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Antidepressants can reduce ’empathic empathy’

Neuroscience NewsJune 18, 2019

Antidepressants for major depressive disorder reduce the aversive response triggered by exposure to the suffering of others. Findings suggest antidepressants may lead to impaired empathy of pain perception.... Read More...

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Individuals who attempt suicide carry an increased genetic liability for depression, regardless of their psychiatric disorder

Neuroscience NewsJune 5, 2019

A genetic liability for major depression increases suicide risk across other psychiatric disorders. ... Read More...

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Everyday stress may boost blood vessel dysfunction in people with depression

Neuroscience NewsMay 7, 2019

Exposure to everyday stressors may result in impairments in endothelial function for patients with major depressive disorder. The findings reveal a possible reason for the association between stress, depression and an increased risk of cardiovascular disease.... Read More...

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Study suggests overdiagnosis of schizophrenia

Neuroscience NewsApril 23, 2019

Researchers provide evidence schizophrenia may be overdiangosed in patients experiencing anxiety and other mood disorders. ... Read More...

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Artificial intelligence can diagnose PTSD by analyzing voices

Neuroscience NewsApril 22, 2019

Artificial intelligence technology is able to objectively differentiate between those with PTSD and those without by analyzing speech samples, with 89.1% accuracy.... Read More...

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Gene-edited disease monkeys cloned in China

Neuroscience NewsApril 11, 2019

Researchers in China successfully used CRISPR gene editing to produce five monkey clones from the fibroblasts of a donor monkey with disease phenotypes. ... Read More...

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Childhood trauma has lasting effect on brain connectivity in patients with depression

Neuroscience NewsApril 8, 2019

Study finds an association between resting state network connectivity abnormalities in those with major depressive disorder who experienced childhood trauma.... Read More...

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Anti-inflammatory medicine can have a beneficial effect on depression

Neuroscience NewsApril 8, 2019

Anti-inflammatory medications, such as those commonly prescribed for arthritis, improve depressive symptoms in those with MDD. ... Read More...

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Herpes virus link to bipolar disorder and depression

Neuroscience NewsApril 7, 2019

Findings provide evidence to support the role of human roseoloviruses, HHV-6A, and HHV-6B in bipolar disorder and major depressive disorder.... Read More...

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Deep stimulation improves cognitive control by augmenting brain rhythms

Neuroscience NewsApril 4, 2019

Deep brain stimulation improves performance on cognitive control tasks and increases theta oscillations in the medial, and lateral prefrontal cortex.... Read More...

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When neurons are out of shape, antidepressants may not work

Neuroscience NewsMarch 22, 2019

Differences in serotonergic neuron morphology, along with altered gene expression have been identified in patients with MDD. The findings shed light on why some patients do not respond to SSRI antidepressants.... Read More...

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Brain stimulation improves depression symptoms, restores brain waves in clinical study

Neuroscience NewsMarch 11, 2019

Transcranial alternating current brain stimulation (tACS) significantly reduced symptoms in people diagnosed with major depressive disorder in a pilot clinical trial.... Read More...

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Antidepressants can reduce ’empathic empathy’

Individuals who attempt suicide carry an increased genetic liability for depression, regardless of their psychiatric disorder

Everyday stress may boost blood vessel dysfunction in people with depression

Study suggests overdiagnosis of schizophrenia

Artificial intelligence can diagnose PTSD by analyzing voices

Gene-edited disease monkeys cloned in China

Childhood trauma has lasting effect on brain connectivity in patients with depression

Anti-inflammatory medicine can have a beneficial effect on depression

Herpes virus link to bipolar disorder and depression

Deep stimulation improves cognitive control by augmenting brain rhythms

When neurons are out of shape, antidepressants may not work

Brain stimulation improves depression symptoms, restores brain waves in clinical study