Tag: post-traumatic stress disorder

Study looks at how regulator of brain steroid boosts emotional resilience to stress

From the University of Pennsylvania Medicine press release: A cellular protein called HDAC6, newly characterized as a gatekeeper of steroid biology in the brain, may provide a novel target for… Read more »

Study looks at new treatment for post-traumatic stress-derived borderline personality disorder

From the Journal of Psychotherapy and Psychosomatics press release via AlphaGalileo: An investigation published in the current issue of Psychotherapy and Psychosomatics introduces a new treatment for borderline personality disorder… Read more »

Study links greater traumatic stress with elevated inflammation in heart patients

From the UC San Francisco press release: Greater lifetime exposure to the stress of traumatic events was linked to higher levels of inflammation in a study of almost 1,000 patients… Read more »

Mouse study suggests neurons can be harnessed to partially control specific memory

From the Scripps Research Institute press release via AlphaGalileo: Scripps Research Institute scientists and their colleagues have successfully harnessed neurons in mouse brains, allowing them to at least partially control… Read more »

Study discovers how brain cells can remember new memories while maintaining older ones

From the RIKEN press release via MedicalXpress: Researchers at the RIKEN-MIT Center for Neural Circuit Genetics have discovered an answer to the long-standing mystery of how brain cells can both… Read more »

Study links even mild traumatic brain injury to increased risk of PTSD

From the Elsevier press release via AlphaGalileo: Mild traumatic brain injury (TBI) and posttraumatic stress disorder (PTSD) are cardinal injuries associated with combat stress, and TBI increases the risk of… Read more »