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Neural signature of trait anxiety
The neurological basis of trait anxiety, a risk factor for the development of neuropsychiatric diseases, revealed by Synapsy researchers.
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Maternal exposure to violence and child psychopathology
Synapsy has been following the children of mothers suffering from post-traumatic stress disorder due to interpersonal violence since they were 12 months of age. They are now reaching maturity, just like research projects designed to understand and treat stress-related disorders.
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Two Synapsy Neuroscientists Win Prestigious European Grants
Camilla Bellone, member of the NCCR-Synapsy and researcher at the University of Geneva (UNIGE), was awarded the European Research Council’s ERC Consolidator grant. Additionally, Alan Carleton, also a member of Synapsy and researcher at UNIGE, was awarded the ERC Synergy grant.
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February 27, 2020: "What does genetic research tell us about autism?"
Director of the Translational Research Centre "Human Genetics and Cognitive Functions", Pasteur Institute, Paris While scientists have long suspected genetics to play a major role in the development of autism spectrum disorders, the first genes were not identified until the beginning of the 21st century.
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Virginie Perizzolo’s work awarded prize
The 11th French Congress of Psychiatry (CFP) awarded Best Scientific Publications of 2019 by Young Researchers Prize, 3rd Place to Virginie Perizzolo (née Pointet) of the University of Geneva, for her paper with Synapsy member Daniel Schechter: “EEG recording during an emotional face-matching task in children of mothers with interpersonal violence-related posttraumatic stress disorder”, published in the journal Psychiatry Research Neuroimaging. This award recognizes outstanding publications by junior researchers. It was presented at the opening ceremony of the CFP on Wednesday 4 December 2019 and the paper, presented on 6 December in Nice. “Wonderful and incredible news! “said the young researcher when she learned that she would be one of the prize winners.
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New EEG Study on Euthymic Bipolar Disorder Patients
Bipolar disorder (BD) is a common and severe psychiatric disorder. A better understanding of the underlying pathophysiology is needed to identify objective biomarkers of BD that would improve diagnostic and treatment. Evidence from brain imaging studies consistently points to abnormalities in circuits implicated in emotion regulation and reactivity, but the precise temporal dynamics of the functional brain networks at rest remain to be determined. Numerous studies reported abnormalities in temporal properties of resting-state EEG microstates in neuropsychiatric disorders, suggesting that altered brain network dynamics may represent biomarkers. Only two studies investigated resting-state EEG in BD patients, none of euthymic BD patients.