Monthly Archives: March 2015

Current techniques to stimulate regions inside the brain need a permanently implanted wire or an optical fiber. Working in mice, Chen and colleagues introduced heat-sensitive capsaicin receptors into nerve cells and then injected magnetic nanoparticles into specific brain regions. The … Continue reading

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Conventional antidepressants require 2-8 weeks for a full clinical response. In contrast, two rapidly acting antidepressant interventions, low-dose ketamine and sleep deprivation therapy, act within hours to robustly decrease depressive symptoms in a subgroup of major depressive disorder patients. Evidence … Continue reading

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“Our own experiences, as well as the findings of many studies, suggest that emotionally arousing experiences can create lasting memories. This autobiographical article provides a brief summary of the author’s research investigating neurobiological systems responsible for the influence of emotional … Continue reading

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Suicide is among the leading causes of death among people with bipolar disorder and has gained substantial attention in the psychiatric and public health fields. However, the role of attention deficit hyperactivity disorder (ADHD) in suicide among adolescents and young … Continue reading

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