Therapy Archives - Knowing Neurons

Sneha Chaturvedi April 13, 2023 brain function, functional neurological disorder, Movement, movement disorder, Neurological Disorder, Seizure, Therapy

Knowing Functional Neurological Disorders

What is a Functional Neurological Disorder (FND)? For International Functional Neurological Disorder Awareness Day (April 13th), Sneha Chaturvedi explains the basics in Knowing Neurons’ new infographic. Click here to learn… Read More

Aging Brain Basics Neuro Primer

Marta Garo-Pascual November 29, 2022December 30, 2022 Aging, Alzheimer's, Alzheimer’s disease, cell division, Chromosome, DNA, Enzyme, Genetics, Neurodegeneration, Parkinson's, Parkinson's Disease, replication, telomerase, telomeres, Therapy

Neuro Primer: Telomeres

By Marta Garo-Pascual Telomeres are the “shoelace caps” of linear chromosomes and, as shoelace caps protect shoelaces, telomeres serve a protective role for chromosomes. Barbara McClintock and Hermann Muller described… Read More

Big Ideas Brain Development Neurological and Psychiatric Disorders

Filippo Pasqualitto April 13, 2021May 17, 2023 Development, EEG, Emotion, fMRI, Music, Music Therapy, Psychiatric Disorders, Social Neuroscience, Therapy

Dialogues in Music Therapy and Social Neuroscience: An Interdisciplinary Approach to Clinical Progress

In his book “Musicophilia: Tales of Music and the Brain”, the neurologist Oliver Sacks stated that music can “calm us, animate us, comfort us, thrill us, or serve to organize… Read More

Big Ideas Aging Brain Development Learning and Memory Sensation and Perception

Alexandria Weaver February 28, 2019February 27, 2019 auditory, Cognition, cognitive development, Emotion, Emotional Awareness, Learning, Listening, Memory, mood, Music, Musical Therapy, Performance, Therapy, Visuospatial abilities

Music for the Mind: How Music Nurtures Cognitive Development

Imagine listening to your favorite song, how it makes you feel, and the flood of memories the sounds bring with them. Music is well known for its ability to evoke… Read More

Neurological and Psychiatric Disorders

Anita February 22, 2017June 30, 2017 Awareness, Disorder, Manage, obsessive compulsive disorder, OCD, OCD Action, Outreach, Society, Symptom, Therapy, Treat, Treatment

A “Little Bit” of OCD: When Words Trivialize a Disorder

Sheldon Cooper, a beloved character in a television series, knocks on a door exactly three times before his roommate opens it — and if the door is opened earlier, he… Read More

Neuro News Sensation and Perception

Rachel Jonas April 20, 2016September 24, 2017 5-HT2AR, Albert Hofmann, Anxiety, blood-oxygen-level dependent, BOLD, Brain, cancer, depression, Effects, Experiment, fMRI, functional connectivity, functional Magnetic Resonance Imaging, hallucinogen, Imperial College London, LSD, lysergic acid diethylamide, Neuroscience, Pain, placebo, psilocybin, Science, serotonin, serotonin 2A receptor, signal, Therapeutic, Therapy

LSD: Psychedelic Thrill or Optimism Pill?

If you’re in a room with ten adults, chances are two of them are going to develop a mental illness –- and only one of them will receive proper treatment.… Read More

Learning and Memory Neuro News Neurological and Psychiatric Disorders

knowingneurons April 30, 2014March 5, 2017 Conditioning, contextual fear conditioning, Extinction training, Fear conditioning, HDACi, Histone Deacetylase Inhibitors, Lexie Thorpe, Mice, Pavlov, Plasticity, Post Traumatic Stress Disorder, PTSD, Therapy

Reconciling the Past with Pills: A New Approach to PTSD Treatment

Over a lifetime, the human brain stores countless memories. Some are mundane and practical, others are subjective, and some influence our thinking and behaviour. Not all of them are good.… Read More

Neuro News Neurological and Psychiatric Disorders Sleep

Kate Fehlhaber April 22, 2013March 5, 2017 2013, Alzheimer's, Amino acid, BBB, Blood-brain barrier, Crystallography, Disease, Drug, Huntington's, KMO, Metabolism, Nature, Neurodegeneration, Neurodegenerative disease, Sleep, Structural basis of kynurenine 3-monooxygenase inhibition, Target, Therapy, Tryptophan, UPF648

From Turkey Comas To New Disease Treatments

Neurodegenerative disorders, like Huntington’s and Alzheimer’s disease, are devastating. As you can imagine, witnessing the slow and progressive loss of a loved one’s mental and emotional states is an extremely… Read More