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·May 11, 2020

COVID-19 places added prenatal stress on mother and child that could have lasting impact

A child's mental health is affected by stress factors experienced during the mother's pregnancy. The findings suggest the COVID-19 pandemic will have a lasting detrimental impact on the mental health of many children born to mothers who are currently pregnant. Read More

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·April 8, 2020

Key protein involved in the biology of depression identified

The GPR56 protein has been implicated in the biology of depression and a person's response to antidepressants. Read More

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·March 30, 2020

The placebo effect and psychedelic drugs: tripping on nothing?

Is it possible to have a psychedelic experience from taking a placebo alone? A new study says it is. Read More

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·February 27, 2020

Using a cappella to explain speech and music specialization

Using Cappella recordings, researchers discover humans have developed complementary neural systems in each hemisphere for auditory stimuli. Read More

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·February 24, 2020

Researchers end decade-long search for mechanical pain sensor

Researchers have that discovered a protein in the membrane of sensory neurons is involved in our capacity to experience mechanical pain. Read More

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·February 19, 2020

Childhood behaviors may predict traumatic brain injuries later in life

Boys who exhibit inattention-hyperactivity by age 10 have an increased risk for traumatic brain injury later in life. Read More

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·February 17, 2020

How many gender subtypes exist in the brain?

Combining fMRI and behavioral data, researchers examined gender identity in cisgender and transgender individuals using a new machine learning algorithm. The AI identified at least nine dimensions of brain-gender variation. Read More

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·January 28, 2020

AI analyzed blood test can predict the progression of neurodegenerative disease

Combining artificial intelligence technology and blood samples, researchers were able to predict and explain the progression of Alzheimer's and Huntington's disease. The new algorithm was able to detect alterations in gene expression over decades from patients' blood samples. Read More

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·January 25, 2020

Lithium may halt Alzheimer’s progression

More commonly associated with treating bipolar disorder, microdoses of lithium may halt the progression of Alzheimer's disease. Read More

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·July 22, 2019

Study finds Nunavik Inuit are genetically unique

Canada's Nunavik Inuit population are genetically distinct from any other known population. Certain genetic variants identified in this population are associated with a higher risk of brain aneurysms. Nunavik Inuit have distinct genetic signatures in pathways linked to lipid metabolism, allowing them to adjust to higher-fat diets and the extreme temperature of the Canadian Arctic. Read More

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·June 20, 2019

Fibromyalgia linked to variations in microbiome composition

Using a range of clinical techniques, including deep learning, researcher identify changes in the microbiome of people with fibromyalgia which were not associated with diet, medications or aging. Additionally, the severity of symptoms was directly correlated with an increased presence, or more pronounced absence, of certain bacterias. Read More

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·June 19, 2019

Serotonin linked to somatic awareness, a condition long thought to be imaginary

Somatic awareness, a condition previously believed to be of psychological origin, is connected to a common genetic variant. The mutation leads to the malfunctioning of an enzyme critical for serotonin production. Read More

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