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Researchers have been able to demonstrate that severe early-life adversity is linked to measurable markers of accelerated brain aging and amplifies neurodegenerative processes later in life.

6 days ago charite.de brain psychology

Expectations contribute to symptoms following discontinuation of antidepressants: one in three people reports symptoms after discontinuing antidepressant treatment, but half of those symptoms are attributable to negative expectations (the nocebo effect)

8 months ago charite.de psychology

Infection with the stomach bacteria Helicobacter pylori could increase the risk of developing Alzheimer’s disease: In people over the age of 50, the risk following a symptomatic infection can be an average of 11% higher, and even more about ten years after the infection…

14 months ago charite.de disease neuroscience

Decreasing biodiversity may promote spread of viruses. Researchers show that destruction of tropical rainforests harms diversity of mosquito species

17 months ago charite.de environment

Research discovered that even after mild COVID-19, a subset of patients will develop symptoms which meet the diagnostic criteria for Chronic Fatigue Syndrome: “Our data provide evidence that ME/CFS is not psychosomatic but a severe physical disease which can be measured using objective method,”

2 years ago charite.de covid disease

Using post-mortem tissue samples, scientists showed that SARS-CoV-2 enters the brain via nerve cells in the olfactory mucosa

4 years ago charite.de brain

The brain-computer duel: Do we have free will? Is it possible for people to cancel a movement once the brain has started preparing it? The conclusion the researchers reached was: Yes, up to a certain point – the 'point of no return'.

9 years ago charite.de brain