells that inhibit the activity of other cells have now been shown to pla…
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A new drug target to fight Alzheimer’s disease has been discovered by a research team that also has potential for development as a novel diagnostic tool for Alzheimer’s disease. The research also suggests that an ultimate successful therapy may be a co…
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Children showing signs of social withdrawal are more susceptible to parental influences than others.
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Women with weight problems were more impulsive than average in a food-related psychology test, a new research paper has shown.
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Your memory for that last bite of a steak or chocolate cake may be more influential than memory for the first bite in determining when you want to eat it again, according to research published in…
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There are currently only two FDA-approved medications for the treatment of posttraumatic stress disorder (PTSD) in the United States. Both of these medications are serotonin uptake inhibitors.
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Disagreeing with comments made by Richard Friedman in a recent New York Times op-ed piece, Mary Ellen O’Toole, PhD, Senior FBI Profiler/Criminal Investigative Analyst (ret.
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The recent recession can be linked with over 10,000 suicides across Europe and North America between 2008 and 2010, according to research by the University of Oxford and the London School of Hygiene…
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After a large stroke, motor skills barely improve, even with rehabilitation. An experiment conducted on rats demonstrates that a course of therapy combining the stimulation of nerve fiber growth with drugs and motor training can be successful. The key,…
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The human mind can rapidly absorb and analyze new information as it flits from thought to thought. These quickly changing brain states may be encoded by synchronization of brain waves across different brain regions, according to a new study.
