Chain Reaction — Amyloid-beta, Cellular Prion Protein, and the Potential Transmissibility of Alzheimer’s Disease
Posted on22 Dec 2017
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Contributing Authors: Pedro Rosa, MD and João Paulo de Aquino, MD Date Posted: December 22, 2017 Overview: Consistent with the “Neuroscience in the Media” overview... Read More
Electroconvulsive Therapy, Autism, and Catatonia
Posted on24 Mar 2017
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Date Published: March 24, 2017 Authors: Joseph J. Cooper, MD and Stephanie Lichtor, MD Overview: Electroconvulsive therapy (ECT) is well known to psychiatrists as... Read More
Shining the Light on Alzheimer’s
Posted on30 Jan 2017
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Date Posted: January 30, 2017 Contributing Author: Sheldon Benjamin, MD Author Affiliations: Dr. Sheldon Benjamin is the Vice Chair for Education, Director of Neuropsychiatry and... Read More
Pregnancy & Changes in the Brain
Posted on24 Jan 2017
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Date Posted: January 24, 2017 Contributing Author: Emeric Bojarski, MD Overview: Infant developmental theory revolves around the concept of a ‘good enough’ mother (1) who... Read More
Prenatal Stress
Posted on28 Nov 2016
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Date Posted: November 26, 2016 Contributing Authors: Kara Furman and David Ross, MD, PhD Overview: The biological consequences of stress are myriad and our... Read More
Tetris for PTSD
Posted on19 Aug 2016
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Contributing Author: Alexandria Marino, Katherine Blackwell, MD, PhD Date Uploaded onto Website: August 19, 2016 Overview: This Facilitator’s Guide is meant to teach trainees... Read More
Alzheimer’s Disease & Fungus
Posted on17 Jun 2016
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Contributing Authors: Alexandria Marino and Adam Mecca, MD, PhD Date Uploaded onto Website: June 17, 2016 Overview: With the increase in lifespan in recent decades,... Read More
The Effects of Emotions on Memory Accuracy
Posted on13 Apr 2016
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Contributing Authors: Katherine Blackwell, MD, Lisa Rebecca Otto, Sarah Teed, MS, and Muneeb Hussain, MS Date Uploaded onto Website: April 13, 2016 Overview: Many... Read More
Heroin Vaccine
Posted on01 Apr 2016
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Contributing Author: Kara Furman and Alan Lewis, MD, PhD Date Uploaded onto Website: April 1, 2016 Overview: Opioid addiction has garnered considerable attention as... Read More
Why Reading and Writing on Paper Might be Better for Your Brain
Posted on18 Mar 2016
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Contributing Author: Stephanie Yarnell, MD, PhD and Jacqueline A. Hobbs, MD, PhD, DFAPA Date Uploaded onto Website: March 18, 2016 Overview: Technology is almost ubiquitous... Read More
How Social Media Changes the Brain
Posted on05 Jan 2016
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Contributing Authors: Stephanie Yarnell, MD, PhD and Sallie DeGolia, MD, MPH Overview: Technology has become a part of our everyday lives. Smartphones, tablets, the... Read More
Foreign Accent Syndrome
Posted on16 Dec 2015
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Contributing Author: Joseph J. Cooper, MD and Stephanie Yarnell, MD, PhD Overview: The relationship between the mind and the brain is of... Read More
Psilocybin: The Trip Treatment
Posted on11 Sep 2015
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Contributing Author: Stephanie Yarnell, MD, PhD Overview: Facing one’s own death can be distressing, forcing an individual to confront existential questions that he or... Read More
Are Probiotics the New Drug of Choice for Mental Illness?
Posted on04 Aug 2015
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ROUGH CUT: More than 30 programs are already using NNCI modules to teach neuroscience. Some are using the sessions that have been... Read More
Microbiome: The Excrement Experiment
Posted on04 Aug 2015
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Contributing Authors: Pochu Ho, MD and Katherine Blackwell, MD, PhD Overview: There is widespread public interest — at times, almost reaching a frenzied level... Read More
Optogenetics & Appetite Regulation
Posted on30 Apr 2015
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Contributing Authors: Meenakshi Alreja, PhD & David A. Ross, MD, PhD Overview: Presented here is a Facilitator’s Guide for a Neuroscience in the Media (NITM)... Read More
Neuroscience in the Media: Effects of Marijuana on the Developing Brain
Posted on31 Jan 2015
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Contributing Author: Michele Pato, MD Overview: As marijuana has been legalized (or decriminalized) in many states, media coverage of this topic has... Read More
Neuroscience in the Media: Transcranial Direct Current Stimulation
Posted on31 Jan 2015
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Contributing Authors: David A. Ross, MD, PhD, Melissa R. Arbuckle, MD, PhD, Michael J. Travis, MD, and Jane L. Eisen, MD Overview: Transcranial... Read More