Opioid Receptor Activity Masks Traces of Past Pain Long After Injury
As an injury heals, the dissipation of pain over time is apparently not a simple return to normal. According toContinue Reading
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Neuroscientists identify a brain signature of pain
Like truth and beauty, pain is subjective and hard to pin down. What hurts one moment might not register theContinue Reading
Lonely, but alive
We humans are social creatures – so much so that isolation shortens our lives. But what is it about solitudeContinue Reading
Video Games to Treat Dyslexia?
Attention training might trump language practice in treating dyslexia, and video games might provide just that, according to a recentContinue Reading
Love that knows bounds
Oxytocin, the so-called love hormone, activates feelings of trust and attraction between people when it is released in the brain,Continue Reading
A lifeline for addicts
Restoring the brain’s flexibility may help addicts act on their desire to quit. Read this story at Scientific American Mind.
Rational thought can override a generous intuition
Our instinct is to give, until we think about it logically, according to a recent study in Nature. Read thisContinue Reading
Widespread brain reductions in “schizophrenia-lite”
Men with schizotypal personality disorder (SPD) show reductions in brain volume in several, disparate regions, reports a study published onlineContinue Reading
Verbal lags in teenagers linked to schizophrenia
Falling behind in verbal development during the teenage years increases the risk for schizophrenia in adulthood, reports a study publishedContinue Reading
Heart disease, cancer shorten lifespans in schizophrenia
Undiagnosed heart disease and cancer steal 12 to 15 years from the lives of people with schizophrenia, reports a studyContinue Reading
Brain scanners turn to mice
Mice carrying a truncated form of DISC1, a gene related to psychiatric illness, also show defects in the dopamine systemContinue Reading
Stress reworks dopamine systems
Stressful events contribute to the development of psychiatric illnesses, but what are the transducers of this connection? Two studies publishedContinue Reading
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