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Early life experience modifies gene vital to normal brain function

Early life stress, such as an extreme lack of parental affection, has lasting effects on a gene important to normal brain processes and also tied to mental disorders, according to a new animal study in the Sept. 29 issue ...

Medicine & Health / Neuroscience

created Sep 28, 2010 | popularity 5 / 5 (9) | comments 0 | with audio podcast

Expectant brains help predict anxiety treatment success

A network of emotion-regulating brain regions implicated in the pathological worry that can grip patients with anxiety disorders may also be useful for predicting the benefits of treatment.

Medicine & Health / Diseases, Conditions, Syndromes

created Jan 02, 2009 | popularity 4.3 / 5 (3) | comments 0

Medication may provide some benefit for older adults with anxiety disorder

Preliminary research suggests that use of the drug escitalopram provided some improvement in symptoms for older adults with generalized anxiety disorder, although the overall benefits were diminished because of nonadherence ...

Medicine & Health / Diseases, Conditions, Syndromes

created Jan 20, 2009 | popularity 4 / 5 (1) | comments 0