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A 2026 two-case report describes teenage girls, 13 and 15, who developed catatonia after corticosteroids for suspected brain inflammation that tests did not confirm. Lorazepam and immune tre…
Read articleA Norwegian study followed 6,255 young people with ADHD. Clinic-based analysis found no school-grade benefit, despite a tiny link in ordinary regression.
Read articleIn a randomized trial of 111 young adults, one 100-mg dose of amisulpride led to higher blood flow in the ventral striatum than placebo, with or without depression. No other reward region ch…
Read articleIn a survey of 246 Saudi women on adjuvant breast cancer treatment, 54% screened positive for depression and 50% for anxiety; chemotherapy was linked to scores about 9.5 points higher.
Read articleIn a 2026 mouse study, a single 10 mg/kg dose of ketamine reduced swim immobility in stressed mice with the circuit intact (7 mice, P = 0.0093) but did nothing when the thalamic nucleus reun…
Read articleIn 148 stroke patients with depression, slow and normal CYP2C19 metabolizers had similar escitalopram response and remission after 8 weeks. Stroke disability predicted outcomes better than g…
Read articleIn a 2026 study of 40 male rats under 6 weeks of daily restraint stress, 2 weeks of celecoxib improved open-field, maze and swim-test behavior and lowered hippocampal TNF-alpha, IL-1beta, IL…
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