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Blood Test Can Predict Whether At-Risk Individuals Will Develop a Psychotic Disorder
Researchers have shown that measuring the amounts of certain proteins in an individual's blood can predict whether those at increased risk of developing psychosis will develop a disorder years later.
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FOMO Isn't Just a Problem for Young People
Social media addicted teenagers are not the only people who experience the Fear of Missing Out also known as FOMO. In fact, not age, but aspects of self-perception, such as loneliness, low self-esteem and low self-compassion were more closely associated with the social anxiety that other people are having fun without you, according to a recent study.
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Study Suggests Second X Chromosome Offers Protection Against Alzheimer’s Disease
Women with Alzheimer's live longer than men with the disease, and scientists at UC San Francisco now have evidence from research in both humans and mice that this is because they have genetic protection from the ravages of the disease.
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Mapping the Brain Circuits Behind Mania
Identifying the brain circuits affected in these "lesional" cases of mania, in addition to contributing to understanding the underlying mechanisms, could help find more effective treatments for bipolar disorder. A team of scientists from Portugal and the USA have now announced significant progress in the matter.
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In a World First, Researchers Reversibly Block Primate Brain Pathway
For the first time ever, neurophysiologists have succeeded in reversibly disabling a connection between two areas in the brains of primates while they were performing cognitive tasks.
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LocoMouse Could Help Researchers Study How Brain Diseases Are Linked to Walking Deficits
Until recently, scientists did not have tools to systematically characterise specific walking deficits in different mouse models of neurological conditions. To solve this problem, Megan Carey's lab, at the Champalimaud Centre for the Unknown in Portugal, developed LocoMouse: an automated movement-tracking system that captures the fine details of locomotion in mice.
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How RNA Quality Control Fails in ALS
A fault in the RNA quality control system of cells leads to the haywire production of toxic proteins in ALS, according to a new study.
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LATE Disease: Defining a New Form of Dementia
Researchers have found that they can differentiate between subtypes of dementia inducing brain disease, defining a new form of dementia along the way.
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Inflammation-Dampening Antibody Could Be Route To New Alzheimer's Treatment
Research has examined a possible new therapeutic approach for Alzheimer's disease that targets inflammation by using an antibody.
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What Treatments Are Effective for Teen Anxiety?
A new study took a look at one particular medication for the treatment of anxiety disorders in pediatric patients to see if it was beneficial.
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