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Read moreStressed, toxic, zombie cells seen for 1st time in Alzheimer’s: Finding may apply to 20 brain diseases; drug tandem stops decline in old mice
A type of cellular stress known to be involved in
Read more‘It’s all in the eyes’: The role of the amygdala in the experience and perception of fear
Researchers have long believed that the amygdala, an almond-shaped structure
Read moreWhy do women get more migraines? Estrogen and other sex hormones may be responsible for the higher prevalence of migraine in women
Research published today reveals a potential mechanism for migraine causation
Read moreBroad ‘genetic architectures’ of traits and diseases: Cognitive traits and psychiatric disorders stand apart, typically being influenced by tens of thousands of gene variants
Scientists at Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health have
Read moreDoctors reduced opioid prescriptions after learning a patient overdosed: When clinicians are given information about a patient’s overdose, they prescribe fewer powerful painkillers
Will clinicians become more careful in prescribing opioids if they
Read moreNew theory may explain cause of depression and improve treatments
A new area in depression research suggests dysfunction in mitochondria
Read moreEvolutionary changes in the human brain may have led to bipolar disorder and schizophrenia
The same aspects of relatively recent evolutionary changes that make
Read moreNew discovery sheds light on proteins critical in mood and behavior disorders
Researchers at Columbia University Irving Medical Center (CUIMC) have found
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