LearningRx1 depression | http://www.learningrx.org - Part 2

Empathetic people have more activity in one key brain region

Oct 24, 2016 by

New research indicates that scientists may have found the part of the brain responsible for generosity. The anterior cingulate cortex, which plays a role in depression, was found to activate when people are being empathetic....

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Curbing the effects of TBI

Oct 8, 2016 by

Scientists have discovered how to use a neuron-targeting nanoparticle to reduce the effects of traumatic brain injury, including depression and thinking and memory problems....

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Antidepressants in pregnancy can affect baby’s brain activity...

Jul 24, 2016 by

According to research out of Finland, fetal exposure to common SRIs appears to affect brain activity in newborn babies....

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Depression and diabetes predict dementia risk in people with MCI...

Mar 14, 2015 by

Among people with mild cognitive impairment, those with diabetes are 65% more likely to progress to dementia and those with depression and other psychiatric symptoms have more than twice the likelihood of developing it....

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Guilt and depression in preschool years may shrink part of the brain...

Dec 8, 2014 by

Kids who were diagnosed with depression between 3 and 6 have a smaller brain region that’s involved in emotion than their non-depressed peers.  http://www.medicalnewstoday.com/articles/285359.php...

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Prenatal depression, not medication, may be to blame for autism risk...

Oct 12, 2014 by

Although previous studies have implicated anti-depressants in increasing autism risks during pregnant, there’s new evidence that it may actually be the prenatal depression itself increasing the risk....

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