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Neurogenesis In Adult Brain: Association With Stress And Depression.
The brain is the key organ in the response to stress. It reacts in a complex, orchestrated manner that is related to the activation and inhibition of neural structures involved in sensory, motor, autonomic, cognitive and emotional processes.
It is the brain which finally determines what in the world is threatening and might be stressful for [...]
Brain Study Could Lead To New Understanding Of Depression.
Brain scientists have moved a step closer to understanding why some people may be more prone to depression than others.
Dr Roland Zahn, a clinical neuroscientist in The University of Manchester’s School of Psychological Sciences, and his colleagues have identified how the brain links knowledge about social behaviour with moral sentiments, such as pride and guilt.
The [...]
Brain activity in depression demystified making way for better treatment.
There are people who are practical and move on with time. Then there are the ones who cry over the wounds time leaves on their soul and remain depressed for quite a long time. While we can do nothing but empathise with them, sometimes it is really hard to understand that why a person is [...]
Brain Serotonin System Controls Maternal Behavior.
New research from Case Western Reserve University School of Medicine demonstrates the importance of brain serotonin for offspring survival.
The study, “Serotonergic Transcriptional Programming Determines Maternal Behavior and Offspring Survival,” appears in the September 2008 issue of Nature Neuroscience. It uses Pet-1 mutant mice, genetically altered mice carrying a mutation in a gene that directs the [...]
Depression - The Secret Of
The secret of depression is that it is a none life threatening condition being treated by the medical industry with mood alternating drugs which can threaten you life, even destroy your life and are very profitable for them. None life threatening means that the depression will not directly cause your body to not function and [...]
Talk Therapy - Physical Therapy For the Brain.
The mere fact that talk therapy exists ads to the stigma associated with depression. The therapy continues the sense that if someone can talk their way through their problems, they should be able to “Snap Out Of” whatever is bothering them. What people do not understand, is the fact the brain is an organ like [...]
