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Chronic Pain Treatment Should Include Psychological Interventions
Pain is the body’s way of alerting the brain to injury and disease, but some people experience chronic pain that persists after an injury has healed or has no easily identifiable cause. Researchers have explored how psychological interventions can be part of a comprehensive plan to manage chronic pain while reducing the need for surgeries and potentially dangerous medications.
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Uncovering the Brain Circuits That Let Us Overcome Fear
Researchers have discovered a brain mechanism that enables mice to override their instincts based on previous experience.
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Researchers Discover Why Rare Norrie Disease Results in Deafness
Scientists have identified the mechanism that can lead to deafness in the rare syndrome, Norrie disease.
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How Evolution Lead to Males and Females Feeling Temperature Differently
A scientific explanation for those battles over the air conditioning remote control: Researchers offer a new evolutionary explanation for the familiar scenario in which women bring a sweater into work, while their male counterparts feel comfortable wearing short sleeves in an air-conditioned office.
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Earliest Effects of Huntington’s Identified in Two-Week-Old Embryo
Huntington’s disease is a fatal condition involving the death of brain cells, typically striking in midlife. But researchers have been able to detect the earliest effects in the first two weeks of human embryonic development.
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Compound Found in Basil May Protect Against Alzheimer’s Disease
Fenchol, a natural compound abundant in some plants including basil, can help protect the brain against Alzheimer’s disease pathology, a preclinical study led by University of South Florida Health (USF Health) researchers suggests.
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How Limb Development Evolved in Vertebrates
University of Kentucky College of Medicine researchers were part of a new study that gives insight into how limb development evolved in vertebrates.
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Targeted Cancer Therapy Reverses Alzheimer’s Symptoms in Mice
Research finds that Axitinib, a drug commonly used to treat cancer, can restore memory and cognitive function in mice that display symptoms of Alzheimer’s disease.
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Can Brain Stimulation Give Elderly Cognition a Boost?
Scientists have conducted a meta-analysis to determine if transcranial direct current stimulation, a non-invasive procedure, can mitigate age-related cognitive decline.
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Brain Circuit Finding May Explain Sex Differences in Binge Drinking
A study has highlighted a brain circuit that works as a “brake” on binge alcohol drinking and may help explain male-female differences in vulnerability to alcohol use disorders.
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