Neuropsychology and Neurology News

Even Without Stress, PTSD Effects Persist in Brain Regions

May 20th, 2013
Even Without Stress, PTSD Effects Persist in Brain RegionsEmerging research on post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD) finds that specific areas of the brain may show effects of trauma even in non-stressful ...

Repeated Brain Injuries Up Soldiers’ Suicide Risk

May 19th, 2013
Repeated Brain Injuries Ups Soldiers' Suicide Risk Soldiers who suffer more than one mild traumatic brain injury (TBI) face a significantly higher risk of suicide, according to a new study. Researchers from the ...

Ketamine May Benefit Those With Treatment-Resistant Depression

May 19th, 2013
Ketamin Found to be Beneficial for Those With Treatment-Resistant Depression  Patients with treatment-resistant major depression saw dramatic improvement after treatment with ketamine, according to results from a clinical trial. According to researchers from the ...

Alternative Treatment Kava Shown to Reduce Anxiety

May 19th, 2013
Alternative Treatment Kava Shown to Reduce Anxiety New research has shown that kava, a medicinal South Pacific plant, reduces the symptoms of anxiety and may be used as a successful alternative treatment ...

Rat Study Shows How Brain Rewires Itself After Injury

May 18th, 2013
Rat Study Shows Brain Rewires Itself After Injury When the brain's primary learning center is damaged, new neural circuits arise to compensate for the lost function, a ...

Brain Links Common Emotions to Colors

May 17th, 2013
Brain Links Common Emotions to Colors Emerging research discovers an association between how music makes us feel and colors. That is, our brains are wired to make music-color connections depending on how the ...

Flu While Pregnant May Quadruple a Child’s Risk of Bipolar

May 15th, 2013
Flu While Pregnant May Quadruple a Child’s Risk of BipolarA new study funded by the National Institutes of Health discovers a pregnant mothers' exposure to the flu may have extreme mental health ...

Mice Study Finds Cancer Drug May Work on Common Brain Diseases

May 13th, 2013
Mice Study finds Cancer Drug May Prevent Common Brain Diseases A new study suggests low doses of a leukemia drug may provide a new treatment strategy for neurodegenerative diseases. Georgetown University Medical ...

Researchers Pinpoint Brain Area Involved in Emotional Self-Control

May 11th, 2013
Researchers Pinpoint Area of the Brain Responsible for Emotional Self-Control Different areas of the brain are activated when we choose to suppress an emotion, compared to when we are instructed to suppress ...

Memory Problems in Seniors Tied to Changing Way Events are Perceived

May 10th, 2013
Memory Problems in Seniors Tied to Changing Way Events are Perceived Forgetfulness as we get older may be due to the changing way we perceive events as we age, according to ...