NEWS
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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.
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Tracking neurons that make us sociable
A team from Synapsy has discovered that neurons linked to the reward system are responsible for motivating us to interact with our fellow human beings.
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Same signature for several mental illnesses
A team from NCCR-Synapsy has identified a common neurobiological signature of dysfunction in the brain circuits involved in regulating emotions in three clinically-distinct psychiatric illnesses.
