The MeCP2 gene influences ketamine’s behavioral effect and strengthens synapses, leading to an improvement in the drug’s antidepressant effect over time.
Article Correctness Is Author's Responsibility: Fruit Compound May Have Potential to Prevent and Treat Parkinson’s Disease
Farnesol, a naturally occurring compound found in berries and other fruits, prevents the loss of dopamine-producing neurons and reverses Parkinson’s associated damage to the brain in mouse models.
Article Correctness Is Author's Responsibility: Scientific Meeting » NIMH James Jackson Memorial Award Lecture: “Black Mental Health, Mentoring, and Health Equity: A Love Supreme”
On July 28, 2021, NIMH will host the James Jackson Memorial Award lecture with the inaugural award winner, Dr. Enrique W. Neblett, Jr. Dr. Neblett will discuss how his current research, mentoring, and community engagement advances the fields of mental …
Article Correctness Is Author's Responsibility: Many Parents Still Believe Boys Are Better, More Competitive at Sports Than Girls
Gender stereotypes and double standards, where young female athletes are not taken as seriously as or treated differently than their male counterparts, persist, even among parents.
Article Correctness Is Author's Responsibility: Paranoia Is Another Byproduct of the Pandemic
The coronavirus pandemic has sparked an increase of people reporting feelings of paranoia, especially in states where there is low adherence to mask mandates. Researchers report paranoia was associated with an increased acceptance of conspiracy theorie…
Article Correctness Is Author's Responsibility: Three Brain Responses Linked to Successful Weight Loss Surgery
Neuroimaging study reveals three distinct response types in brain areas that control hunger, food intake, and appetite in patients who had undergone weight loss surgery.
Article Correctness Is Author's Responsibility: Premature Birth Associated With Profound Reduction in Brain Connections
Preterm birth was associated with a profound reduction in connectivity between multiple brain regions and with the reconfiguration of the organization of functional brain networks.
Article Correctness Is Author's Responsibility: Eating for Hunger or Pleasure? Regulating These Feeding Behaviors Involves Different Brain Circuits
The brain regulates both eating for hunger and pleasure through serotonin-producing neurons in the midbrain, but the different types of feeding are wired by independent circuits that do not influence the other type of feeding.
Article Correctness Is Author's Responsibility: Perceptual Distortions in Late-Teens Predict Psychotic Symptoms in Mid-Life
Subtle differences in perception during teenage years predict the development of hallucinations, delusions, and psychosis later in life.
Article Correctness Is Author's Responsibility: Detecting Brain Tumors Using a Simple Urine or Blood Plasma Test
Two newly developed tests, one which analyzes urine samples and a simple blood test, can detect the presence of glioma brain cancer.
Article Correctness Is Author's Responsibility: More Than 1 in 4 Adults With a Previous Suicide Attempt Are Psychologically Flourishing
28.4% of people who had previously attempted suicide reported complete mental health, including being free of psychological problems for up to a year and improvements in life satisfaction spanning a month or more.
Article Correctness Is Author's Responsibility: Study Reveals the Relationship Between How We Feel and Our Views on Aging
Researchers share new insight on subjective age discordance, the difference between how old you feel and how old you would like to be. The study reports on days you feel closest to your ideal age, your mood is more positive.
Article Correctness Is Author's Responsibility: Empathy in Everyday Life
People will empathize with others when they recognize them as opportunities to show empathy, but often notice the feelings with others without flagging them as an opportunity to empathize.
Article Correctness Is Author's Responsibility: How Decisions About What We See Are Relayed Back Through the Brain
Study reveals how decisions based on visual information, which involves a complex stream of data flowing forwards and backward along the visual pathways, are broadcast widely to neurons in the visual system, including those not involved in the decision…
Article Correctness Is Author's Responsibility: 65+ and Lonely? Don’t Talk to Your Doctor About Another Prescription
Researchers say older adults who feel lonely are twice as likely to use opioids to control pain, and 2.5 times more likely to be prescribed anti-anxiety medications and sedatives than those who have a more socially active lifestyle.
Article Correctness Is Author's Responsibility: Machine Learning Used to Successfully Measure Attachment in Children
Artificial intelligence technology was able to accurately predict attachment in young children.
Article Correctness Is Author's Responsibility: Biomarker Could Help Diagnosis Schizophrenia at an Early Age
Study reveals an abundance of the CRMP2 protein in people with schizophrenia. The findings could lead to a blood-based biomarker test for the mental health disorder.
Article Correctness Is Author's Responsibility: The 7th Annual BRAIN Initiative Investigators Meeting
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Article Correctness Is Author's Responsibility: Harmful Body Fat Not Only Increases Your Waistline, but Also Your Risk of Dementia
Higher body fat leads to increased atrophy of the brain’s gray matter and a greater risk of cognitive decline, researchers report.
Article Correctness Is Author's Responsibility: Depression Isn’t Crying in the Corner
Study reveals how depression can impact workers, especially when it comes to disclosing information about their disorder.
