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In 133 bipolar I outpatients between episodes, those with mild lingering depression symptoms had poorer functioning and more self-stigma, impulsivity, and anxiety.
Read articleIn 197 young adults, higher estradiol went with more impulsivity at low cortisol and less at high cortisol; anxiety also shifted estradiol and testosterone links.
Read articleA 53-study resting-state functional magnetic resonance imaging (fMRI) meta-analysis found substance use disorder (SUD) linked to altered connectivity across prefrontal, striatal, thalamic, c…
Read articleCoffee is widely framed as cognitively friendly, but a 2026 prospective study from Boscaini et al. published in Nature Communications used shotgun metagenomics, metabolomics, and cognitive t…
Read articleA 2025 iScience study found that nighttime caffeine increased motor impulsivity in Drosophila, with dose-dependent loss-of-inhibition events across n = 30-32 flies per behavioral condition a…
Read articleA 124-person study of euthymic bipolar disorder found that patients with early systematic antidepressant treatment history had higher negative affect, attentional impulsivity, non-planning i…
Read articleA double-blind placebo-controlled trial found no evidence that ebselen reduced impulsivity in 130 healthy adults: 66 received ebselen, 64 received placebo, and the 1,800 mg 2-day regimen did…
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