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Closing events: cultivate the link with society
On May 12 and June 2 2022, the NCCR-Synapsy celebrated 12 years of research in psychiatric neuroscience, synonymous with the end of the support of the Swiss National Science Foundation, in the company of the general public.
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Social interactions divert the established motivational system
A Synapsy study has demonstrated that the first step required to embark on a social interaction, moving towards others, follows a neural pathway that lies outside the system of motivation that had previously been known to be at the forefront of social behaviour.
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Post-traumatic pain expressed physically from generation to generation
A Synapsy article has demonstrated that mothers suffering from post-traumatic stress disorders resulting from domestic violence often convert their mental suffering into physical pain and pass on this somatisation to their children.
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Communication defect in psychotic disorders
Scientists at the UNIGE demonstrate how a defect in communication between brain areas is linked to the onset of psychotic disorders.
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Gene-environment interactions that drives autism
A UNIGE team demonstrates how genes and environment interact in autistic disorders, thus explaining the vast variability of the disease’s symptoms.
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Detecting Attention Deficit Disorder More Accurately
By analysing the fluctuations of different cerebral states, neuroscientists at Synapsy have identified a new neurological marker for attention deficit disorder with or without hyperactivity.
