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Two Centuries of Neurology and Psychiatry in the Journal NEJM
Reporter: Aviva Lev-Ari, PhD, RN http://www.nejm.org/doi/full/10.1056/NEJMra1104781?query=TOC Fifty years ago, when the curator of the Boston Medical Library, Henry Viets, collated a score of the most...
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The Impact of Stress and Depression on Brain Synapses in Humans
Reported by: Dr. Venkat S. Karra, Ph.D. Major depression or chronic stress can cause the loss of brain volume, a condition that contributes to both emotional and cognitive impairment. Now a team...
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Opposite effects of neurosteroids on the HPA axis: Resolving a paradox
Reporter: Howard Donohue, PhD (EAW) The hypothalamic-pituitary-adrenal (HPA) axis – which can be thought of as a series of closely linked endocrine structures in the brain – has a key role in...
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A new treatment for depression and epilepsy – Approval of external Trigeminal...
Reporter: Howard Donohue, PhD (EAW) Following the arrival in the 1990s of a drug for treating depression called fluoxetine (better known by its brand name, Prozac) – a “selective serotonin reuptake...
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Why is Dysthymia, a chronic form of Depression, serious, requiring Medical...
Reporter: Aviva Lev-Ari, PhD, RN Dysthymia: Often Chronic, Always Serious Johns Hopkins Health Alert Dysthymia is a chronic form of depression that is characterized by the presence of a depressed mood...
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Newer Treatments for Depression: Monoamine, Neurotrophic Factor &...
MONOAMINE, NEUROTROPHIC FACTOR, & PHARMACOKINTIC HYPOTHESES OF DEPRESSION, OLD AND NEWER TREATMENTS Curator: Zohi Sternberg, PhD Department of Neurology, University of Buffalo, Baird MS Center,...
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battling depression Larry H Bernstein, MD, FCAP, Curator LPBI Israeli scientists tout new method for battling depression By focusing not on the brain’s neurons but on cells known as microglia,...
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Reporter and Curator: Dr. Sudipta Saha, Ph.D. The relationship between gut microbial metabolism and mental health is one of the most intriguing and controversial topics in microbiome research....
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