Articles Tagged ‘hippocampus’
Psychiatry & Psychology | By February 10, 2008 | By Lindsey Kay, MD | 7 Comments
Why Electroconvulsive Therapy Works
Electroconvulsive therapy (ECT) has a bad reputation, due in part to the graphic media portrayals we see in films like One Flew Over the Cuckoo’s Nest and A Beautiful Mind, and probably also in part to an innate distaste for the idea of receiving electrical shocks to the brain.
Despite the popular disgust for this treatment, ECT is still used in patients with psychiatric disorders that have not responded to other therapies, most commonly major depression and bipolar disorder. Read more →
- The Grinch That Stole Brain Cells
- Ah, Looks Familiar! Deja Vu and the Dentate Gyrus
Let’s Start with Rats With visions of hangovers dancing in many readers’ minds (and brains), and in the minds of whoever saw them doing what people do when they are intoxicated (or saw it on YouTube.com)…I thought I’d bring your attention to some rats. Science is learning more... Read more →
The human brain recognizes “patterns” as a natural way of looking at places and things. The feeling of déjà vu is the result of such a pattern match; although we might not actually have been in a similar situation, the brain thinks it has, and produces a feeling of familiarity. New... Read more →
Thursday, May 15, 2008
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- Should Doctors Have Guns?
- Generalized Anxiety Disorder: The Mind/Body Connection
- Extremist Muslim Doctors Do More Than Heal
- Are You Depressed Because You're Introverted?
- The Difference Between Doctors and Lawyers
- The Human Injury of Lost Objectivity: An Insider's Look into the Corruption of Clinical Trials
- Persistent Vegetative States: Legal and Political Ramifications
- A Failed Attempt to Improve Perceived Greatness: The ENHANCE Trial
- Domestic Violence: Call for Primary Care Screening and Gender Issues - Part I
- How Yoga Improves Balance in the Elderly
- Acknowledging Vaccination Concerns
- Democracy vs. Domestic Violence
- Cell Transplants for Parkinson’s Disease
- Attention Deficit Disorder (ADD): No Heart for the Meds?
- A Failed Attempt to Improve Perceived Greatness: The ENHANCE Trial
- Should Doctors Have Guns?
- Extremist Muslim Doctors Do More Than Heal
- Drugs and Pharmacology, Seventh Edition
- Generalized Anxiety Disorder: The Mind/Body Connection
- Domestic Violence and Executive Dysfunction
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