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July 17, 2023

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Preying on Hungry, Anxious Worms

科学家发现大脑chemica“感觉良好”l dopamine regulates anxious worm behavior in the presence of nipping predators. The findings illuminate how this dopamine-regulated brain pathway may be related to anxiety and could provide insight into human conditions such as post-traumatic ...

Depression After Traumatic Brain Injury Could Represent a New, Distinct Disease

A new study suggests that depression after traumatic brain injury (TBI) could be a clinically distinct disorder rather than traditional major depressive disorder, with implications for patient ...

Blood Pressure Drug Could Prevent Post-Traumatic Headaches

A study has shown that prazosin, a drug used to treat high blood pressure, can prevent post-traumatic ...

Sleep Phase Can Reduce Anxiety in People With PTSD

A new study shows that sleep spindles, brief bursts of brain activity occurring during one phase of sleep and captured by EEG, may regulate anxiety in people with post-traumatic stress disorder ...
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Racial Disparities in Childhood Adversity Linked to Brain Structural Differences in U.S. Children

A new study used MRI and survey data to identify structural differences in regions of the brain linked to threat processing in 9- and 10-year-olds that the researchers linked to disparities in ...

In Some U.S. Zip Codes, Young Men Face More Risk of Firearm Death Than Those Deployed in Recent Wars, Study Finds

A new study puts the risk of firearm-related death in perspective and calls attention to the urgent need for violence reduction interventions in the United ...

Immune System Irregularities Found in Women With Postpartum Mood Disorders

Women with prolonged mental health problems up to three years after childbirth may be suffering from irregular immune system responses, according to new ...

Fearlessness Can Be Learned

The neurotransmitter serotonin plays a key role in both the onset and in the unlearning of fear and anxiety. A research team has been investigating the underlying mechanisms. The researchers showed ...

Researchers Identify Key Brain Cells in Mice Underlying Stress-Related Behaviors

Neuroscientists have discovered that a specific type of brain cell could be a key player in making you feel the negative impacts of ...

Heightened Activity of Specific Brain Cells Following Traumatic Social Experience Blocks Social Reward and Promotes Sustained Social Avoidance

Past social trauma is encoded by a population of stress/threat-responsive brain cells that become hyperactivated during subsequent interaction with non-threatening social targets. As a consequence, ...

Can Pharmacotherapies Prevent Alcohol Use Disorder in People With PTSD?

A research team showed how drugs can reduce alcohol preference in animal models of post-traumatic stress ...

Mental Health, Substance Use Issues Prevalent Among Nonpsychiatric Emergency Room Patients

A new study found that about 45 percent of patients who visit the emergency department for physical injuries and ailments also have mental health and substance use problems that are often ...

Novel Device to Measure Nerve Activity for Treatment of Sepsis, PTSD

A multi-campus research team has developed a novel device for non-invasively measuring cervical nerve activity in humans. The device has potential applications for supporting more personalized ...

Childhood Traumas Strongly Impact Both Mental and Physical Health

大多数美国人报告经历勒ast one traumatic event in childhood, and a new study shows that these experiences have significant impacts on our health risks as adults. Physical illnesses ...

Psychological First Aid Training Could Help Improve Care Workers' Wellbeing

A new study has shown that Psychological First Aid, training originally created for people to support others, can help healthcare workers in care homes improve their own mental ...

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Investigators Shed New Light on Brain Activity Related to Dissociative Symptoms

In a study of nearly 100 women, participants with certain dissociative symptoms had increased connections within some brain networks and decreased connections within others. The new findings shed ...

Morning Blue Light Treatment Improves Sleep in Patients With PTSD

Researchers explore a noninvasive, drug-free treatment that offers hope for healing from the severe symptoms of post-traumatic stress ...

The Major Chord That Cures Nightmares

Oppressive, frightening, nerve-wracking: nightmares are particularly disturbing dreams. They are considered pathological when they occur frequently (>1 episode per week) and cause daytime fatigue, ...

ECMO Survivors Have Higher Rate of New Mental Health Diagnoses Than Other ICU Survivors, Study Finds

Survivors of ECMO life support had a 24 percent higher rate of new mental health diagnoses after discharge compared to other ICU survivors, according to a new ...

Stem Cell Study Reveals How Neurons from PTSD Patients React to Stress

First induced pluripotent stem cell model of PTSD offers insights into underlying genetics and opportunities for new ...

Statewide Pandemic Restrictions Not Related to Psychological Distress, Researchers Find

Despite concerns that stay-at-home orders and other government efforts to stem the spread of COVID-19 at the start of the pandemic would cause lasting harm to people's mental health, research ...

Dogs Can Smell When We're Stressed, Study Suggests

The physiological processes associated with an acute psychological stress response produce changes in human breath and sweat that dogs can detect with an accuracy of 93.75%, according to a new ...

Could Greater Prescription of Medical Cannabis Be a Solution to the Opioid Crisis?

In new study, opioid use seen to reduce or stop altogether, following prescription of medical ...

How Fear Memories Get Stuck in Some Brains

Researchers have discovered a biological mechanism that increases the strength with which fear memories are stored in the brain. The study, done in rats, provides new knowledge on the mechanisms ...

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