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Neurotransmitters that Help Control Unwanted Thoughts

December 7, 2017

unwanted thoughts

Unwanted thoughts can haunt our daily lives – negative memories, worries, or simply off-task thinking. But most healthy adults can control such thoughts. For individuals suffering from neuropsychiatric disorders such as schizophrenia, depression, or post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD), however, the ability to control such thoughts is greatly hampered. In a new study, neuroscientists have identified […]

By lmunoz Filed Under: featured Tagged With: anxiety, depression, gaba, hippocampus, ptsd, schizophrenia

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Holiday Blues? Identifying Markers for Anxiety in the Brain

December 5, 2013

We hear a lot about anxiety and depression around the holidays – people feeling lonely and far from family or overloaded with stress. Although we may think of anxiety and depression separately, they often go hand in hand. Scientists are now working to better understand the different types of anxiety people experience, and a new […]

By lmunoz Filed Under: Uncategorized Tagged With: anxiety, clinical, default-mode network

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