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- Weizmann Institute
- December 6, 2023
Weizmann Institute of Science scientists reveal in unprecedented detail how trauma in newborn mice shapes their brains and impairs their social functions in adulthood * A corresponding behavioral expression in humans may take the form of a high level of introversion, social anxiety and avoidant personality - behaviors known to characterize post-trauma"
- Science site The Conversation
- December 4, 2023
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The hostage situation can have profound psychological effects on people for many years. The psychological impact varies depending on the duration of captivity, the conditions endured, personal resilience and coping mechanisms
- The Voice of Science website - the Israel National Science Foundation
- November 25, 2023
A multidisciplinary study conducted by researchers from the Technion, Tel Aviv University and Haifa University refuted the notion that people with autism spectrum disorder do not experience pain
- The Voice of Science website - the Israel National Science Foundation
- November 21, 2023
Researchers examined DNA samples of 1,200 deaf Israeli-Jews, in order to understand the damage caused to the structure of the proteins in the hearing system
- Bar-Ilan University
- November 10, 2023
Collaboration between the Faculty of Medicine, the Department of Psychology and the School of Social Work at Bar Ilan University resulted in the project - "Strength Center for Bears" - to reduce stress and anxiety and increase personal resilience among children
- Bar-Ilan University
- November 6, 2023
The surprise and speed with which things happened, and the ignorance regarding the fate of many people, arouses tension and distress in all of us. Bar-Ilan University's mental support team offers several ways to help us deal with the situation
- The science service
- October 31, 2023
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In 2009, at Sapir College, a seminar was held about the consequences of continuous exposure to the trauma of terrorism, among citizens in the settlements of Sderot and the Gaza Strip * The findings of Prof. Avi Besar from Sapir College, Prof. Beatrice Friel from Ben-Gurion University of the Negev and Prof. Yuval Neria from Columbia University in New York USA, the concerns are confirmed
- The Voice of Science website - the Israel National Science Foundation
- October 17, 2023
On the way in which vocal expressions can convey emotional information, especially in powerful experiences, and on the importance of the visual context
- The Technion
- October 3, 2023
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Toxic proteins accumulate in the brains of Alzheimer's patients. In the familial Alzheimer's patients, the accumulation mechanism is clear since there is a circumstantial relationship between the mutations and the identity of the defective proteins. In the random disease, on the other hand, the reason for the accumulation of the defective proteins was unknown
- The Voice of Science website - the Israel National Science Foundation
- October 3, 2023
A study examined the way in which different subjects - healthy, with depression or attention disorder - choose to look at the world
- The Voice of Science website - the Israel National Science Foundation
- September 29, 2023
On the spectrum of disorders caused by a defect in one gene
- Avi Blizovsky
- September 26, 2023
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Researchers at the Walter and Eliza Hall Institute (WEHI) in Melbourne have solved a long-standing mystery regarding the role of a protein in removing damaged mitochondria from the body. These findings may pave the way for potential new treatments for Parkinson's disease
- Haifa University
- September 21, 2023
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- Haifa University
- September 16, 2023
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One of the most common treatments for bipolar disorder today is the drug lithium - a drug to which only about a third of patients respond. The research aims to understand what causes this
- The Hebrew University
- September 13, 2023
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This new measurement method, developed by PhD student Shir Filo and Prof. Metzer, will allow the extraction of precise biological values on the brain, so that it will be possible to derive from an MRI test similar indicators to those obtained from a blood test or from a brain biopsy
- Weizmann Institute
- September 12, 2023
The molecule that carries with it a message of regeneration
- The Voice of Science website - the Israel National Science Foundation
- August 30, 2023
Abnormal electrical activity in the brain triggers OCD and Parkinson's symptoms
- Dr.Roey Tsezana
- August 22, 2023
A new study, published in mid-August in the prestigious journal PLOS Biology, reveals a way to decipher the songs playing inside the brain. In doing so, he also provides an explanation about the way in which different areas of the brain perceive and respond to acoustic elements
- Bar-Ilan University
- August 19, 2023
Dr. Reot Tsbag, a graduate of the psychology department at Bar Ilan researches the relationship between social anxiety and depression as part of a post-doctorate at Yale University in the USA
- The Voice of Science website - the Israel National Science Foundation
- August 15, 2023
Producing heart cells from skin cells made it possible to discover defects that lead to heart failure
- Prof. Amit Baumel
- August 10, 2023
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In June, the first international congress on evidence-based support in parenting ended. And this is an excellent opportunity to reflect on the thing that parents need the most, in order to be good parents - parental space.
- Ben-Gurion University
- August 10, 2023
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Significant progress towards personalized medicine in the field of psychiatry, with the help of a helmet that induces electromagnetic stimulation of the brain.
- Weizmann Institute
- August 3, 2023
From depression and anxiety to diabetes - health conditions resulting from chronic stress affect women and men differently. New study in mice maps at the single-cell level molecular differences in the stress response in the brains of females and males, and may pave the way for personalized treatments
- Haifa University
- August 1, 2023
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After the accelerated development, a rapid deterioration of the neurons was noted, which was manifested, among other things, in low connectivity. The study found the recurrence of the phenomenon in children with autism originating from four different types of genetic mutations
- The Voice of Science website - the Israel National Science Foundation
- July 27, 2023
The proteins and mechanisms required to fight the protein accumulations that lead to neurodegenerative diseases have been identified