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Applying mild electrical stimulation to an area of the brain associated with cognitive control helps people with schizophrenia to recognize errors and adjust their behavior to avoid them as much as it helps healthy subjects do so, according to a new study by Vanderbilt psychologists.
Researching the Brain, Seeking Cures | Depression & Schizophrenia | Vanderbilt UniversityFecal transplants are increasingly being used as the treatment of last resort for certain infections in the human gut and have had remarkable success treating the nursing home and hospital-acquired scourge, Clostridium difficile colitis, an infectious diarrhea that often follows antibiotic…
Researching the Brain, Seeking Cures | Parkinson's & Epilepsy | Vanderbilt UniversityPeople with Alzheimer’s disease don’t perceive pain as readily as healthy older adults, and this may lead to delays and underreporting of pain.
Researching the Brain, Seeking Cures | Alzheimers | Vanderbilt UniversityEvery time you make a memory, somewhere in your brain a tiny filament reaches out from one neuron and forms an electrochemical connection to a neighboring neuron. Biologists study how these connections are formed at the molecular and cellular level.
Researching the Brain, Seeking Cures | Autism | Vanderbilt UniversityResearchers introduce a biomarker to indicate whether someone is struggling with the inflexible thinking associated with the disorder.
University Research | Researching the Brain, Seeking Cures | Tufts University | Vanderbilt University