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Mapping the emotional management of trauma
Trauma can induce fear pathologies, which are treated using psychotherapeutic approaches whose brain pathways have recently been identified.
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Tracking neurogliaform cells and their role in the cortical microcircuit
Studying neurogliaform-type interneurons involves the five key elements of stress-related pathologies: brain development, the prefrontal cortex, serotonergic pathway, interneurons and plasticity. Here’s how.
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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.