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On-demand brain stimulation alleviates severe depression

The study, which appears in the Oct. 4, 2021, issue of Nature Medicine, represents a landmark success in the years-long effort to apply advances in neuroscience to the treatment of psychiatric disorders.

4 Oct 2021

Psychedelic drug changes the emotional state of people listening to music

Scientists have found that the psychedelic drug psilocybin, in development as an anti-depressive treatment, changes the emotional state of people listening to music.

4 Oct 2021

Post-COVID depressive symptoms respond well to antidepressants, study shows

The COVID pandemic has led to a significant increase in mental health problems. Now, in some good news, a pilot study has shown that depressed patients who have suffered from COVID respond better to standard antidepressants than do people who have not had COVID.

4 Oct 2021

Existing drug used to treat constipation may boost people's ability to think more clearly

The development of drugs to treat cognitive problems in patients with mental illness may be a step closer after a team of researchers discovered that an existing drug - used to treat constipation - may be able to boost our ability to think more clearly.

4 Oct 2021

Study confirms how profoundly the brain is affected by major depression

Scientists have found that the more severely patients have been hit by depression across their lifespan, the less they react emotionally to negative faces during current depression.

4 Oct 2021

Specific protein can be used as a brain marker to indicate whether emotional memories can be changed

Researchers have discovered that a particular protein can be used as a brain marker to indicate whether emotional memories can be changed or forgotten.

3 Oct 2021

Depressed adolescents' brains give a muted reaction to distressing images, research finds

Scientists have measured brain activity in young people with and without depression, and found that the brains of depressed adolescents give a muted reaction to distressing images.

3 Oct 2021

Study finds genetic link between driving convictions, accidents and everyday behavior

A new long-term psychological study of drivers has found an association between driving convictions, accidents and everyday behavior such as eating junk food or alcohol consumption.

3 Oct 2021

Restoring visual function after stroke with gene therapy

Most strokes happen when an artery in the brain becomes blocked. Blood flow to the neural tissue stops, and those tissues typically die. Because of the locations of the major arteries in the brain, many strokes affect motor function.

3 Oct 2021

New study explores the best ways to increase physical activity in cancer survivors

The cancer survivorship journey can have many components, but one of the most important is regular exercise. Physical activity for individuals who have completed cancer treatment can build stamina, reduce anxiety, improve quality of life and physical fitness, and even improve survival outcomes.

2 Oct 2021

Yokogawa Invests in CyberneX, Developer of a Technology for Measuring Brainwaves with a High-performance Earphone-type Device

Yokogawa announces that it has invested in CyberneX Co., Ltd., a startup that has developed an earphone-type device capable of measuring brainwaves in real-time.

From Yokogawa Life Science 1 Oct 2021

$Study finds new way to explore brain networks using fractals$

Study finds new way to explore brain networks using fractals

Understanding how the human brain produces complex thought is daunting given its intricacy and scale. The brain contains approximately 100 billion neurons that coordinate activity through 100 trillion connections and those connections are organized into networks that are often similar from one person to the next.

30 Sep 2021

Hippocampus connects separate, distant events to form narrative memories, study shows

People love stories. We find it easier to remember events when they are part of an overarching narrative. But in real life, the chapters of a story don't follow smoothly one from another. Other things happen in between.

30 Sep 2021

New system synthetically reconnects neural circuits using neuropeptides from Hydra

For two people to communicate in a loud, crowded room, they need to be standing side by side. The same is often true for neurons in the brain. But the same way a cell phone allows two people to communicate clearly across the room, new research at the Marine Biological Laboratory (MBL) opened up a new channel of communication in the worm C. elegans brain.

30 Sep 2021

New study to evaluate community-based approach to helping children manage asthma symptoms

A new community-based approach to helping children manage their asthma symptoms will launch in up to 40 public, charter, and parochial schools across the Bronx, and enroll 416 students aged 4-12 years old.

29 Sep 2021

Research points to new opportunities to prevent treatment resistance in fragile X syndrome

Mark Bear, Picower Professor of Neuroscience at MIT, recalls the "eureka moment" 20 years ago when he realized that a severe developmental brain disorder - fragile X syndrome - might be treated with drugs that inhibit a neurotransmitter receptor called mGluR5.

29 Sep 2021

Researchers find potential cure for a previously unknown childhood genetic condition

Describing a previously unknown genetic condition that affects children, researchers at University of California San Diego School of Medicine and Rady Children's Institute for Genomic Medicine say they also found a potential method to prevent the gene mutation by administering a drug during pregnancy.

29 Sep 2021

Neuroscience News and Research

On-demand brain stimulation alleviates severe depression

Psychedelic drug changes the emotional state of people listening to music

Post-COVID depressive symptoms respond well to antidepressants, study shows

Existing drug used to treat constipation may boost people's ability to think more clearly

Study confirms how profoundly the brain is affected by major depression

Specific protein can be used as a brain marker to indicate whether emotional memories can be changed

Depressed adolescents' brains give a muted reaction to distressing images, research finds

Study finds genetic link between driving convictions, accidents and everyday behavior

Restoring visual function after stroke with gene therapy

New study explores the best ways to increase physical activity in cancer survivors

Yokogawa Invests in CyberneX, Developer of a Technology for Measuring Brainwaves with a High-performance Earphone-type Device

Study finds new way to explore brain networks using fractals

Hippocampus connects separate, distant events to form narrative memories, study shows

New system synthetically reconnects neural circuits using neuropeptides from Hydra

New study to evaluate community-based approach to helping children manage asthma symptoms

Research points to new opportunities to prevent treatment resistance in fragile X syndrome

Researchers find potential cure for a previously unknown childhood genetic condition

Psychological treatment provides potent and durable relief for chronic back pain, study finds

Yale researchers uncover how the brain takes shape during mid-pregnancy

Bipolar disorder patients experiencing manic episodes likely to show abnormal brain changes

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