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Study Finds Smoking Weed And Tobacco Accelerates Brain Shrinkage
Research finds cannabis and tobacco use linked to increased brain volume loss and emotional disruption.
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Researchers Identify Amygdala Cell Clusters To Treat Anxiety and Depression
A recent study by UC Davis researchers has unveiled specific cell clusters in the amygdala that could provide insights into treating anxiety and depression. By examining these cell types in both humans and non-human primates, the research opens pathways for targeted therapies. Notably, FOXP2-expressing cells could serve as vital targets for new dru...
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One Alcoholic Drink A Day Could Lower Risk Of Heart Disease, Says New Study
Researchers found that one drink per day for women and one to two drinks per day for men is linked with reductions in stress signaling in the brain.
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Alcohol Addiction: Study Finds Brain Mechanism Which Explains Why Alcoholism Is Difficult To Beat
A team of researchers from the Linkping University in Sweden conducted experiments on rats to understand the phenomenon of addiction and it all starts and ends in the amygdala region of brain.
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Daily Stress May Put You at Heart Disease, Stroke Risk: Lancet
Heightened activity in the amygdala -- a region of the brain involved in stress -- can lead to cardiovascular disease
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Study Shows The Way Stress May Harm Your Heart
Scientists said Thursday they may have uncovered a biological explanation for the long suspected link between stress and heart disease.
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Lack of Sleep Can Make Your Emotions Go Haywire
If you feel cranky or grumpy after a night without sleep, it is because your brain's ability to regulate emotions gets compromised by fatigue, say researchers.
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How Cocaine Use Gives You That High
The burst of energy that comes with a cocaine high is a rather accurate reflection of what is going on in the brain of users, a study has found.
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Trying to Understand Why Some Brains Become Haunted
"I hate myself, and my brain," Pam Tusiani wrote in her journal while under 24-hour watch on the fourth-floor psychiatric ward of Baltimore's Johns Hopkins Hospital. "Nothing is worse than this disease."
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Sizes of key brain region and social network
It was found that the more complex a person's social network was, the larger is the amygdala, an almond-shaped part of the brain involved in emotions.
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Study Finds Smoking Weed And Tobacco Accelerates Brain Shrinkage
Research finds cannabis and tobacco use linked to increased brain volume loss and emotional disruption.
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Researchers Identify Amygdala Cell Clusters To Treat Anxiety and Depression
A recent study by UC Davis researchers has unveiled specific cell clusters in the amygdala that could provide insights into treating anxiety and depression. By examining these cell types in both humans and non-human primates, the research opens pathways for targeted therapies. Notably, FOXP2-expressing cells could serve as vital targets for new dru...
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One Alcoholic Drink A Day Could Lower Risk Of Heart Disease, Says New Study
Researchers found that one drink per day for women and one to two drinks per day for men is linked with reductions in stress signaling in the brain.
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Alcohol Addiction: Study Finds Brain Mechanism Which Explains Why Alcoholism Is Difficult To Beat
A team of researchers from the Linkping University in Sweden conducted experiments on rats to understand the phenomenon of addiction and it all starts and ends in the amygdala region of brain.
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Daily Stress May Put You at Heart Disease, Stroke Risk: Lancet
Heightened activity in the amygdala -- a region of the brain involved in stress -- can lead to cardiovascular disease
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Study Shows The Way Stress May Harm Your Heart
Scientists said Thursday they may have uncovered a biological explanation for the long suspected link between stress and heart disease.
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Lack of Sleep Can Make Your Emotions Go Haywire
If you feel cranky or grumpy after a night without sleep, it is because your brain's ability to regulate emotions gets compromised by fatigue, say researchers.
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How Cocaine Use Gives You That High
The burst of energy that comes with a cocaine high is a rather accurate reflection of what is going on in the brain of users, a study has found.
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Trying to Understand Why Some Brains Become Haunted
"I hate myself, and my brain," Pam Tusiani wrote in her journal while under 24-hour watch on the fourth-floor psychiatric ward of Baltimore's Johns Hopkins Hospital. "Nothing is worse than this disease."
-
Sizes of key brain region and social network
It was found that the more complex a person's social network was, the larger is the amygdala, an almond-shaped part of the brain involved in emotions.
