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…. Read more »
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… Read more »
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… Read more »
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… Read more »
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… Read more »
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… Read more »
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… Read more »
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… Read more »
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 —… Read more »
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… Read more »
