Brain Disorders

#ECT (Electroconvulsive therapy) works by applying electricity to the brain to stimulate brief seizures psychnews.psychiatryonline.org/doi/10.1176/ap…

#Machine #learning models that can #predict the #time until a person #develops #dementia are #critical #tools in helping our #understanding of dementia #risks wfneurology.org/news/neurology…

According to the results published #brains of #patients who contract infection from #SARS-CoV-2 may be #susceptible to #microvascular #blood #vessel #damage neurosciencenews.com/covid-blood-br…

study from Lund University in Sweden shows that validated biomarkers can reveal an individual’s risk of developing Alzheimer’s disease. wfneurology.org/news/neurology…

#Multicomponent #cognitive #behavioral #therapy is strongly recommended for the treatment of chronic #insomnia in #adults medicalxpress.com/news/2020-12-a…

#Biomarker research plays a crucial role in improving early detection and securing the diagnosis of amyotrophic lateral sclerosis wfneurology.org/news/neurology…

#Brain-eating amoeba is a #microbe that can affect the brain, it can destroy brain tissue and cause inflammation and swelling timesnownews.com/health/article…

According to research by University of Texas Health Science Center at Houston (UTHealth) people with mood disorders & schizophrenia not only have decreased levels of tryptophan overall, but it is even being broken down more often in kynurenine pathway sciencedaily.com/releases/2020/…

According to new research A new multiple sclerosis (MS) drug, #siponimod (Mayzent), significantly #improves #cognition for patients with advanced disease medscape.com/viewarticle/94…

Depression is a highly comorbid neuropsychiatric symptom during the acute and subacute phase after a stroke and has been reported to negatively influence functional and cognitive recovery medicalxpress.com/news/2020-12-a…

ALS is a fatal neurodegenerative disease causing a rapid loss of motor function sciencedaily.com/releases/2020/…