New research suggests that a simple blood sample taken in the emergency room may enable doctors to predict if a recent trauma victim is likely to develop chronic post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD…
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In a vivid example of the power of basic research, a team of researchers has performed the first analysis of the relation between psychosis and alterations in a vital structural feature of the brain…
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People with a variety of psychiatric conditions, including major depression and schizophrenia, can take a variety of medicines that control some, although often not all, of their symptoms. Two…
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During pregnancy and for some time after giving birth, a woman’s immune response in the brain may be tuned down, a new study in rats suggests. This research was published in the November 2017 issue…
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Microglia, immune cells that reside in the brain and spinal cord, are a first-line defense against infection in the central nervous system. But the immune cells play more than a protective role—they…
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