Brain Posts
This blog focuses on commentary related to clinical neuroscience research. The blog serves as a complement to my Twitter stream @WRY999 where I keep a log of important research and news in clinical neuroscience.
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Jan 21, 12 09:46AM
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Jan 21, 12 09:39AMA recent summary of the trends in cancer highlighted the epidemiology of brain and other nervous system tumors. In the United States, 213,500 brain and other nervous system tumors were diagnosed during...
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Jan 19, 12 09:07AMThis is the second in a series of posts looking at recent imaging findings in antisocial personality. In the first post, I reviewed an fMRI study that found deficits in connectivity maturation i nvolving...
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Jan 18, 12 09:23AMAntisocial personality disorder (ASPD) is linked to a variety of emotional and behavioral abnormalities with significant public health implications.Key components of antisocial personality disorder in clude...
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Jan 17, 12 09:59AMTwin studies provide a valuable method to explore the genetic and environmental contributions to a variety of clinical neuroscience disorders.Twin studies use a method where identical twins (monozygot ic...
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Jan 16, 12 09:16AM
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Jan 16, 12 07:09AM
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Jan 06, 12 09:22AMChemical Structures for Buprenorphine and Naloxone In three previous posts I have reviewed several aspects of prescription opioid abuse including posts on epidemiology, toxicology and clinical pathway s...
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Jan 05, 12 10:26AMThe majority of initial prescriptions for opioid analgesics in acute pain management occur without development of a pattern of misuse or abuse.However, in some individuals, opioid prescriptions produc e...
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Jan 04, 12 10:30AMMy previous post examined the epidemiology of rise in opioid abuse and opioid overdose deaths in the U.S. The number of these deaths has increased fourfold in the last decade and appears to be h igher...
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