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Ketamine Acts Fast to Treat Depression and Its Effects Last, But How?

Neuroscience NewsJune 22, 2018

Researchers explore the mechanisms behind ketamine's effectiveness at treating depression. The study reports the long lasting effects of ketamine may be due to G proteins timing in moving back to lipid rafts.... Read More...

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When Emotional Memories Intrude, Focusing on Context Could Help

Neuroscience NewsJune 15, 2018

A new study reveals focusing attention to the context of a memory, rather than the emotional aspects, increases activity in brain regions associated with executive function and attention.... Read More...

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One-Third of US Adults May Unknowingly Use Medications that Can Cause Depression

Neuroscience NewsJune 12, 2018

Researchers say almost one third of Americans are unknowingly taking medications that can increase depression and suicide risks.... Read More...

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Larger Sample Size Needed to Increase Reproducibility in Neuroscience Studies

Neuroscience NewsJune 7, 2018

Researchers say typical neuroimaging studies generally utilize small sample sizes, making them a challenge for other neuroscientists to replicate.... Read More...

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Does Stabilizing Female Hormones Help Lower Suicide Risk?

Neuroscience NewsJune 4, 2018

Researchers have received funding to help determine if stabilizing progesterone and estradiol will help to reduce suicidality in females at risk of suicide.... Read More...

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How Does Alcohol Influence Alzheimer’s Development?

Neuroscience NewsJune 4, 2018

A new study reports alcohol may impede the clearance of amyloid beta, a protein associated with Alzheimer's disease, in the brain.... Read More...

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Study Adds New Evidence that Infants Track Others’ Mental States

Neuroscience NewsMay 7, 2018

A new study adds to growing evidence that infants possess a basic theory of mind. Neuroimaging reveals the temporal parietal junction, an area of the brain associated with theory of mind, responds similarly in infants and adults when watching videos of actors expressing different mental states.... Read More...

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Prosthetic Arms Can Provide Controlled Sensory Feedback

Neuroscience NewsApril 28, 2018

Researchers have developed a new prosthetic arm that stimulates the nerves in the amputated limb, allowing the patient to feel the sense of touch.... Read More...

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Surprise Can Be an Agent of Social Change

Neuroscience NewsApril 3, 2018

Surprise, researchers say, not only has effects on the beliefs of an individual, but also collective effects on the content of culture. As a result, surprise can lead people to change attitudes, shift preconceptions and inspire social change.... Read More...

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Prenatal Choline Intake Increases Gray and White Matter: Piglet Study

Neuroscience NewsMarch 27, 2018

Researchers report piglets of mothers who were fed a choline rich diet had increased white and gray matter in the brain.... Read More...

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Decision Making is Shaped by Individual Differences in the Functional Brain Connectome

Neuroscience NewsMarch 19, 2018

Researchers report individual differences in functional brain connectivity reflects differences in how certain intrinsic connectivity networks engage during decision making.... Read More...

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Emotional Suppression Reduces Memory of Negative Events

Neuroscience NewsMarch 13, 2018

Researchers report both implicit and explicit emotional suppression reduces connectivity in brain regions associated with encoding emotional memories.... Read More...

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Mechanisms Behind Choosing Alcohol Over Healthy Rewards Identified

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Neurology

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Robotics

New ‘E-Dermis’ Brings Sense of Touch, Pain to Prosthetic Hands

Robotic Bloodhound Tracks Odors on the Ground

Cometh the Cyborg: Improved Integration of Living Muscles into Robots

Psychology

Ketamine Acts Fast to Treat Depression and Its Effects Last, But How?

Suicide Nation: What’s Behind the Need to Numb and Seek Final Escape?

University of Illinois

Ketamine Acts Fast to Treat Depression and Its Effects Last, But How?

When Emotional Memories Intrude, Focusing on Context Could Help

One-Third of US Adults May Unknowingly Use Medications that Can Cause Depression

Larger Sample Size Needed to Increase Reproducibility in Neuroscience Studies

Does Stabilizing Female Hormones Help Lower Suicide Risk?

How Does Alcohol Influence Alzheimer’s Development?

Study Adds New Evidence that Infants Track Others’ Mental States

Prosthetic Arms Can Provide Controlled Sensory Feedback

Prenatal Choline Intake Increases Gray and White Matter: Piglet Study

Decision Making is Shaped by Individual Differences in the Functional Brain Connectome

Emotional Suppression Reduces Memory of Negative Events