Clinically depressed adolescents have decreased functional connectivity between several brain regions involved in emotion processing, but increased connectivity between brain regions known to be involved in rumination, according to a new study in Psychiatry Research: Neuroimaging.
Scientists have successfully teleported an object from Earth to space for the first time, paving the way for more ambitious and futuristic breakthroughs.
A new study conducted by a Finnish research team has found little evidence to support the idea of man-made climate change. The results of the study were soon corroborated by researchers in Japan.
‘Mystical’ Psychedelic Compound Found in Normal Brains
July 10, 2019
A study in rats has revealed the presence of naturally occurring DMT, an increasingly popular hallucinogen.
In the past few years, thrill-seekers from Hollywood, Silicon Valley and beyond have been travelling to South America to take part in so-called Ayahuasca retreats. Their goal: to partake in a brewed concoction made from a vine plant Banisteriopsis caapi, traditionally used by indigenous people for sacred religious ceremonies. Drinkers of Ayahuasca experience short-term hallucinogenic episodes many describe as life-changing.
Over 120,000 people have pledged to meet up and ‘storm Area 51’ in the Nevada desert to try and find evidence of alien contact.
The court noted that the public’s right to access the case information outweighed the privacy of certain individuals.
CORBIS VIA GETTY IMAGES
Topline: A federal appeals court Wednesday ordered that 167 documents in a lawsuit that alleges famously well-connected financier Jeffrey Epstein participated in a sex-trafficking ring should be unsealed—and that many of his powerful friends could be named.
Altered functional connectivity observed in the brains of adolescents in the first episode of depression
July 2, 2019
Illustration of brain regions studied in mental illness: ACC, amygdala, hippocampus, prefrontal cortex. (Photo credit: NIH)
