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1. Memory Impaired in Veterans With PTSD.

Subjects
*CONFERENCES & conventions, *NEUROSCIENCE conferences, *POST-traumatic stress disorder in old age, *MEMORY disorders in old age, *BRAIN diseases
Abstract

Information about a paper on various mental disorders discussed at the 37th Annual Meeting of the Society for Neuroscience in San Diego, California is presented. It examines how old people with post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD) abide with memory processing. Results of the study show that people with PTSD have lesser capacity to function well mentally because of the malfunctioning of their brain's right frontal cortex.

Published
2008

2. Mirror Neurons Disengaged in Autism.

Subjects
*CONFERENCES & conventions, *NEUROSCIENCE conferences, *AUTISM in children, *NEURAL physiology
Abstract

Information about a paper on various mental disorders discussed at the 37th Annual Meeting of the Society for Neuroscience in San Diego, California is presented. It examines how mirror neurons react when autistic children interact with other people. It assumes that when children interact, new brain patterns relaying stimuli and movement develop in their brains. This situation happens due to the lack of suppression of mirror neuron activity.

Published
2008

3. Barrels XXIII: Barrels by the shore.

Author

Zhang, Wanying and Brumberg, Joshua C.

Subjects
MEETINGS, NEUROSCIENCE conferences, SENSORIMOTOR cortex, TRANSGENIC mice
Abstract

The 23rd annual Barrels meeting was held on the University of California, San Diego campus and highlighted the latest advances in the whisker-to-barrel pathway and beyond. The annual meeting brought together investigators from a dozen countries to present their data in posters and short talks. The meeting focused on several themes, first the barrel system was used as a model to study the consequences that result from alterations in the normal pattern(s) of development. A second session focused on what happens to whisker information once it leaves the layer IV barrel. A third session addressed issues of coding within the barrel system and a final session highlighted the latest advances in the engineering of transgenic mouse lines. The meeting highlighted the utility of the barrel system to study cortical circuitry in the normal and pathological state. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

Published
2011
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4. Aggressive Interactions May Prime Brain for Stress-Related Disorders.

Subjects
*CONFERENCES & conventions, *NEUROSCIENCE conferences, *SOCIAL interaction, *AGGRESSION (Psychology), *MENTAL depression
Abstract

Information about a paper on various mental disorders discussed at the 37th Annual Meeting of the Society for Neuroscience in San Diego, California is presented. It examines the role of aggressive social interactions in the development of mental depression, anxiety and susceptibility to immune-related illnesses. The conference features speaker Doctor Marie-Claude Audet, who discusses how the environment affects mental activity and health of animals.

Published
2008

5. Brain Vasopressin Regulates Maternal Behavior and Aggression.

Subjects
*CONFERENCES & conventions, *NEUROSCIENCE conferences, *AGGRESSION (Psychology), *ARGININE, *VASOPRESSIN, *NEUROTRANSMITTERS
Abstract

Information about a paper on various mental disorders discussed at the 37th Annual Meeting of the Society for Neuroscience in San Diego, California is presented. It examines the significance of neurotransmitter arginine-vasopressin (AVP) in the amygdala in regulating maternal aggression. Doctor Oliver J. Bosch emphasizes that stressful social experiences may influence vulnerability to depression and susceptibility to immune-related illness.

Published
2008

6. Vets With PTSD Unable to Unlearn Fear.

Subjects
*CONFERENCES & conventions, *NEUROSCIENCE conferences, *POST-traumatic stress disorder, *FEAR
Abstract

Information about a paper on various mental disorders discussed at the 37th Annual Meeting of the Society for Neuroscience in San Diego, California is presented. It examines the incapability of patients with post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD) to unlearn fear. According to Doctor Mohammed Milad, patients with PTSD are unable to inhibit or extinguish fear responses which shows that the fear exposure itself is the main cause of this disorder.

Published
2008

7. Increased Brain Activity Required for Cannabis-Using Adolescents.

Subjects
*CONFERENCES & conventions, *NEUROSCIENCE conferences, *CANNABIS (Genus), *PHYSIOLOGICAL effects of drug abuse?, *ADOLESCENT psychiatry
Abstract

Information about a paper on various mental disorders discussed at the 37th Annual Meeting of the Society for Neuroscience in San Diego, California is presented. It compares the performance of adolescents using cannabis and those who are not. It is found that adolescents using cannabis need more neurophysiologic effort into memory-related tasks to achieve the same level of performance of their drug-free peers.

Published
2008

8. Neuroimmunology Provides Insight Into Autism and Schizophrenia.

Subjects
*CONFERENCES & conventions, *NEUROSCIENCE conferences, *BRAIN diseases, *MAJOR histocompatibility complex, *AUTISM, *SCHIZOPHRENIA
Abstract

Information about a paper on various mental disorders discussed at the 37th Annual Meeting of the Society for Neuroscience in San Diego, California is presented. It reveals that changes in the levels of specific immune molecules, which are members of the major histocompatibility complex (MHC) class I family, are sufficient to cause cellular and behavioral symptoms of autism and schizophrenia. MHC class I can be helpful to the health but can also endanger neurons during viral infection.

Published
2008

9. Endocannabinoid Malfunction May Lead to Anxiety and Epilepsy.

Subjects
*CONFERENCES & conventions, *NEUROSCIENCE conferences, *BRAIN diseases, *EPILEPSY, *CANNABINOIDS, *ANXIETY disorders
Abstract

Information about a paper on the role of natural brain chemical endocannabinoids discussed at the 37th Annual Meeting of the Society for Neuroscience in San Diego, California is presented. Topics include endocannabinoids' function and effect on a person and its association to anxiety disorders and epilepsy. These chemicals regulate many biologic process. If malfunctioned, they will cause neuronal activity to work improperly that may lead to brain disorders.

Published
2008