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• Depression commonplace in people with heart disease

  The American Heart Association has issued new guidelines recommending that all patients with heart disease should be routinely screened for depression. Numerous studies have shown that depression is more prevalent in people with coronary heart disease Read More...
  Posted Thursday, October 02, 2008 11:14 AM by clementlawyer / 1 Comments

  Tags: Heart disease, Depression

• Researchers show how the brain can protect against cancer

  Researchers at Rutgers hypothesized that BEP producing neurons do not just make us feel good, but also play roles in regulating the stress response and immune functions to control tumor growth and progression. In a paper published today in the Proceedings Read More...
  Posted Tuesday, June 10, 2008 1:10 AM by clementlawyer / 0 Comments

  Tags: Cancer diagnosis, Brain, Depression, Schizophrenia

• A Gentler Way to Jump-Start the Brain. Scientists in Israel are testing a noninvasive method to electrically stimulate neurons deep in the brain.

  Electrically shocking the brain is often the only recourse for people suffering from severe, untreatable depression. While standard antidepressants have little effect on these patients, electroconvulsive therapy (ECT) can sometimes jump-start the brain, Read More...
  Posted Monday, May 19, 2008 3:50 AM by clementlawyer / 0 Comments

  Tags: Depression, Transcranial magnetic stimulation, TMS

• Gene malfunctions cause schizophrenia, depression symptoms

  Researchers have demonstrated that malfunction of a gene (DISC1 associated with schizophrenia and depression does indeed cause symptoms of those disorders. They said their findings in mice offer a possible animal model for developing treatments f... Read more
  Posted Wednesday, May 02, 2007 11:04 PM from KurzweilAI.net Accelerating Intelligence News / 0 Comments

  Tags: Human genetics, Depression, Schizophrenia

• Virtual-Reality Video Game Helps Link Depression To Specific Brain Area

  Scientists are using a virtual-reality, three-dimensional video game that challenges spatial memory as a new tool for assessing the link between depression and the hippocampus, the brain's memory hub.... Read more
  Posted Thursday, March 01, 2007 10:29 PM from KurzweilAI.net Accelerating Intelligence News / 0 Comments

  Tags: Neurobiology, Virtual reality, Depression