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POPSLearning How Not To Be Afraid When Kandel's team used radiation to blunt the birth of new cells in the dentate gyrus, they discovered that their interventions both slowed safety learning and stunted the antidepressant effects of learned safety. Another study that points to the origin of fear as a biological entity. the glitch is it turning into anxiety.
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POPSUS Teen Suicide Rate Rising Take away the meds from kids and this is what happens. Yet the reason for keeping kids away from psychiatric medication persists however absurd it might be. And the reasons are absurd. If a teenager had a malfunctioning liver, only religious weirdos would say to keep the child off the medication. But when a child's brain malfunctions and there is is a medication that can help, many people cry foul and become suspicious. Why? We are only talking about organs of the body. Just as yellowing skin can be a symptom of a malfunctioning liver, so depression can be a symptom of a malfunctioning brain. The meds can save lives.
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POPSSmell Your Way to Happiness "This incense chemical may be the key to a new class of antidepressants and shed light on the molecular workings of the brain and emotion."
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POPSBrain Imaging Helps Explain Behavior The fMRI study showed that, during the viewing of angry faces, the activity of a structure called the insula, involved in the response to unpleasant situations, depended on which version of the CREB1 gene a participant inherited. “We were surprised to see that variation in the CREB1 gene would account for more than 20 percent of the difference in how healthy participants weighed different options and expressed specific preferences,”
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POPSimipramine overdose -give bicarb which prevents arrythmias by alleviating the cardio-depressant action on sodium channels
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POPSHunger Can Make You Happy The researchers think that hunger-induced happiness is an adaptive measure. Getting food, especially in the wild, requires concentration, clear-headed perception and often cooperation.
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POPSYou have to read this article... The debate has been raging in current times about our increasing dependence as a society on anti depressants and mood altering drugs. So what happens when the powers that be think it's a good idea to numb the pain of soldiers?
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POPSIsn't It Ironic? Don't ya think? Cypress Biosciences got a bump from the approval of Eli Lilly's Cymbalta for fibromyalgia. Lilly shares dipped slightly.
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