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November 23, 2024

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Stress Makes Mice's Memories Less Specific

Nov. 15, 2024 — Stress is a double-edged sword when it comes to memory: stressful or otherwise emotional events are usually more memorable, but stress can also make it harder for us to retrieve memories. Now, neuroscientists report that acute stress prevents mice ...

How Stress Is Fundamentally Changing Our Memories

Nov. 15, 2024 — In a new study, researchers identify the biological processes behind stress-induced aversive memory generalization and highlight an intervention which could help restore appropriate memory specificity for people with ...

PTSD Patients Can Benefit Just as Much from Intensive Outpatient Programs as from Inpatient Clinics, New Study Shows

Nov. 14, 2024 — Post-traumatic stress disorder comes in many forms and affects each person differently. Some patients benefit more from residential, in-treatment programs, while others are more suited for outpatient ...

New Research Identifies Key Mental Health Risk Factors for Children After Trauma

Oct. 10, 2024 — A new study has shed light on why some children and adolescents develop mental health disorders like PTSD, anxiety, or depression after experiencing a traumatic ...

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Fearful Memories of Others Seen in Mouse Brain

Oct. 16, 2024 — Researchers have revealed that the CA1 and CA2 regions in the brain respectively encode the locations and individuals linked with a threatening experience. The results show that, beyond simply ...

Evidence Builds for Near Infrared Light Treatment in Traumatic Brain Injury

Oct. 11, 2024 — New research indicates that a novel method could result in a new treatment option in an area of medicine that currently has few, if any, treatment ...

Common Brain Network Detected Among Veterans With Traumatic Brain Injury Could Protect Against PTSD

Sep. 24, 2024 — Researchers analyzed 193 patients from the Vietnam Head Injury Study with penetrating traumatic brain injury to determine if the location of shrapnel ...

PTSD Symptoms Can Be Reduced Through Treatment Including a Video Game

Sep. 20, 2024 — A single treatment session, which includes the video game Tetris, can reduce symptoms of post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD). This has been shown in a new study carried out with healthcare ...

Improving Eye Tracking to Assess Brain Disorders

Sep. 16, 2024 — Using piezoelectricity, an engineering team developed wearable sensors to examine eye movement to assess brain disorders or damage to the ...

Delayed Feedback Enhances Learning Performance in Individuals With Traumatic Brain Injury, Study Indicates

Sep. 10, 2024 — Researchers have published a novel study exploring the effects of delayed feedback on learning in individuals with moderate-to-severe traumatic brain ...

Nurses Play Key Role in Addressing Mental Well-Being for People After a Stroke

Aug. 19, 2024 — The latest research indicates that 16% to 85% of people recovering from a stroke experience at least one psychosocial symptom, including depression, ...

Sleep Resets Neurons for New Memories the Next Day

Aug. 15, 2024 — While everyone knows that a good night's sleep restores energy, a new study finds it resets another vital function: ...

Processing Traumatic Memories During Sleep Leads to Changes in the Brain Associated With Improvement in PTSD Symptoms

Aug. 7, 2024 — Currently, the first-choice treatment for PTSD is exposure-based psychotherapy, where therapists help rewire the emotions associated with the ...

Stroke Recovery: It's in the Genes

July 24, 2024 — New research has found that specific genes may be related to the trajectory of recovery for stroke survivors, providing doctors insights useful for developing targeted ...

Social Media Posts May Provide Early Warning of PTSD Problems

Sep. 23, 2024 — Scientists have analyzed millions of tweets to identify COVID-19 survivors living with post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD) -- demonstrating the effectiveness of using social media data as a tool ...

People Experiencing Relatively Mild Cases of Mental Ill-Health May Be Perceived Differently by Others Depending on Whether or Not Diagnostic Labels Are Provided

Aug. 28, 2024 — Diagnostic labels for people experiencing what some consider to be relatively milder forms of mental-ill health may affect how others perceive them for better and worse, according to a new ...

Can Doomscrolling Trigger an Existential Crisis?

July 18, 2024 — In a new study on the impact of doomscrolling from an existential perspective, researchers warn that habitual checking of disturbing stories on social media is linked with changes to how we view ...

