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EL PASO, Texas – Parents should know that an early introduction of antidepressants to children could lead to a lifetime of use, according to research by a psychology team from The University of Texas at El Paso that was published recently in Scientific Reports, a prestigious journal that is part of the Nature Publishing Group.
Sergio Iñiguez, Ph.D., associate professor of psychology and director of UTEP s Iñiguez Behavioral Neuroscience Lab, said that children who are prescribed medication such as Prozac for anxiety and depression may need to continue to use those products as adults to lead normal lives.
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Lee E. Eiden is the Chief of the Section on Molecular Neuroscience in the National Institute of Mental Health Intramural Research Program of the National Institutes of Health, Bethesda, Maryland. He received his B.A. in Chemistry from Northwestern University in Evanston Illinois, and Ph.D. in Pharmacology from The University of Kansas, and was a Staff Fellow, PRAT Fellow, and Senior Staff Fellow in the NIMH Intramural Research Program before joining the faculty as a Principal Investigator and Chief of the Unit on Cell Biology in 1987, and Chief of the Section on Molecular Neuroscience in 1992. His work at the NIH has focused on stimulus-secretion-synthesis coupling, characterization of the vesicular and secretory proteins mediating chemically coded neurotransmission, including chromogranin A, VMAT1, VMAT2, and VAChT and signaling pathways underlying neuropeptide-mediated stress responses. More recently, the laboratory has been involved in micr
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Neuroscience of overeating: Animal study provides insight
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Scientists identify a part of the brain that is important for the initial stages of learning to seek food. David Sacks/Getty Images
Overweight and obesity increase the risk of a wide range of illnesses, including type 2 diabetes, cardiovascular disease, and some types of cancer.
Research in rats has identified a part of the brain involved in the early stages of learning to seek out and eat food when presented with specific cues.
Insights into how the brain develops unhealthy eating habits could inspire new ways to reduce overeating.
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