April 2021

Neurotransmitters

Neurotransmitters play an important role in transmitting information between neurons across the synaptic cleft. Various regions and pathways in the brain use different patterns of neurotransmitters and different receptor subclasses, which helps to identify the role specific neurotransmitters play in various psychiatric conditions in neuroimaging studies and can also make medication more specific. Neurotransmitters are […]

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COVID-19 and Eating

COVID has changed the world, and some of these changes will reverberate long after the pandemic has passed. Eating patterns are very basic to everyday life and they are by no means an exception. Psychological distress, stress management, financial difficulties, and abrupt schedule changes may have contributed to disordered eating during the COVID‐19 pandemic. Helpful

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Spanking of Children

Corporal punishment of children is, fortunately, a practice that is becoming rarer in the world. For the science to back up this trend, the following article may be of interest. The author’s findings suggest that spanking may alter neural responses to environmental threats in a manner similar to more severe forms of maltreatment. https://srcd.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/cdev.13565

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