It can take nine months or more for people who have used antidepressants for a long term to find relief from withdrawal symptoms. Researchers address the common symptoms of antidepressant withdrawal and steps to take to help improve symptoms.
Infants who are born preterm do not habituate to repeated pain the same way in which full-term babies or adults do. Researchers believe this is because preterm infants have not yet developed the mechanism that enables people to adapt to moderate pain, which is thought to develop during the third trimester of pregnancy.
When it's more helpful to think ahead, people rely on the memories of previous experiences to help make choices.
Traumatic brain injuries may increase the risk of developing glioma brain cancer later in life, researchers report. The study found brain injury caused specific genetic mutations to synergize with inflammation, making brain cells more likely to become cancerous.
Ambroxol, a common medicine used to treat respiratory illnesses shows promise as a treatment to slow the progression of Parkinson's disease. Researchers report ambroxol increases the level of GCase, a protein that allows cells to remove waste proteins including alpha synuclein.
People who frequently travel 15 or more miles from home report better overall health.
Researchers have identified and mapped regions of the brain associated with fluid memory, or the human ability to solve problems without prior experience.
Sleep duration starts to decline during early adulthood until the age of 33, it then starts to pick up again at age 53, researchers report.
Aesthetic experience is not just limited to the visual features of a piece of art, but also the moment at which it is viewed.
The anti-aging drug Rapamycin only prolongs the lifespan of females according to research using fruit fly and mouse models. Rapamycin increased autophagy in female intestinal cells, but not in males. Findings suggest biological sex may be a crucial factor in the effectiveness of anti-aging drugs.
People who experience chronic pain during middle age report poorer mental and overall health problems later in life.
When actors hear their own names during a performance, their response is suppressed by activity in the left anterior prefrontal cortex, a brain area associated with self-awareness.
