How does the brain age across the lifespan?
New studies offer clues. Our brains are built to change over our lifetime, meeting the challenges set by every life stage.
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Not everyone who uses cocaine becomes addicted to it – why?
A new paper published in Translational Psychiatry by Michal Graczyk, Barbara Sahakian, Trevor Robbins and Karen Ersche identified noradrenaline transporter gene polymorphism which interacts with cocaine use…
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The role of cerebral small vessel disease in dementia
Audrey Low has just completed her PhD on the role of cerebral small vessel disease in dementia Research group: Old Age Psychiatry Supervisor: John T O’Brien…
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Hospitality and real estate sectors have highest rates of common mental health problems
Mental health problems such as depression are most common in the hospitality and real estate sectors, but – at least before the COVID-19 pandemic – were on…
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Kwabena Kusi-Mensah
Working with communities in Nigeria and Ghana to develop assessments that are culturally appropriate for children with intellectual disability, autism or some sort of congenital or neurodevelopmental disorder.
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