From eLife the press release: People exposed to a lifetime of psychosocial adversity may have an impaired ability to produce the dopamine levels needed for coping with acutely stressful situations. These findings, published today in eLife,…
From the BMC (BioMed Central) press release: Children who experience maltreatment, such as neglect or physical or sexual abuse, are more likely to engage in delinquent and offending behaviors in adolescence and young adulthood, according…
From the King’s College London press release: New research from King’s College London and The Open University could help explain why memory in old age is much less flexible than in young adulthood. Through experiments…
From the Ohio State University press release: Researchers have long known that childhood trauma is linked to poorer health for women at midlife. A new study shows one important reason why. The national study of…
From the Children’s Hospital of Philadelphia press release: Scientists have discovered that a receptor on the surface of brain cells plays a key role in regulating how both animals and people respond to stress. The…
From the press release: Adults who have experienced maltreatment as children have a changed perception of social stimuli. Traumatized people found touch stimuli less comforting than people who had not experienced trauma. They also maintained…
From the University of Southern California press release: A new study shows that compared to younger adults, older adults are less distracted by negative information — even in the earliest stages of attention. USC researchers…
From the Boston University press release: What if scientists could manipulate your brain so that a traumatic memory lost its emotional power over your psyche? Steve Ramirez, a Boston University neuroscientist fascinated by memory, believes…
From the Veterans Affairs Research Communications press release: A new study finds that veterans and active-duty service members with combat-related PTSD and mild traumatic brain injury had larger amygdalas — the region of the brain…
From the University of Missouri-Columbia press release: Childhood trauma is known to increase the risk of post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD) in adulthood, especially for women, but the biological reasons for this correlation remain largely unknown.…