FeaturedNeuroscienceOpen Neuroscience Articles·November 15, 2022·5 min readResearchers Create Novel Device to Measure Nerve Activity for Treatment of Sepsis and PTSDA new, non-invasive method for measuring cervical nerve activity offers more personal treatments for PTSD and sepsis.Read More
FeaturedNeurosciencePsychology·November 14, 2022·4 min readExposing Brain Tissue to Psilocybin Provides Insights Into Consciousness, Depression and AnxietyInvestigating how psychedelics such as psilocybin act on serotonin receptors, researchers shed new light on how the drugs affect consciousness and assist in treating a range of mental health disorders.Read More
FeaturedNeurosciencePsychology·November 9, 2022·3 min readEvening People Show Enhanced Fear Acquisition, Which May Increase the Risk to Develop AnxietyThe vulnerability of those with evening chronotypes to anxiety, PTSD, and related disorders may be mediated by altered fear acquisition.Read More
FeaturedNeurosciencePsychology·November 2, 2022·4 min readMorning Blue Light Treatment Improves Sleep in Patients With PTSDDaily morning blue-lightwave light exposure improved sleep and reduced the severity of symptoms for those suffering from PTSD.Read More
FeaturedNeurosciencePsychology·November 2, 2022·5 min readDaytime Sleep Enhance Fear Memories of Emotional Trauma and AnxietyTaking a short nap during the day can enhance memories of disturbing and fearful events, a new study reports.Read More
FeaturedNeurosciencePsychology·October 25, 2022·9 min readWhere Do Fears Come From?Exposure therapy for fears and phobias may only have a 50% success rate because fear memories outlast competing safety memories learned from therapy. Researchers investigate the genesis of fear memories and have developed a new mathematical model to help strengthen exposure therapies.Read More
FeaturedNeurosciencePsychology·October 21, 2022·5 min readPrior Stressful Events Can Help Build ResilienceA display of defensive behaviors, when faced with an aggressive mouse, predicted a smaller mouse's ability to become resilient following a traumatic event. Stimulating dopamine production in defensive smaller mice induced resilience.Read More
FeaturedGeneticsNeurosciencePsychology·October 21, 2022·6 min readHow Neurons From PTSD Patients React to StressNeurons derived from stem cells of combat veterans with PTSD react differently to stress hormones than those derived from veterans without PTSD. The findings shed new light on how genetics can cause some to develop PTSD following a traumatic event.Read More
FeaturedNeurosciencePsychology·October 17, 2022·4 min readSound Cues During Sleep Could Help People to Forget Specific MemoriesPrevious research found sound cues played during sleep can improve a person's memory. A new study reports that sound cues during sleep can also help to weaken intrusive and traumatic memories. Researchers say sound cues during sleep could be used to both increase or decrease the ability to recall specific memories.Read More
FeaturedNeurosciencePsychology·October 12, 2022·2 min readTraumatic Experiences May Be Associated With Lower Levels of Sex HormonesA history of trauma is associated with lower concentrations of estrone and estradiol in middle-aged women, especially in those who suffer from a lack of sleep or other sleep disorders.Read More
FeaturedNeuroscience·October 6, 2022·3 min readA New Function of the CerebellumThe cerebellum plays a key role in the storage of both positive and negative memories of emotional events.Read More
FeaturedNeurosciencePsychology·October 6, 2022·5 min readSchizophrenia May Increase Dementia Risk by 2.5 TimesPeople with schizophrenia are 2.5 times more likely to develop dementia than those without a mental health disorder.Read More