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·August 6, 2020·3 min read

Placebos Prove Powerful Even When People Know They’re Taking One

Placebos reduce biomarkers in the brain of emotional distress, even when a patient knows they are taking one.

Featured Open Neuroscience Articles Psychology

·August 5, 2020·2 min read

Neuroendocrine Markers of Grief

Cortisol levels are altered in people experiencing bereavement, causing possible consequences for health.

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·July 30, 2020·3 min read

Laughter Acts as a Stress Buffer, and Even Smiling Helps

Laughing and smiling more might help to buffer against the effects of stress, researchers report.

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·July 29, 2020·3 min read

Sense of Normalcy Bounces Back Fast

Following extremely stressful events, the human sense of normalcy can bounce back within a matter of weeks, a new study reports.

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·July 28, 2020·4 min read

Your Brain on Birth Control

Oral contraceptive use is associated with blunted stress response and brain activity differences during working memory tasks in women who started using birth control during puberty. Early adulthood exposure to oral contraceptives was linked to significant structural changes in brain areas associated with memory and emotional processing.

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·July 24, 2020·5 min read

Genes Related to Inflammation and Stress May Help Tailor Treatments for Depression

Gene expression study reveals it is possible to distinguish between those with treatment-resistant depression and those with major depressive disorder who respond to antidepressants based on levels of inflammation and the presence of molecular mechanisms that spark inflammation into action.

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·July 15, 2020·4 min read

Early Life Stress Associated with Youth Onset of Depression for Some Types of Stress But Not Others

Examining the impact of eight types of early life stress on the onset of youth-onset depression, researchers found some had little impact on the development of the psychological disorder. Emotional abuse was more strongly associated with the development of major depressive disorder than other early stressors, such as poverty.

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·July 2, 2020·5 min read

A Low Level of Cortisol Contributes to the Aging Process

Low levels of the stress hormone cortisol and the GLIZ protein can trigger chronic inflammatory responses in the body, contributing to the aging process.

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·June 23, 2020·3 min read

Prenatal stress associated with infant gut microbes

Chronic stress during pregnancy and elevated maternal cortisol levels have been linked to alterations in the gut microbiota of infants.

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·June 19, 2020·4 min read

The brain’s functional organization slows down following a relationship breakup

Findings reveal individual differences in the severity of depressive symptoms following a relationship breakdown are associated with changes in resting-state whole-brain dynamics.

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·June 16, 2020·4 min read

How does our brain trigger different sighs?

Researchers have identified a brain circuit that regulates all types of sighing but activates sighs for different reasons using input signals from different parts of the brain.