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Cognitive training can alter the biochemistry of the brain uniprotokolle Fri, 06 Feb 2009 05:44 AM PST Researchers at the Swedish medical university Karolinska Institutet have shown for the first time that the active training of the working memory brings about visible changes in the number of dopamine receptors in the human brain. The Origins of Suicidal Brains Scientific American Fri, 06 Feb 2009 05:10 AM PST Suicide rates in the U.S. have increased for the first time in a decade, according to a report published in October by the Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health. But what leads a person to commit suicide? Three new studies suggest that the neurological changes in a brain of a suicide victim differ markedly from those in other brains and that these changes develop over the course of a ... Pittsburgh-area woman gets $5M in UPMC brain suit Centre Daily Times Fri, 06 Feb 2009 04:57 AM PST A jury has ordered the University of Pittsburgh Medical Center to pay $5 million to a woman left brain-damaged after she was given too much sodium to correct a chemical imbalance. Brain Imaging Can Diagnose Early Schizophrenia BruDirect.com Fri, 06 Feb 2009 04:57 AM PST By Rick Nauert, Ph.D. Determining if an individual has schizophrenia has always been “after the fact.” New findings from brain imaging studies may change this sequence as scientists used the technique to illustrate differences between the brain activity of schizophrenic patients and healthy adults. New café a refuge for dissent Killeen Daily Herald Fri, 06 Feb 2009 03:19 AM PST As an Army wife of 17 years, Cindy Thomas struggled through her husband's three deployments to Iraq. The second tour of duty left him close to death with a brain injury, post-traumatic stress disorder, collapsed lungs and multiple fractures in his spine and pelvis. Extra copies of LIS1 gene carry extra risk News-Medical-Net Fri, 06 Feb 2009 02:30 AM PST Is more of a good thing better? A gene known as LIS1 is crucial for ensuring the proper placement of neurons in the developing brain. Discovery of the novel Fragile X granule could lead to new autism treatment News-Medical-Net Fri, 06 Feb 2009 02:30 AM PST A Brown University research team has discovered something in the brain that could serve as a target for future autism and mental retardation treatments.

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