May 19, 2016 by NewsBot - No Comment
Researchers have studied possible causes behind the development of brain tumors. The results show differences in expression of certain molecules known as metabolites when comparing healthy individuals with people who would eventually develop brain tumo…
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Interventions designed to reduce alcohol use among fraternity members are no more effective than no intervention at all, according to an analysis of 25 years of research involving over 6,000…
May 19, 2016 by NewsBot - No Comment
An online exercise featured in the first episode of BBC One’s ‘Lose Weight for Love’ is now available to the public for free to help people who want to cut down on alcohol..
May 18, 2016 by NewsBot - No Comment
New research demonstrates the effectiveness of ketamine to treat depression in a mouse model of the disease. The brings together two hypotheses: 1) that depression results from deficits in GABA signaling and 2) that depression results from deficits in …
May 18, 2016 by NewsBot - No Comment
Ketamine, a synthetic analogue of PCP, has recently taken the spotlight as a novel, fast-acting antidepressant. However, experts say that more research on usage of ketamine as an antidepressant is needed.
May 18, 2016 by NewsBot - No Comment
In machine learning, a programmer might develop an AI that can calculate all possible consequences of a single action. Humans, however, don’t have the same raw computational power; we have to efficiently create and execute a plan. We mentally invent di…
May 18, 2016 by NewsBot - No Comment
Children with autism have a wide range of ability to talk with other people, but it has been difficult to group children by their specific skills. Now researchers have developed an autism classification system that defines levels of social communicatio…
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Repeated radiation therapy used to target tumors in the brain may not be as safe to healthy brain cells as previously assumed. The findings of a new study show that the treatment also kills important support cells in the brain and may cause as much, if…
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Psilocybin – the hallucinogenic ingredient in magic mushrooms – could relieve symptoms in people with treatment-resistant depression, suggests new research.
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Though it only affects 10-15 percent of people with Tourette’s, involuntary swearing is perceived as a key symptom of the neurological condition. We investigate why.
