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·November 15, 2022·4 min read

Potential New Lead Compounds for the Treatment of Depression and Anxiety Disorders

Study identifies potential new drugs that can help treat depression and anxiety disorders without many of the adverse effects of other medications currently under evaluation.

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·November 15, 2022·2 min read

Over a Billion Young People Are Potentially at Risk of Hearing Loss From Headphones, Earbuds, Loud Music Venues

Researchers say up to 1 billion teens and young adults are at risk of hearing loss as a result of using headphones, earbuds, or attending loud music venues.

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·November 15, 2022·5 min read

In Utero Exposure to Flame Retardants Increases Anxiety Symptoms

A new study reveals a link between fetal exposure to flame retardants and an increased risk of anxiety during adolescence. Researchers found the higher the levels of PBDE, a class of chemicals used in flame retardants, in a pregnant woman's blood sample, the higher a child' scored for anxiety during their teenage years.

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·November 15, 2022·4 min read

How Hormonal Birth Control May Affect the Adolescent Brain

Hormonal contraception disrupts signal transmission between cells in the prefrontal cortex of adolescents. Hormonal birth control also elevates levels of stress hormones in the brain.

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·November 15, 2022·6 min read

Seeing You Distorts My Memory: People With Attachment Anxiety More Likely to Create False Memories When They Can See the Person Talking

Adults with attachment anxiety are more likely to remember details incorrectly, especially when they can see the person relaying information, than those with other personality types like neuroticism or attachment avoidance.

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·November 15, 2022·3 min read

Children Learn More Quickly Than Adults

Children have a rapid boost of GABA during visual learning tasks that continue after the training ends. In adults, GABA levels remain consistent. Findings suggest children's brains respond to training in a way that allows the to more quickly and more efficiently stabilize learning.

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·November 15, 2022·3 min read

Multilevel Brain Atlases Provide Tools for Better Mental Health Diagnosis

A newly developed brain atlas could help with the study and diagnosis of mental health and neurodegenerative disorders by correlating brain networks with underlying anatomical structures.

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·November 15, 2022·3 min read

Seals’ Sense of Rhythm May Give Us Answers About Our Own Musicality

Seals can distinguish between and react differently to changes in rhythm. The findings shed new light on musicality.

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·November 15, 2022·4 min read

Feeling Poorer Than Your Friends in Early Adolescence Is Associated With Worse Mental Health

Teenagers who come from less financially secure backgrounds than their friends are more likely to experience lower self-esteem and are at higher risk of being bullied. Additionally, both those who are poorer and those who are more affluent are more likely to perpetuate bullying behaviors.

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·November 15, 2022·5 min read

Researchers Create Novel Device to Measure Nerve Activity for Treatment of Sepsis and PTSD

A new, non-invasive method for measuring cervical nerve activity offers more personal treatments for PTSD and sepsis.

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·November 15, 2022·3 min read

How the Nucleus Accumbens Mediates Positive and Negative Motivational Valence

Study reveals the mechanism of the nucleus accumbens for mediating reward and aversion.

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·November 15, 2022·3 min read

The Economic Burden of Gun Violence

Injuries and deaths that occur as a result of gun violence result in a major economic burden for healthcare facilities and society overall, researchers say.

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neurobiology

Potential New Lead Compounds for the Treatment of Depression and Anxiety Disorders

Over a Billion Young People Are Potentially at Risk of Hearing Loss From Headphones, Earbuds, Loud Music Venues

In Utero Exposure to Flame Retardants Increases Anxiety Symptoms

How Hormonal Birth Control May Affect the Adolescent Brain

Seeing You Distorts My Memory: People With Attachment Anxiety More Likely to Create False Memories When They Can See the Person Talking

Children Learn More Quickly Than Adults

Multilevel Brain Atlases Provide Tools for Better Mental Health Diagnosis

Seals’ Sense of Rhythm May Give Us Answers About Our Own Musicality

Feeling Poorer Than Your Friends in Early Adolescence Is Associated With Worse Mental Health

Researchers Create Novel Device to Measure Nerve Activity for Treatment of Sepsis and PTSD

How the Nucleus Accumbens Mediates Positive and Negative Motivational Valence

The Economic Burden of Gun Violence

AI Chip Mimicking Brain’s Reflex Center Developed

Study Overturns Decades of External Axon Growth Theory

Study Shatters Assumptions About Brain Connectome Dynamics

Earliest Evidence of Right-Handedness Found

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