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Depression, anxiety high in graduate students, survey shows

Graduate students are more than six times as likely to experience depression and anxiety as compared to the general population, according to a comprehensive survey of 2,279 individuals conducted via social media and direct email.

Babies who resemble dad are healthier at 1st birthday

According to a recent study, babies who live in single-mother households are more likely to be healthy at the age of 1 if they resemble their father.

People with depression have stronger emotional responses to negative memories

People with major depressive disorder (MDD) feel more negative emotion when remembering painful experiences than people without the disorder, according to a new study. The study reports that people with MDD were able to control the negative emotions ab…

Frequent ‘I-Talk’ may signal proneness to emotional distress

People who talk a lot about themselves are not narcissists as one might expect. Instead, those who say ‘I’ and ‘me’ a lot may be prone to depression, anxiety and other negative emotions, researchers found.

How thalidomide is effective against cerebral infarction

Scientists have studied thalidomide’s target protein, cereblon (CRBN), and its binding protein, AMP-activated protein kinase (AMPK), which plays an important role in maintaining intracellular energy homeostasis in the brain. Through their study, they r…

Stab injury of zebrafish unveils regenerative processes by neural stem cells in the brain

Researchers recently elucidated the regenerative processes by neural stem cells using a stab injury model in the optic tectum, a less studied area of the brain, of adult zebrafish. This study has brought them a step closer to shedding light on how an i…

Enhancement of neurotrophic factor signaling may improve memory functions

Treatments targeted to enhance brain neurotrophic factor signaling could improve memory functions in Alzheimer’s disease even though they don’t alter brain amyloid burden, according to recent research.

Paying attention as the eyes move

The visual system optimally maintains attention on relevant objects even as eye movements are made, shows a new study.

Towards an unconscious neural reinforcement intervention for common fears

Scientists have moved one major step towards the development of a novel form of brain-based treatment for phobia that may soon be applicable to patients.

‘Epigenetic landscape’ is protective in normal aging, impaired in Alzheimer’s disease

Researchers profiled the epigenomic landscape of Alzheimer’s brains, specifically in one of the regions affected early in AD, the lateral temporal lobe. They compared these to both younger and elderly cognitively normal control subjects. The team descr…