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brain volume
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Biology
June 4, 2021
Surface Area of Cortex Is Reduced After Multiple Manic Episodes
In a 2020 article in the journal Psychiatric Research: Neuroimaging, researcher Rashmin Achalia and colleagues described a study of structural magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) that compared 30 people with bipolar I disorde...
Biology
October 16, 2017
Different Types of Trauma Affect Brain Volume Differently
Post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD) has been associated with decreased volume of gray matter in the cortex. Research by Linghui Meng and colleagues has revealed that the specific types of trauma that precede PTSD affect ...
Biology
July 27, 2017
Marker of Heart Failure May Predict Brain Deterioration
A protein released into the blood in response to heart failure may be able to predict brain deterioration before clinical symptoms appear. The protein, N-terminal pro-B-type natriuretic peptide (NT-proBNP), is released whe...
Childhood
January 18, 2016
Schizophrenia: The Importance of Catching It Early
By the time psychosis appears in someone with schizophrenia, biological changes associated with the illness may have already been present for years. A 2015 article by R.S. Kahn and I.E. Sommer in the journal Molecular Psyc...
Biology
November 13, 2015
RTMS for Depression Increases Volume of Specific Brain Regions
Repeated transcranial magnetic stimulation (rTMS) is a treatment for depression in which magnets placed near the skull stimulate electrical impulses in the brain. In a poster presented at the 2015 meeting of the Society of...