July 31, 2024 by University of Oxford Credit: Unsplash/CC0 Public DomainFour internet-based therapies developed by experts at the University of Oxford’s Department of Experimental Psychology and Department of Psychiatry are proving helpful for patients with social anxiety disorder and post-traumatic stress disorders and for children with anxiety disorders. Urgent treatment solutions are needed for children,...
JUNE 24, 2024 by University College London Credit: Pixabay/CC0 Public DomainThe risk of developing Parkinson’s is at least twice as high in people with anxiety compared to those without, finds a new study by UCL researchers. The research, published in the British Journal of General Practice, investigated whether there was a link between people over...
A genetic “switch” has been identified that plays a role in controlling anxiety levels, which could provide a new anxiety drug target. University of Aberdeen Credit: Liza Summer/ Pexels New research from the University of Aberdeen has identified an area of DNA in the human genome that plays a role in controlling anxiety. In the...
Study reveals mechanistic roles of delta opioid receptors and specific neuronal pathways that are involved in anxiety-like behaviors in micePeer-Reviewed Publication TOKYO UNIVERSITY OF SCIENCE RESEARCHERS FROM TOKYO UNIVERSITY OF SCIENCE UNCOVERS A NOVEL MECHANISM OF ACTION INVOLVING SPECIFIC NEURONAL CIRCUITS IN THE BRAIN RELATED TO ‘ANXIOLYTIC’ OR ANXIETY-REDUCING EFFECTS OF THERAPEUTIC DELTA OPIOID RECEPTOR...
by National University of Singapore An illustration of computer-modeled structures of complexes formed between RXFP3 and relaxin-3 or relaxin-3 B-chain stapled peptides. Credit: NUS Yong Loo Lin School of Medicine and University of Colombo, Sri LankaDrugs that treat conditions like depression and anxiety often come with varying side effects, as they regulate various functions within the...
by Frontiers Credit: Unsplash/CC0 Public DomainAlthough most patients diagnosed with COVID-19 will quickly recover, some people experience symptoms that linger well after they start testing negative again—including insomnia. Scientists already knew that insomnia was common in patients who had to be hospitalized, but a team of scientists led by Dr. Huong T. X. Hoang of Phenikaa...
by National Institutes of Health Credit: Tima Miroshnichenko from PexelsResearchers at the National Institutes of Health have found overactivation in many brain regions, including the frontal and parietal lobes and the amygdala, in unmedicated children with anxiety disorders. They also showed that treatment with cognitive behavioral therapy (CBT) led to improvements in clinical symptoms and brain...
by University of Missouri Credit: Unsplash/CC0 Public DomainA new study at the University of Missouri’s Thompson Center for Autism and Neurodevelopment has found that propranolol, a medication that treats high blood pressure, can also help lower anxiety for kids and young adults with autism spectrum disorder (ASD). The work is published in the journal Psychopharmacology. Given...
by Elana Gotkine Anxiety and depression do not cause Meniere disease (MD), or vice versa, but elevated neuroticism is causative for anxiety, depression, and MD, according to a study published online Dec. 20 in Otolaryngology-Head and Neck Surgery. Huadong Wu, M.D., from Nanchang University in China, and colleagues conducted two-sample bidirectional Mendelian randomization (MR) analyses...
by Vladimir Hedrih (Photo credit: Adobe Stock). A meta-analysis of studies examining the effects of qigong, tai chi, and yoga-based interventions on symptoms of anxiety and depression found that yoga-based interventions were effective in decreasing these symptoms. Tai chi and qigong had no effect on depression symptoms. The authors of the study reported a high...
