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Under stress, brains of bulimics respond differently to food

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From the American Psychological Association press release: Magnetic resonance imaging scans suggest that the brains of women with bulimia nervosa react differently to images of food after stressful events than the brains of women without… 

Study identifies gene that could play key role in depression

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From the University of Maryland School of Medicine press release: Globally, depression affects more than 300 million people annually. Nearly 800,000 die from suicide every year — it is the second-leading cause of death among people… 

How plants grow like human brains

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From the Salk Institute press release: Plants and brains are more alike than you might think: Salk scientists discovered that the mathematical rules governing how plants grow are similar to how brain cells sprout connections.… 

Learning with music can change brain structure

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From the University of Edinburgh press release: Using musical cues to learn a physical task significantly develops an important part of the brain, according to a new study. People who practiced a basic movement task to… 

Sleep problems may be early sign of Alzheimer’s

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From the American Academy of Neurology press release: Poor sleep may be a sign that people who are otherwise healthy may be more at risk of developing Alzheimer’s disease later in life than people who do… 

No link seen between traumatic brain injury and cognitive decline

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From the Boston University Medical Center press release: Although much research has examined traumatic brain injury (TBI) as a possible risk factor for later life dementia from neurodegenerative diseases such as Alzheimer’s disease (AD), little is…