Brain
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Brain, cholinergic, cognition, cognitive fluctuations, Diagnosis, DLB, donepezil, lewy body dementia, Mayo Fluctuations Composite, Neurodegenerative Diseases, neuroleptic sensitivity, neuroscience, Parkinson’s dementia, REM sleep behavior disorder, rivastigmine, sleepLewy Body Dementia Cognitive Fluctuations Affect 75-90% of Patients
Cognitive fluctuations are a defining feature of dementia with Lewy bodies (DLB),…
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binge eating disorder, Brain, bupropion, contrave, dopamine, Drugs, eating disorders, food reward, human laboratory, lisdexamfetamine, mu-opioid receptor, naltrexone, neuroscience, Neurotransmitters, obesity, POMC neurons, Psychiatry, PsychologyNaltrexone/Bupropion Reduced Food Intake in Binge-Eating Lab Study
Lisdexamfetamine remains the only FDA-approved medication for binge-eating disorder — a serious…
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Brain, brain aging, cognition, cognitive aging, crp, cytokines, diffusion mri, Healthy Minds for Life, inflammation, neuroscience, NODDI, vascular risk, white matterInflammation Tracks White-Matter MRI in Aging Adults
Chronic low-grade inflammation rises with age, and a growing body of work…
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18F-DOPA PET, antipsychotics, Brain, caudate, dopamine, dopamine hypothesis, Drugs, longitudinal, neuroimaging, neuroscience, Neurotransmitters, psychosis, relapse, remission, schizophrenia, striatumStriatal Dopamine Drops From Psychosis to Schizophrenia Remission
The dopamine hypothesis of schizophrenia is the field’s longest-running mechanistic story, and…
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AMPA receptor, antidepressants, Brain, chronic mild stress, comorbidity, depression, Drugs, GluA1, glutamate, ketamine, neuroscience, Neurotransmitters, PTSD, rat model, single prolonged stress, Stress, synaptic plasticityPTSD With Depression Hits AMPA Receptors Harder in Rat Models
PTSD and major depressive disorder co-occur in roughly half of patients with…
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addiction, alcohol, alcohol addiction, alcohol consumption, alcohol dependence, alcohol intake, alcoholism, bilateral superior frontal gyrus, Brain, brain structure, brain volume, cognition, cognitive decline, cognitive function, cortical thickness, drinking, Drugs, effects of alcohol, elderly, frontal lobe, gray matter, heavy drinking, older adults, prefrontal cortex, right lateral occipital cortex, right precentral gyrus, side effects, subcortical volume, Sweden, white matterAlcohol & Brain Volume in Older Adults: Cortical Thinning & White Matter Loss in Heavy Drinkers (250g/Week) (2023 Study)
Alcohol’s effects on the brain, especially among the elderly, have long been…
