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This image highlights the location of the insula in green.

·August 21, 2013·5 min read

Schizophrenia Symptoms Linked to Faulty ‘Switch’ in Brain

Researchers find some of the psychotic symptoms experienced by those with schizophrenia may be caused by a disconnection between the insular and lateral frontal cortex.

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·August 15, 2013·2 min read

Worms May Shed Light on Human Ability to Handle Chronic Stress

New research into the brain cells of roundworms may help scientists better understand how some humans are better able to cope with stress.

This brain scan shows the location of the putamen in the brain.

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·August 15, 2013·2 min read

Imaging in Mental Health and Improving the Diagnostic Process

Neuroimaging could help find a biomarker in the brain which can help correctly diagnose bipolar disorder and major depressive disorder.

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·August 2, 2013·2 min read

Study Finds Night Owls More Likely to be Psychopaths

A new study suggests those who stay up late into the night are more likely to display anti-social personality trait and psychopathic tendencies.

The image shows a representation of schizophrenia networks in the prefrontal cortex.

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·August 1, 2013·4 min read

Stray Prenatal Gene Network Suspected in Schizophrenia

Researchers trace spontaneous genetic mutations and reverse-engineer the outlines of disrupted prenatal gene networks in schizophrenia.

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·July 30, 2013·2 min read

How to Learn Successfully Even Under Stress

A new study finds the switch from conscious to unconscious learning systems is triggered by the intact function of mineralocorticoid receptors.

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·July 29, 2013·4 min read

Surgical Anesthetic Appears to Treat Drug Resistant Depression

Researchers discover the anesthetic drug isoflurane could help treat drug resistant depression.

This diagram shows the location of the pineal gland in the brain.

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·July 18, 2013·5 min read

Biochemical Mapping Helps Explain Who Will Respond to Antidepressants

Researchers suggest serotonin metabolism in the pineal gland could play a role in the underlying cause of depression. The findings were based on biochemical changes which were seen to be in association with improvements in depression.

This brain scan shows the location of the orbitofrontal cortex.

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·July 15, 2013·2 min read

Brain Discovery Could Help Schizophrenics

Researchers discover a link between the orbitofrontal cortex and learning and behavioral deficits in mice with a gene associated with mental illness.

The fMRI image shows the elevated activity in the amygdala in children with depression.

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·July 1, 2013·3 min read

Brain Differences Seen in Depressed Preschoolers

The amygdala, an area of the brain which regulates emotion, works differently in preschoolers with depression compared to their health peers, a new study suggests.

The image shows the areas of the brain affected by schizophrenia.

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·June 17, 2013·2 min read

Psychiatric Disorders Linked to a Protein Involved in the Formation of Long-Term Memories

Researchers have discovered a neural pathway in which the brain controls a specific molecule, connected to bipolar disorder and schizophrenia which is also critical to the formation of long term memory.

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·June 12, 2013·4 min read

Dad’s Life Stress Exposure Can Affect Offspring Brain Development

Researchers have shown stress on preadolesecent and adult male mice induced an epigenetic mark in their sperm which reprogrammed their offspring's HPA axis, a region the the brain which governs stress response.