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Can You Change Your Factory Settings?

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What Loneliness Does to Your Brain

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Novel Non-SSRI Treatments for OCD: Pharmacotherapies Targeting CSTC Signaling

INTRODUCTION Obsessive-Compulsive Disorder (OCD) is a psychiatric illness characterized by intrusive thoughts, designated as obsessions, and repetitive compulsions, such as... Read More
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The Mutual Dependence Between Circadian Rhythms and Glucocorticoids in Corticosteroid Therapy

CIRCADIAN RHYTHM 101 The circadian clock is in the suprachiasmatic nucleus (SCN) of the brain.¹ This cluster of nuclei sits... Read More
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Function of Sleep

INTRODUCTION Do you remember your dream last night? Was it bizarre, weird, or random? Researchers have always been fascinated by... Read More
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How to Grow Your Own Eye: The Cure for Retinal Degeneration

Over 1.3 billion people are afflicted with some form of vision impairment, which can mean these individuals require glasses or... Read More
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Fishing for Genomes: Targeting Population Genetics

Successive generations of organisms may experience many changes in their physiology, behavior, and development. While most traits, such as beak... Read More
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A Cortex-Specific Promoter for Targeted Transduction with Adeno-Associated Viral Vectors

BACKGROUND Gene therapy has grown in popularity as a potential treatment strategy for a variety of human diseases.¹ Adeno-associated virus... Read More
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The Art of Reductionism

Famed Russian author Leo Tolstoy once said that “human science fragments everything in order to understand it, kills everything in... Read More
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The Biology of Bulking Up

With summer break in full force, many people are hitting the gym to achieve their fit summer bodies, striving for... Read More
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Botox: Smoothening Wrinkles, Soothing Moods

Common responses to stress include eating more ice cream, watching more TV shows, and the more physiologically relevant development of... Read More
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