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Researchers 'see' vulnerability to gaming addiction in the adolescent brain

Researchers found that adolescents with more symptoms of gaming addiction showed lower brain activity in the region involved in decision-making and reward processing; this blunted response to reward anticipation is associated with higher symptoms of gaming addiction over time and suggests that reduced sensitivity to rewards, in particular non-gaming rewards, may play a role in problematic gaming.

Toxoplasma gondii parasite uses unconventional method to make proteins for evasion of drug treatment

A study sheds new light on how Toxoplasma gondii parasites make the proteins they need to enter a dormant stage that allows them to escape drug treatment.

'My autistic son had no safety net when in crisis'

A family whose autistic son died after being taken to a mental health unit raise concerns....

Scientists identify a probable contributor to weakness of the aorta in people with genetic disorder

Studying the cells of people and genetically engineered mice, scientists say they have uncovered a potential reason why patients with Loeys-Dietz syndrome, an inherited connective tissue disorder, are especially prone to developing aneurysms at the root of the aorta.

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Researchers 'see' vulnerability to gaming addiction in the adolescent brain

Toxoplasma gondii parasite uses unconventional method to make proteins for evasion of drug treatment

'My autistic son had no safety net when in crisis'

Scientists identify a probable contributor to weakness of the aorta in people with genetic disorder

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