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·July 29, 2021·5 min read

Amygdala Found to Have Role in Important Pre-Attentive Mechanism in the Brain

Study reveals how the amygdala plays a role in prepulse inhibition by activating inhibitory neurons in the brain stem of mice. The findings could have positive implications in the development of treatments for schizophrenia, OCD, and other disorders marked with impaired somatosensory gating.

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·June 28, 2021·4 min read

Gene Discovery May Hold Key to Better Therapies for Ocd

A new study links a distinct pattern of genetic mutations with OCD in humans.

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·June 27, 2021·4 min read

Marmoset Study Identifies Brain Region Linking Actions to Their Outcomes

Switching off activity in the anterior cingulate cortex prevented marmoset monkeys from making an association between behavior and a particular outcome.

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·June 11, 2021·6 min read

Brain Areas Involved in Seeking Information About Bad Possibilities Identified

Study reveals specific neurons in the ventrolateral prefrontal cortex and anterior cingulate cortex that become active when people are faced with the decision to learn or hide from information about an adverse event the person is not able to prevent.

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·April 12, 2021·5 min read

Spit Samples Uncover Genetic Risk Factors for Pediatric Obsessive-Compulsive Disorder

Children and young adults with a specific variant of the PTPRD gene are at greater risk of developing obsessive-compulsive disorder.

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·March 27, 2021·7 min read

Gene Changes Linked to Severe Repetitive Behaviors

Study identifies genes that become activated in the brain prior to the initiation of severe repetitive behaviors associated with addiction, ASD, and schizophrenia.

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·March 2, 2021·4 min read

Placebo Effect May Explain Reported Benefits of Psychedelic Microdoses

A placebo-controlled study of psychedelics reveals the psychological benefits of microdosing are most likely explained by the placebo effect.

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·December 2, 2020·4 min read

Common Neural Circuit and Potential Target for Anxiety and OCD

Glutamatergic neural connections between the prelimbic prefrontal cortex and nucleus accumbens appear to be responsible for co-morbid anxiety and OCD behaviors.

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·October 21, 2020·5 min read

Cannabis Reduces OCD Symptoms by Half in the Short-Term

People with OCD reported a reduction in the symptoms within four hours of smoking cannabis, a new study reports.

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·August 28, 2020·3 min read

Can’t Be Away From Your Phone? Study Finds Link to Higher Levels of Obsession-Compulsion

Interpersonal sensitivity, obsessive compulsions, and the time per day spent using a cell phone are strong predictors of nomophobia, a condition defined as a fear of being away from smart technology.

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·August 28, 2020·8 min read

Which OCD Treatment Works Best? New Brain Study Could Lead to More Personalized Choices

Neuroimaging predicts whether a person with OCD will respond to stress-reduction therapy or exposure-based therapy best. Analyzing brain activity may help to provide tailored treatments to individuals suffering from OCD.