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·December 22, 2021·5 min read

Stigma Surrounding Depression Drops for First Time in Us, but Increases for Other Mental Illnesses

While the stigma against depression has decreased for the first time, the stigma levels for other mental health disorders have either remained stagnant or increased.

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·December 21, 2021·5 min read

Botox Injections May Reduce Anxiety

Patients who received botox injections at four different sites, not just the forehead, reported anxiety significantly less than those undergoing different treatments for the same conditions.

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·December 20, 2021·5 min read

Perfecting Pitch Perception

Natural soundscapes have shaped our sense of hearing, optimizing it for the kinds of sounds we encounter most often.

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·December 20, 2021·6 min read

Gum Disease Increases Risk of Other Illness Such as Mental Health and Heart Conditions

People with periodontal disease have a 37% increased risk of developing anxiety, serious mental illness, and depression, and an 18% increased risk of developing cardiovascular disease.

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·December 18, 2021·3 min read

Visuals Increase Attention; Now Science Explains Why

Norepinephrine is locally regulated in the visual cortex. More norepinephrine is released when and where visual information is processed.

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·December 17, 2021·4 min read

Rollercoaster of Emotions: Exploring Emotions With Virtual Reality

A virtual rollercoaster ride in combination with EEG helped researchers determine how emotions are processed in the brain.

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·December 16, 2021·4 min read

Parkinson’s Disease Mutation Misdirects Iron in the Brain

Findings reveal a common Parkinson's disease genetic mutation drives mislocalization of iron in activated microglia.

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·December 16, 2021·4 min read

‘Mini-Brains’ Provide Clues About Early Life Origins of Schizophrenia

Brain organoid study reveals multiple changes in brain cells during early embryonic development may contribute to schizophrenia later in life.

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·December 16, 2021·4 min read

Why You Drink Black Coffee: It’s in Your Genes

A taste for black coffee and dark chocolate is possibly a genetic trait, a new study reports. Coffee drinkers who have a genetic variant that reflects faster caffeine metabolism prefer bitter, black coffee. The same genetic variant is found in those who prefer dark chocolate.

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·December 16, 2021·3 min read

Choline Transporter in the Brain Is Necessary for Tuning Out Unneeded Information

The choline transporter protein regulates habituation to smells in fruit fly brains.

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·December 15, 2021·3 min read

How Ultrasound Could Be Used to Treat Psychiatric Disorders

Low-intensity transcranial ultrasound stimulation helps modulate brain activity and behaviors associated with a range of psychiatric disorders, a new study reports.

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·December 14, 2021·4 min read

Running Down the Exercise ‘Sweet Spot’ to Reverse Cognitive Decline

Researchers have identified a "sweet spot" during exercise that appears to reverse age-related cognitive decline and improves learning in mouse models.

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Stigma Surrounding Depression Drops for First Time in Us, but Increases for Other Mental Illnesses

Botox Injections May Reduce Anxiety

Perfecting Pitch Perception

Gum Disease Increases Risk of Other Illness Such as Mental Health and Heart Conditions

Visuals Increase Attention; Now Science Explains Why

Rollercoaster of Emotions: Exploring Emotions With Virtual Reality

Parkinson’s Disease Mutation Misdirects Iron in the Brain

‘Mini-Brains’ Provide Clues About Early Life Origins of Schizophrenia

Why You Drink Black Coffee: It’s in Your Genes

Choline Transporter in the Brain Is Necessary for Tuning Out Unneeded Information

How Ultrasound Could Be Used to Treat Psychiatric Disorders

Running Down the Exercise ‘Sweet Spot’ to Reverse Cognitive Decline

100,000 Small Factors Rival DNA in Disease Risk

The Brain Stacks Sound Information to Navigate the Dark

Edge of Chaos: Why Pigeons Refuse to Become “Machines”

Brain’s Default Setting for Ambiguity Matters for Mental Health

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