The research team analyzed tissue donated by depressed and nondepressed patients, and sought different patterns of gene activation. The study found that the brains of patients who had been depressed exhibited lower levels of expression of the genes required for the function and structure of brain synapses. Co-author HJ Kang found that at least five of […]
Sep 11 2012 | Posted in
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Research shows that the genetic switch, known as a transcription factor, represses the expression of multiple genes required for the formation of synaptic connections between brain cells, which in turn may contribute to cerebral mass loss in the prefrontal cortex . "We wanted to test the idea that stress causes a loss of synapses in […]
Sep 10 2012 | Posted in
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Major depression, or chronic stress, can cause loss of brain volume, a condition that contributes to the emotional and cognitive impairment.Now a team of researchers, led by scientists at Yale, has discovered a genetic switch that triggers the loss of brain connections in humans and in animal models of depression. The results have been published […]
Sep 7 2012 | Posted in
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Suffering from a mental disorder is like going through hell but the public in our society is not well aware of these disarrays. There are people who are affected by depression and live an upsetting life without even getting treatment while there are those who are extremely aggressive and physically abuse their family members and […]
Encountering depression? Living with chronic pain should be enough of a burden for anybody. But pile on depression, one of the most common problems faced by people with chronic pain and that burden gets even heavier. Depression can magnify pain, and make it harder to cope. The good news is that chronic pain and depression […]
Apr 7 2012 | Posted in
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Enslaved by one’s fate Why does one keep waiting for something to happen even when he is cent percent sure that fate has something else planned for him? It is so hard to let go of something that had begun to serve as the very reason of your existence. One simply cannot understand why the […]
Feb 2 2012 | Posted in
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She may have gone, but she is not lost! When you fall in love with someone in your office, there are a number of complications that you fret over. These include the negative response that you may receive from that person, the amount of trash-talking that would initiate once your feelings become public, the existing […]
Dec 27 2011 | Posted in
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A tragic death of old friend: Common Sense In the recent past, we lost our dearest friend, Common Sense, which lived an uncountable life in the heart of masses. It will be no more with us on the brink of new millennium. Everyone is doubtful how old he was, since the record of his birth […]
Throughout our life we are told that the male gender is strong and can hold on and cope up sensibly to issues that women often face failure handling. They play a protective role through each phase of life as bother when we are young, as father when we need anything fathers are most often called […]
When depression forces you to think that God has forsaken you The path to heaven is a difficult one for Muslim, as they are expected to hold their own in the face of various challenges, sorrows, tragedies and injustice. Irrespective of the intensity of blow that is dealt to him, a Muslim is expected to […]
Nov 22 2011 | Posted in
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Medical experts believe depression is a state of low mood and feeling of revulsion that eventually takes an individual to self-indulgence in an appalling manner that constantly creates the surroundings of that very person dispirited. And now a study has showed in the American Journal of Epidemiology the results of people watching television are more […]
Nov 15 2011 | Posted in
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The suicide rate in Pakistan has increased manifolds in the few past years and unfortunately the rate is growing fast, which is alarming. One can witness many suicide cases in Pakistan, on the daily bases in different news papers as well as on the TV channels. Perhaps, the people find this practice easier than fighting […]
Oct 27 2011 | Posted in
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