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·June 5, 2019·4 min read

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

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

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·May 7, 2019·5 min read

Everyday stress may boost blood vessel dysfunction in people with depression

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.

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·April 23, 2019·5 min read

Study suggests overdiagnosis of schizophrenia

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

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·April 22, 2019·4 min read

Artificial intelligence can diagnose PTSD by analyzing voices

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

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·April 11, 2019·5 min read

Gene-edited disease monkeys cloned in China

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

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·April 8, 2019·4 min read

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

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

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·April 8, 2019·5 min read

Anti-inflammatory medicine can have a beneficial effect on depression

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

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·April 7, 2019·3 min read

Herpes virus link to bipolar disorder and depression

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

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·April 4, 2019·5 min read

Deep stimulation improves cognitive control by augmenting brain rhythms

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

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·March 22, 2019·4 min read

When neurons are out of shape, antidepressants may not work

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.

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·March 11, 2019·6 min read

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

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

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·February 1, 2019·4 min read

Hyperactive Neurons May Be to Blame When Antidepressants Don’t Work

Researchers shed new light on why some people may not respond to antidepressants for major depressive disorder. The study reports, neurons in the brains of some with MDD may become hyperactive in the presence of SSRIs.

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major depressive disorder

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

Hyperactive Neurons May Be to Blame When Antidepressants Don’t Work

Dual Brain-Machine Interfaces Unlock Bionic Hand Kinesthesia

Overcoming Endothelial Sorting to Cure Glioblastoma

Hybrid VR and Nerve Stimulation Doubles Stroke Recovery

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