Brain's 'Escape Switch' Controlled by Threat Sensitivity Dial

June 26, 2024 — Neuroscientists have discovered how the brain bidirectionally controls sensitivity to threats to initiate and complete escape behaviour in mice. These findings could help unlock new directions for ...

Confronting Trauma Alleviates Chronic Pain Among Older Veterans

June 13, 2024 — A new study found chronic pain among older adults could be significantly reduced through a newly developed psychotherapy that works by confronting past trauma and stress-related emotions that can ...

Do Traumatic Life Experiences Impact Perception of Distressing Imagery?

June 11, 2024 — Researchers have examined viewer responses to images of distressing and neutrally decorated masks and whether personal life history, particularly past experiences of trauma and difficulty, affected ...

Veterans With Service Dogs Have Fewer PTSD Symptoms, Higher Quality of Life

June 4, 2024 — Veterans who were paired with a service dog for just three months were 66% less likely to be diagnosed with post-traumatic stress ...

Researchers Unveil Shared and Unique Brain Molecular Dysregulations in PTSD and Depression

May 23, 2024 — Researchers analyzed multi-omic data from 231 people with PTSD or depression to uncover distinct molecular differences that might affect systems such as the nervous and immune systems, to contribute ...

Exercise Spurs Neuron Growth and Rewires the Brain, Helping Mice Forget Traumatic and Addictive Memories

May 20, 2024 — Researchers have found that increased neuron formation and the subsequent rewiring of neural circuits in the hippocampus through exercise or genetic manipulation helps mice forget traumatic or ...

Study Shows Heightened Sensitivity to PTSD in Autism

May 9, 2024 — A new study shows that a mild stress is enough to trigger post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD) in mouse models of autism spectrum disorder (ASD). Researchers demonstrated that the two disorders ...

Scientists Uncover 95 Regions of the Genome Linked to PTSD

Apr. 18, 2024 — In posttraumatic stress disorder (PTSD), intrusive thoughts, changes in mood, and other symptoms after exposure to trauma can greatly impact a person's quality of life. About 6 percent of people ...

Study Finds Increased Anxiety and PTSD Among People Who Remained in Ukraine

Apr. 11, 2024 — Researchers conducted a survey to understand how the mental health of displaced Ukrainians has been affected by the ongoing war. Their findings describe high levels of post-traumatic stress disorder ...

AI Model Can Accurately Assess PTSD in Postpartum Women

Apr. 11, 2024 — By analyzing the narratives of women who experienced traumatic childbirth and women with non-complicated childbirth, researchers created an AI model that can accurately identify those at risk of ...

How Fear Unfolds Inside Our Brains

Mar. 14, 2024 — The stress-induced mechanisms that cause our brain to produce feelings of fear in the absence of threats -- such as in PTSD -- have been mostly a mystery. Now, neurobiologists have identified the ...

Virtual Reality Exposure Plus Electric Brain Stimulation Offers a Promising Treatment for PTSD

Mar. 6, 2024 — Combining two treatments could be a promising option for people, especially military veterans, whose lives are negatively affected by post-traumatic stress disorder, finds a new study. In a clinical ...

Does Iron Accumulate in Brain After Concussions?

Mar. 7, 2024 — People who have headaches after experiencing concussions may also be more likely to have higher levels of iron in areas of the brain, which is a sign of injury to brain cells, according to a ...

Things We Can Do to Help Cope With Traumatic Loss

Feb. 7, 2024 — A new study finds there are simple activities that can help people improve their mood and emotional well-being on a day-to-day basis after the traumatic loss of a loved ...

Researchers Discover a New Role for a Protein That Helps Form Memories

Jan. 25, 2024 — Researchers discovered a new function for a common protein in the brain -- a development that sheds new light on the mysteries of the mind and holds promising implications for the treatment of memory ...

Don't Look Back: The Aftermath of a Distressing Event Is More Memorable Than the Lead-Up

Jan. 18, 2024 — A new study suggests the moments that follow a distressing episode are more memorable than the moments leading up to it. The results add to our understanding of how trauma impacts memory and may ...

Psychotherapy Effective in Treating Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder Following Multiple Traumatic Events, Meta-Study Finds

Jan. 12, 2024 — Psychotherapy is an effective treatment for adults with post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD) following exposure to multiple traumatic events. This is shown by a meta-study by an international ...